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Music
Black Artists Sound Off on Why AI Rapper FN Meka Was So Horribly Offensive
‘REAL TALK’
Capitol Records signed—and then quickly dropped—the robot rapper, who was accused of appropriating Black culture and dropping the N-word in its songs.
Brooke Leigh Howard
Race and Identity Reporter
Published
Aug. 25 2022
4:49PM EDT
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