Chicago’s Babychiefdoit is catching heat for using AI to write his rhymes, but it might make him a pioneer of modern rap music.
BabyChiefDoIt is stirring up a storm in across rap with a move that’s got the streets divided. The 17-year-old Chicago-bred rapper recently came clean about using ChatGPT to write his lyrics. Why would he cop to this? Now have have to have the what’s “real” in rap debate again. Some say it’s cheating, others call it smart business. I’m not sure, but I know it isn’t Hip-Hop.
Hip-Hop has never been a perfect culture. Ghostwriters have been penning verses for legends (and trash rappers) for decades. Industry plants sprout with fully grown fanbases overnight. AI feels different, but is it? BabyChiefDoIt is just playing by 2025’s rules, not 1995’s…I think.
Using AI is definitely not a scandal or a tragic transgression. He seems to be experimenting with a new tool. Pause. ChatGPT is “the help.” If you can use tech to make the process faster, why not? This isn’t Rakim. And yet, it feels like a rough tumble down a rocky hill.
Older heads are clutching their pearls.
What we can say is the kid is honest. He’s not pretending these bars are all his own. At one point he said he requested somebody to write his next song. He’s straight up, “Yeah, I used AI.”
Rap is changing. I don’t know if this is good or the worst thing ever. Some people think this is an “adapt or die” moment. You can adapt and uphold the standards, too.BabyChiefDoIt will keep his name in the mix and we’ll push his career further just by writing this.
Here are some comments.
“I think there will be a new generation of artist and fans who will have ai normalized and not think anything of this. Personally, I can’t really cosign doing it.” – Rapper and writer Rob Markman
“Using AI like this will lead to the downfall of the entire music industry. Where is the creativity?”
“I’ve never checked him out but he always seemed cool 🙁 lost a lot of respect for this.”
“Man I’d rather write bars off the dome than do s### like this. Where’s the soul & personality to the lyrics? Where’s the authenticity?”
“Your favorite rappers are already doing this”
Rap evolves. I just hope it’s not a devolution in disguise. That is a real thing too. BabyChiefDoIt just might be riding the wave into music history.
