Cowl of Drake’s “Licensed Lover Boy” album — which Siri allegedly hides from you — picture credit score: Drake
Drake has began a beef with Apple, claiming that Siri has been bribed to play Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us”, even while you ask for “Licensed Lover Boy.”
Again when radio stations did not sound equivalent throughout the nation, there was the issue of payola the place a DJ might be paid to advertise sure songs. Rapper Drake believes that is nonetheless persevering with to this present day — however that the identify of the DJ in query is Siri.
“On data and perception, UMG [Universal Music Group] paid, or accepted funds to, Apple Inc. to have its voice-activated digital assistant ‘Siri’ purposely misdirect customers to ‘Not Like Us,'” says a courtroom submitting by Drake’s legal professionals. “On-line sources reported that when customers requested Siri to play the album ‘Licensed Loverboy’ by recording artist Aubrey Drake Graham d/b/a [doing business as] Drake, Siri as an alternative performed ‘Not Like Us,’ which comprises the lyric ‘licensed pedophile,’ an allegation towards Drake.”
So Siri, maybe fearing that she’ll lose her job when Apple Intelligence kicks in correctly, has allegedly been taking back-handers from Kendrick Lamar. It is undoubtedly not all as a result of Siri will famously get proper the primary ten occasions you ask for a tune after which all of a sudden get it crazily flawed the subsequent time.
No, it really is not. What it’s, is that Apple apparently does not suppose it may possibly depend on us to know the identify of a tune we like. It thinks we’d, if we’re fortunate, bear in mind a number of the lyrics.
And sure, Kendrick Lamar’s tune “Not Like Us” does characteristic the road “licensed lover boy.” It’s a direct reference to the title of Drake’s tune, and it’s no less than purportedly in regards to the feud between the 2 males.
You’d suppose {that a} tune with the a line within the title can be weighted larger than one which has these phrases within the lyrics, however apparently you would be flawed. It would assist that Lamar’s tune got here out in Could 2024, whereas Drake’s was in 2021.
So maybe Siri is prioritizing newer releases. Or, you understand, the discharge that received three BET Hip Hop Awards and is now nominated for 5 Grammys regardless of you having by no means heard of it.
However earlier than Drake hauls Tim Cook dinner into courtroom for attempting to line his pockets with some minute fraction of Apple’s hourly revenue, there’s a downside. Whereas witnesses say Siri performs the flawed tune like this, they particularly say it does so on Spotify.
Use Siri to play “Licensed Lover Boy” on Apple Music, and it performs the proper observe. So possibly Drake ought to be suing Spotify for being garbage.