Fenix Flexin, a member of LA rap duo Shoreline Mafia, has a solo track called 'Rubberz' sitting at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100. The problem: widespread accusations that the song was generated entirely by AI. Fenix denies it, but has offered nothing concrete to counter the claim.
The suspicion is grounded in specifics. Fenix built his catalog on trap-influenced West Coast rap. 'Rubberz' is a hard pivot to '80s UK sounds, a genre shift so abrupt it reads less like artistic growth and more like a prompt. The cover art looks AI-generated too.
The full Verge piece digs into what the song actually sounds like, how the AI accusations spread, and what Fenix has and has not said publicly. Worth reading for the question it leaves open: if a human-sounding denial is all it takes, how does the industry verify authorship at all.
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