YOUNG GURU SPEAKS OUT AGAINST DRAKE & THE WEEKND AI GRAMMYS SUBMISSION: 'I TOLD Y'ALL'

Young Guru is among the many musicians who is not pleased about the direction in which the music industry is headed with regard to artificial intelligence.

On Wednesday (September 6), the veteran producer and audio engineer shared a screenshot of a Variety article reporting that an AI-generated song featuring inauthentic vocals by Drake and The Weeknd is now eligible for Grammy Awards.

“HATE TO SAY I TOLD Y’ALL BUT I TOLD Y’ALL,” he wrote. “NOW THIS COULD BE UP FOR A GRAMMY. SMH.”

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