But it turns out, “Not a Game” isn’t an entirely new song. the edge She found the track to consist of several pre-existing elements, with the primary new addition being Drake’s vocal.
Mimics took vocals from this a cappella rap posted on Looperman, a site that hosts audio loops, samples, and sounds that musicians can repurpose to create songs. The track is available for free use for non-commercial purposes, and has appeared on dozens of SoundCloud tracks since it was first posted in 2019. The artists supposedly credit the rap to its creator, Sean Pharo.
The creators of “Not a Game” reworked Pharo’s vocals with Drake’s AI-generated “voice,” then layered that over a reworked version of a beat by artist Cedes, which is for sale on the BeatStars marketplace. Suddenly, the two previously unachieved ingredients – percussion and original rap – are spreading thanks to Drake. Farrow and Sides did not respond to requests for comment.
This relatively effortless creation shows just how powerful the ability to reproduce a musician’s voice can be—and how easy it is for creators to piece together a new track from a master artist. “Not a Game” is still available on SoundCloud and is also back on YouTube after being re-uploaded. SoundCloud, YouTube and Drake’s Universal Music Group did not immediately respond the edgeComment request.
Last week, AI Drake’s song “Heart on My Sleeve” went viral – somewhat suspiciously – after being posted to the relatively new TikTok account @ghostwriter977. While UMG responded by issuing copyright takedowns, Drake remained silent despite speaking out about his AI cover performing the track Ice Spice. This raised questions as to whether this was some sort of publicity stunt by Drake and UMG or if the promotional group associated with the Ghostwriter account, Laylo, was involved in some way. Since then, Lilo has denied the allegations.