FN Meka Backer is walking away from the project; The rapper claims he wasn’t paid to work as the voice of Meka

Since then digital rapper and TikTok influencer FN Meka I was Removal From Capitol RecordsThe list, more details about the project began to appear. Anthony Martini, who co-founded Meka-backing Factory New along with Brandon Le, released a statement today (August 25) announcing that he is exiting Factory New and moving away from the FN Meka project.

In the statement (available in full below), Martini clarified that he is not the creator of Meka but that he joined the team in early 2020 after releasing some of Meka’s early songs. “It became clear that I should have done more before joining,” he said. “I take responsibility for diving into a project without thoroughly examining its history.” He also referred to the allegations recently shared by Houston rapper Kyle The Hooligan.

Kyle claims to be the original voice of Mika. in video Posted on his official Instagram account and below Interview with Vice, the rapper claimed that Lou recruited him to voice the character, promising him to “contribute to the company, the percentages,” then “ghost” him before signing Meka with the Capitol. He added that the creators “used my voice, used my voice, used the culture, and literally left me loud and dry. I didn’t get a cent out of nothing, and they got record deals.”

Martini addressed Kyle in his statement today. He wrote, “In the past few days, I’ve learned about Kyle Hooligan’s experience with Mica which severely contradicts my core values.” “I believe that artists should always be at the center of the creative process and should be compensated fairly.” Martini noted in a follow-up email to Pitchfork that while he was unaware of the circumstances surrounding bringing Kyle to the project initially, “I reached out to Kyle when I heard about him and he explained the story which seemed reasonable.” Kyle the Hooligan’s representatives declined to comment on Martini’s statement.

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Kyle told Pitchfork that he was the writer behind “Moonwalkin” and other Meka songs he sang, contradicting Martini’s claim in Interview 2021 That Meka’s lyrics were generated by AI. Martini retracted that interview in today’s statement. These quotes were from a 2021 interview and were intended to create intrigue and provide cover for songs at the time that weren’t ready for scrutiny. FN Meka’s vocals have always been written and performed by humans, which in this case were black voices – to be clear.”

Mika, who was described by Capitol upon signing on August 12 as “the world’s first augmented reality artist to sign with a major brand,” was dropped after criticism that the rapper’s appearance and music were “a direct insult to the black community and our culture,” activist group Industry Blackout. wrote in a statement Address to the Capitol. They added that Meka is “a mixture of gross stereotypes, and appropriate behaviors that stem from black artists, complete with insults embedded in the lyrics.” Capitol Records cut ties with FN Meka less than two weeks after she signed with rapper A.I. “We offer our deepest apologies to the black community for our insensitivity to signing this project without asking enough questions about fairness and the creative process behind it,” the poster He pointed out in a statement.

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