On August 19th, FN Meka became the world’s first artificial rapper to sign with a major record label. The virtual artist released singles such as “Moonwalking,” “Speed Demon” and “Internet,” which hit off on TikTok. The rapper has accumulated billions of views and has reached over 10 million followers becoming TikTok’s Number 1 virtual being on the platform. Since the rapper’s signing, both the rapper and the record label have been facing backlash, leading Capital Music Group to cut ties with the virtual artist.
According to HipHop DX, the artificial rapper, FN Meka, has spoken out after being dropped by Capitol Records. FN Meka is now blaming his dropping on “racist reporters.” The source also reports that Capital Records has been receiving an abundance of negative reactions, particularly from the black community.
Capital Records issues a statement regarding cutting ties with FN Meka!
The label stated, that Capital Music group has part ways with the FN Meka project. The label offers their deepest condolences to the Black community for their insensitivity, signing Meka without asking enough questions about the 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 — your input was invaluable as we came to the decision to end our association with the project.”
FN Meka calls out racist reporters for clickbait!
As of yesterday, August 23rd, FN Meka has responded to the news of Capital Music deciding to cut ties. YouTuber Jarvis Johnson reached out on Instagram to show his support for the virtual artist. He said, “Hey fam. i just heard the news. you’ll bounce back from this stronger than ever.” In what Johnson describes as the worst response, Meka say’s, “Ty Jarvis!!! Honestly ,its algorithems controlling people.” He adds that FN Meka was created by a black lady and a asian guy with a black voice. Racist reporters just want to report clickbait. Meka say’s they’ve told reporters this many times and they ignore it just to make headlines.
i asked FN Meka about being dropped from Capital Records and their response couldn't have been worse pic.twitter.com/QEDdzIKcIN
— jarvis johnson (@jarvis) August 24, 2022
Johnson continued to question the real humans behind the artificial artist. He asked if it’s an asian dude that sounds black or if it’s a voice actor. FN Meka said “Lady came up w/ idea, asian modeled it to give a rapper a voice. Its a simple business cooperation lmao.” He adds that the rapper is black as you can tell by his voice. Meka also say’s people just want clout and to report false narratives. He then sent a follow-up to Johnson clarifying the voice is a black man and not an asian person putting on a Blaccent. “Btw just to clarify. The voice is a black guy.”
fn meka just dm'd me to clarify pic.twitter.com/dltdy2duZX
— jarvis johnson (@jarvis) August 24, 2022
While FN Meka is confident he will make his way back to the top, many people, activists, and other rappers have expressed their anger with Capital Records regarding the deal. The Game even said, “Like it ain’t a million real human artists out here who giving a deal to would change their families’ lives FOH.”
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