People are working hard to try and get us to accept AI-generated music. It’s one thing to use AI to tighten up little technical mistakes. But it’s another thing entirely when they want to bypass the artist entirely and start making vacant avatars to make stars. It’s rampant exploitation, creatively bankrupt, and the lowest hanging fruit, to treat art as just another form of disposable income. While some artists are inclined to embrace AI and AI-generated music like Xania Monet, a lot of people see through the gambit, Jermaine Dupri included.

Recently, Dupri was the latest to trash Telisha “Nikki” Jones and her AI avatar Xania Monet. He reacted to Jones’ interview with Gayle King on X, explaining he’s seen this story play out before. An act gaining prestige for a voice that isn’t theirs? P

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