{"id":49061,"date":"2026-02-03T15:55:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=49061"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:55:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:55:48","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncassper-nyovest-warns-ai-music-could-hurt-emerging-artists-after-suka-tops-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/03\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncassper-nyovest-warns-ai-music-could-hurt-emerging-artists-after-suka-tops-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassper Nyovest warns AI music could hurt emerging artists after Suka! tops charts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_170617\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170617\" class=\"wp-image-170617 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cassper-Nyovest-shuts-down-claims-of-falling-off-with-a.jpg?resize=600%2C477&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cassper-Nyovest-shuts-down-claims-of-falling-off-with-a.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cassper-Nyovest-2-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-170617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassper Nyovest on AI-generated music<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cassper Nyovest has weighed in on the growing influence of artificial intelligence in music, praising its innovation while warning that it could make life harder for artists trying to break into the industry.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper shared his thoughts amid the buzz around Suka!, an AI-generated song by former podcaster Rea Gopane that has taken streaming platforms by storm.<\/p>\n<p>The track has racked up thousands of monthly listeners and recently climbed to number one on Apple Music South Africa\u2019s Top 100, reigniting debate around AI\u2019s role in creative spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Cassper admitted the song impressed him, revealing that he initially believed it was the work of a new, undiscovered musician.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt fooled me, and I\u2019m a professional musician,\u201d he said. \u201cOne of the things that\u2019s exciting about music is discovering new music and new artists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, that moment of surprise quickly turned into concern. Cassper explained that while established artists are unlikely to feel the immediate impact, newcomers could be the ones who suffer the most.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a threat to people who are established. We\u2019re good, but I really see it being a problem for new artists trying to break into the market,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to suggest that the real danger lies in how the technology might be used by powerful players in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they can make music like that consistently, it\u2019s a problem, because I feel like AI music might be powered by record labels that don\u2019t want to pay and deal with artists anymore,\u201d Cassper added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DUNY55jjXlH\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Cassper #Nyovest #warns #music #hurt #emerging #artists #Suka #tops #charts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Cassper Nyovest on AI-generated music Cassper Nyovest has weighed in on the growing influence of artificial intelligence in music,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49062,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49061\/revisions\/49062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}