Dr. Dre is right at the top of the list of music legends who are determined to set their legacies on fire for the benefit of tech oligarchs. This isn't that surprising when you consider that Dre himself became a tech oligarch many years ago. Still, it's striking to watch one of the all-time great rap producers go all-in on the idea that generative artificial intelligence is the next artistic frontier — like he can make it happen, just by saying it over and over again.

Earlier this year, Dr. Dre gave his AI take , which is that "some people are afraid of learning new things." In a New York Times interview , Dre said, "I don’t see [AI] as a threat. I think the only people that see it as a threat are the people who have trouble creating," and he claimed that he's using it while working on his own music. Now, he's doubling down on that take.

Dre's former N.W.A bandmate Ice Cube has a new podcast called Listen And Laugh with the comedian Mike Epps.…