Eazy-E is set to be resurrected by his son with the help of AI.
Speaking to TMZ, the rap legend’s son, Lil Eazy-E revealed there were a number of projects in the works that would use his father’s voice and likeness thanks to AI.
Lil Eazy-E said: “I actually just got a sample of him talking to me. It made my mind go another route with the possibilities we can do with AI. I look at it as doing something special movie wise. I look at it as doing something special audio wise.
“I have a project I’ve been dreaming about doing and it simultaneously tells you the story of his life and my life. AI would be the best way of doing that. I have a partner, Ace Industries, that helped me build it and he sent me a couple of samples and it was touching, he was actually talking to me.”
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Lil Eazy-E also teased doing a duet album with an AI version of his father.
He is also not the first person to speak about featuring Eazy-E on a song with the use of AI.
His old N.W.A. cohort DJ Yella previously announced an idea to use AI to produce more songs featuring the late rap pioneer.
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“Is there anymore music left from N.W.A? I don’t think so, because I had all the masters,” he began. “I was the last person with Eazy’s last album… All the stuff I had in my hand. I didn’t think nothing about it. We had a bunch of instrumentals, but nothing with tracks, with words.”
When asked about the prospect of using AI, he replied: “I think somebody’s working on something like that with Eazy’s voice. I haven’t heard it yet, but they said it worked great. I’m like, ‘I gotta hear it to believe it.’”
He went on: “I don’t think you gonna recreate it, you just gonna duplicate. That’s all it is. You ain’t recreating the original. But it’s different, I guess it’s the new thing. You know, ‘technology.’ It would be different, keep that name going. Keep that Compton thing going. Yeah, it’s cool to me.”
