{"id":54372,"date":"2022-08-23T23:57:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T23:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/capitol-records-drops-virtual-ai-rapper-fn-meka-after-backlash\/"},"modified":"2022-08-23T23:57:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T23:57:59","slug":"capitol-records-drops-virtual-ai-rapper-fn-meka-after-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/capitol-records-drops-virtual-ai-rapper-fn-meka-after-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitol Records Drops Virtual AI Rapper FN Meka After Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"
grand opening grand closing. Just days after news broke that AI-powered virtual rapper FN Meka had signed a deal with Capitol Records, the label has announced it has dropped the ‘bot following backlash.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday (Aug. 23), a rep for Capitol released a statement to XXL<\/em> confirming its decision to part ways with the “rapper.”<\/p>\n “CMG has severed ties with the FN Meka project, effectively immediately,” the statement starts. “We offer our deepest apologies to the Black community for our insensitivity in signing this project without asking enough question about equity and the creative process behind it. We thank those who have reached out to us with constructive feedback in the past couple of days \u2014your input was invaluable as we came to the decision to end our associate with the project.”<\/p>\n