Drake‘s “Taylor Made” Kendrick Lamar diss has been deleted from social media. On Wednesday (April 25), Billboard reported that 2Pac‘s Estate sent Drizzy a cease and desist letter for using Pac’s voice through artificial intelligence. “Taylor Made” has since been scrubbed from Aubrey’s Instagram, X/Twitter, and official YouTube channel.
The Estate gave Drake 24 hours to take down the divisive song, or else they would sue. Pac’s Estate stated their decision. The entity expressed disapproval of the Canadian artist not only using Pac’s voice without permission but also using it to attack Kendrick Lamar.
“The Estate is deeply dismayed and disappointed by your unauthorized use of Tupac’s voice and personality. 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 statement read.
“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.”
To make matters worse, Mopreme Shakur, Tupac’s brother, also disapproved of the song. During an interview with TMZ, Preme stated that using Pac’s voice to diss Kendrick was unnecessary and that the battle should be one-on-one.
He also addressed Lamar’s use of his brother’s voice on his critically acclaimed album, To Pimp a Butterfly. Shakur called the two uses of Pac’s likeness different because Dot got permission from the estate, used an unearthed interview not AI, and was paying homage, not participating in a rap feud.
Meanwhile, Snoop Dogg, who was also artificially featured on the track, responded to the track with confusion. He posted a video to social media shortly after the song’s release. “They did what? When? How? Are you sure? Y’all have a good night,” he said. “Why everybody calling my phone, blowing me up? What the f**k, what happened? What’s going on? I’m going back to bed. Good night.”
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