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An AI Rapper Is Under Fire For Using The N-Word Despite Being Made By Zero Black People

FN Meka Capitol Records Anthony Martini Universal Music Group

An AI rapper has become the fastest rapper to ever be dropped by a music label — a sentence I didn’t think I’d ever have to write until at least 2063. The rapper named FN Meka has faced online backlash for being a “Black artist” despite the fact zero Black people are behind his creation. So essentially: blackface. Capitol Records (which is under Universal Music Group) signed FN Meka on August 14 but announced that it would be dropping him

Chris Brandon LeAnthony Martini

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One of Capitol Records’ newest signees is @fnmeka, a rapper created from artificial intelligence pic.twitter.com/RX8XolmFNw
— RemixdMag (@RemixdMag) August 21, 2022

@fnmeka
Do you believe in me? . I want to rule the one day. #virtualinfluencer #tobilou #robot2
♬ FnMeka Internet – FNMeka

Shudu Gramwhite man in his twenties

FN Meka just represents the complete bastardaization, colonization, and whitewashing of hip-hop and total control of Black Music altogether. In no universe should this offensive bullshit be given credence, but money talks and bullshit walks.
— Temisan Adoki (@iamtemisanadoki) August 23, 2022

i asked FN Meka about being dropped from Capital Records and their response couldn't have been worse pic.twitter.com/QEDdzIKcIN
— jarvis johnson (@jarvis) August 24, 2022

Music Business Worldwide

Do you know how many ppl had to agree before signing FN MEKA? A lot. They all thought it was a great idea. They all saw dollar signs & felt innovative without any regard to the culture they’re actively exploiting daily. Capitol Records is under Universal Music Group btw. Shame!
— Tori Nicks 2.0 (@MajestyRia) August 23, 2022

fn meka is literally just blackface lmao there isn’t any nuance or whatever to how fucked it is. it’s just blackface
— Riri!! (@DjRecode) August 23, 2022

Black folks' existence is literally a joke to a lot of people smfh
— The Mayor of Trey Town, Keeper of the Herb Garden (@PelicansMayor) August 23, 2022

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