Drake receives cease-and-desist letter from Tupac Shakur's estate over AI diss track

After releasing "Taylor Made Freestyle" on April 19, Drakereceived acease-and-desist letter from TupacShakur's estate over the song's use of AI. As of Apr. 26, the song is no longer on Drake's social media channels.

The diss track wasDrake's latest dig at Kendrick Lamar amid their ongoing feud,and featuredAI-generated voices resembling Shakur and Snoop Dogg.

The letter statedthat Drake must remove the track within 24 hours to avoid legal action, according to Billboard.

"The Estate is deeply dismayed and disappointed by your unauthorized use of Tupac's voice and personality," attorney Howard King wrote in the letter."Not only is the record a flagrant violation of Tupac's publicity and the estate's legal rights, it is also a blatant abuse of the legacy of one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time. The Estate would never have given its approval for this use."

"The unauthorized, equally dismaying use of Tupac's voice against Kendrick Lamar, a good friend to the Estate who has given nothing but respect to Tupac and his legacy publicly and privately, compounds the insult," King continued in the document.

Drake first released "Push Ups," a diss track targeting Lamar,Metro Boomin, Rick Ross and the Weekndon Apr. 19. Afew hours later, hefollowed it up with "Taylor Made Freestyle," putting audio ofthe song on Instagram and X, formerly known as Twitter.

On "Taylor Made Freestyle," the AI voice of Shakur raps several lyrics encouraging Lamar to fight back at Drake including:"Kendrick, we need ya, the West Coast saviour/ Engraving your name in some hip-hop history."

Snoop Doggreacted to hearing his voice on the song in a video posted to his Instagram.

"Taylor Made Freestyle" is currently not available on streaming platforms.