Mary J. Blige Draws Backlash Over Suno AI Ad as 90,000 Tracks a Day Flood Deezer

3 articles · Updated · balleralert.com · Sep 1

Mary J. Blige came under fan criticism after appearing in a Suno ad and calling the AI music technology “pretty dope,” despite saying she did not fully understand it at first.
Suno sits at the center of a wider fight over how generative music models are trained, whether creators are paid, and copyright claims tied to training data.
Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine have publicly framed AI as a creative tool rather than a threat, while Meek Mill has repeatedly praised the technology and said it helps him learn and parse contracts.
Deezer said in July it was receiving about 90,000 fully AI-generated tracks a day; those songs were over 50% of new uploads at June’s peak but only 1% to 3% of streams.
An Ipsos survey of 9,000 people in eight countries found 80% want AI music labeled, even as 97% failed to distinguish AI-made songs from human-made tracks in a blind test.