Activist groups like Industry Blackout had described the project as a "direct insult to the Black community" in an open letter earlier on Tuesday. By J. Clara Chan Digital Media Writer Capitol Music ...
In the wake of the controversy surrounding the virtual rapper FN Meka, a Houston-based rapper named Kyle The Hooligan has posted a video on Instagram claiming that he wasn’t paid by Factory New, the ...
Just a few weeks after it was announced that Capitol Records had signed an artificial intelligence rapper named FN Meka, the label dropped the project after hip-hop fans called out the decision online ...
Anthony Martini, a co-founder of virtual music company Factory New, has said that listeners should be critical of the rap lyrics that informed the controversial A.I. rapper FN Meka. “If you’re mad ...
Capitol Records has dropped AI rapper FN Meka, less than two weeks after it signed the computer-generated rap artist to its roster. FN Meka, which has over 10 million followers on TikTok, had come ...
On its surface, the saga of FN Meka appeared to be a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of music powered by artificial intelligence. The digital avatar of a Black man with green braids, face tattoos ...
Young people are increasingly at ease consuming culture via digital avatars or made with artificial intelligence. Should the same moral guidelines and laws apply to those works? By Marc Tracy The ...