Doja Cat brutally calls out Tyga for making an AI album
Doja Cat has called out fellow rapper Tyga for releasing an album that used artificial intelligence (AI).
During a Twitch stream, the ‘Streets’ musician told her followers, seemingly without being asked, how she really feels about Tyga’s most recent release.
“Nobody asked me anything about toga but I just felt like saying this," she began. "Tyga is a penis for making an AI album.”
The Grammy Award winner was referring to Tyga's latest music project, released at the end of July.
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It marked a transition from his usual hip-hop output, drawing inspiration from 80s synth music.
Tyga, whose real name is Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson, released the music under the new moniker Starface.
He admitted to using AI to make the music, claiming he and his team used embraced the tech as tool while defending his usage by comparing it to autotune, a stylistic vocal effect popularised by Cher in the late 1990s.
Speaking to Vibe, he shared: “We definitely used aI as a [tool on the album]. And I know people are going to be mad about me saying this, but it’s where technology is going.”
He continued: “It’s no different than when autotune came out. Some people were opposed to it, but real artists took it and used it.
“We were like, ‘You know what? I need some ‘80 synths for a certain part of this song. I need a guitar solo done ASAP’. It is what it is,” he shared, insisting that all of the vocals on the album are directly from him.
The album was met with a negative reaction and Pitchfork gave the album a rare 0.0 rating, the first time it had done so in 20 years.
The publication called it 'slop-pop concept album' that is 'smug and complacent and depressing,' and that its existence made the world 'a worst place'.
Doja Cat and Tyga have collaborated in the past: the remix of her hit 2019 single ‘Juicy’ and their joint 2022 single ‘Freaky Deaky’.
She also released her own ‘80s inspired album last year, titled Vie, which includes the songs ‘Jealous Type’ and ‘Gorgeous’. She is currently promoting the album on the Tour Ma Vie World Tour, which runs through December 1, 2026
Fans of Doja Cat, whose real name is Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, criticised the usage of AI in music.
After the clip from the Twitch stream was shared on X (formerly Twitter), one fan made reference to the Pitchfork review and declared: "And that's why he got 0 out of 10."
Greg Harris