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FILE - Blanco Brown arrives at the 58th Annual CMA Awards on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

LOS ANGELES – When an AI-generated country song called “Walk My Walk” hit No. 1 on Billboard's country digital song sales chart this month, it was credited to a fictional artist named Breaking Rust — a white, digitally generated avatar that didn't exist two months ago.

But the song's vocal phrasing, melodic shape and stylistic DNA came from someone who does exist: Grammy-nominated country artist Blanco Brown , a Black music artist who has worked with Britney Spears , Childish Gambino and Rihanna.

And he had no idea.

“I didn't even know about the song until people hit me up about it,” said

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