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Baby Tate at the Spotify Best New Artist Party on February 1, 2024 and Muni Long attends the 2025 BET Awards
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Key Takeaways:
- Baby Tate criticized AI artist Xania Monet’s prompt artist, Telisha “Nikki” Jones, for lacking creativity and authenticity in her music process.
- Muni Long and others questioned the double standard of AI artists being embraced in R&B but not in other genres.
- SZA, Kehlani and Chlöe also voiced concerns about AI’s growing presence in the music industry.
Artificial intelligence’s place in music, particularly in predominantly Black genres like rap and R&B, has been a controversial topic. On Thursday (Nov. 6), Baby Tate took to social media to weigh in on AI artist Xania Monet.
A day earlier (Nov. 5), Monet’s prompt artist, Telisha “Nikki” Jones, sat down with Gayle King for an interview on “CBS Mornings.” There, Jones explained that she uses Suno, an AI music-generator app, where she pastes lyrics and adds prompts such as “slow tempo R&B” before hitting create.
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