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The Estate of the deceased artist Tupac Shakur is taking legal action against Drake for a recent diss track that featured an artificial intelligence (AI) rendition of the late rapper's voice, referring to it as "a flagrant violation" of the law and a "blatant abuse" of his legacy.
Attorney Howard King sent a cease-and-desist letter to Aubrey Drake Graham's character Drake, demanding that he verify that he will remove his "Taylor Made Freestyle" within the next 24 hours, failing which the estate would "pursue all of its legal remedies" against him.
“The Estate is deeply dismayed and disappointed by your unauthorized use of Tupac’s voice and personality,” 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.”
Drake released the song, a follow-up diss track aimed at former collaborator Kendrick Lamar, on Instagram last Friday. "While we wait on you I guess," Drake captioned the clip, seemingly alluding to Lamar's lack of response to Drake's leaked "Push Ups" diss track.
