Key Takeaways:

• Baby Tate criticized AI artist Xania Monet’s immediate artist, Telisha “Nikki” Jones, for missing creativity and authenticity in her music course of.
• Muni Long and others questioned the double normal of AI artists being embraced in R&B however not in different genres.
• SZA, Kehlani and Chlöe additionally voiced issues about AI’s rising presence within the music trade.

Artificial intelligence’s place in music, significantly 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 immediate artist, Telisha “Nikki” Jones, sat down with Gayle King for an interview on “CBS Mornings.” There, Jones defined that she makes use of Suno, an AI music-generator app, the place she pastes lyrics and provides prompts corresponding to “slow tempo R&B” earlier than hitting create.

Reacting to their dialog, Baby Tate took to Instagram, saying, “Girl, what the f**k? At the very least, you couldn’t have had someone make a beat?” She went on to argue that Jones is “not doing any work” and “can’t even sing,” the latter of which King herself introduced up.

“This is not creativity. This is covetousness. Those who lack real talent everywhere will look at this example and think that they, too, deserve a space next to the incredible minds that make up the music industry,” Baby Tate added within the caption. She then referred to as it a “slap in the face to every creative in the world” for AI artists like Monet to have music showing on Billboard’s charts.

Notably, Monet’s “How Was I Supposed To Know?” reached No. 1 on the R&B Digital Song Sales chart. The digital artist has additionally appeared on different Billboard charts, together with Adult R&B Airplay and Emerging Artists.

Underneath Baby Tate’s put up, Muni Long commented, “It wouldn’t be allowed to happen in country or pop.” She additionally identified that Xania Monet’s Apple music bio listed her, Keyshia Cole and Ok. Michelle as references. “I’m not happy about it at all. Zero percent,” the “Hrs & Hrs” hitmaker added.

Baby Tate and Long be part of a rising variety of artists pushing again in opposition to AI musicians. In September, SZA reacted to Monet’s reported multimillion-dollar record deal. “I don’t f**k with this either. Why devalue our music???” she wrote on Instagram. “Something tells me they wouldn’t do this [with] any other genre.”

Kehlani additionally weighed in on their Stories: “Nothing and no one on Earth will ever be able to justify AI to me.” Over on X, Chlöe chimed in, “AI musical artists and songs? I feel AI should be banned when it comes to the creative spaces.”