Doja Cat criticised Tyga after he confirmed that artificial intelligence was used on his new album, $tarface, calling him an explicit insult during a livestream. The dispute highlights continuing arguments in hip-hop over whether AI is a legitimate production aid or a threat to artistic authenticity.

Tyga said AI helped create 1980s-style synthesisers and a guitar solo, but maintained that he wrote the songs and performed all vocals himself. He compared the technology to Auto-Tune’s early reception; the pair previously collaborated on “Juicy”, which peaked at No. 41 in 2019, and “Freaky Deaky”, which reached No. 43 in 2022.