Tupac Shakur’s estate is reportedly threatening to sue Drake over a recent diss track towards Kendrick Lamar that featured an AI-generated model of the late rapper’s voice, calling it a “a flagrant violation” of the legislation and a “blatant abuse” of his legacy.
In a Wednesday cease-and-desist letter, litigator Howard King told Drake (Aubrey Drake Graham) that he should confirm that he’ll pull down his “Taylor Made Freestyle” in lower than 24 hours or the estate would “pursue all of its legal cures” towards him.
“The Property is deeply dismayed and disappointed by your unauthorized use of Tupac’s voice and character,” King wrote within the letter. “Not solely is the record a flagrant violation of Tupac’s publicity and the property’s authorized rights, additionally it is a blatant abuse of the legacy of one of many biggest hip-hop artists of all time. The Estate would by no means have given its approval for this use.”
Drake released the music, a follow-up diss track aimed toward former collaborator Kendrick Lamar, on Instagram final Friday. “Whereas we wait on you I assume,” Drake captioned the clip, seemingly alluding to Lamar’s lack of response to Drake’s leaked “Push Ups” diss monitor.
“Kendrick, we want ya, the West Coast saviour/ Engraving your title in some hip-hop history,” the Tupac sound-alike raps in “Taylor Made.” “When you deal with this viciously/ You seem a little nervous about all of the publicity.”
In “Like That,” off Future and Metro Boomin’s “We Don’t Trust You” album that released in March, Lamar, who’s featured on the track, reignited his and Drake’s feud by seemingly taking aim on the Canadian rapper with references to his music “First Person Shooter” and the record it’s on, “For All the Dogs.”
