Kendrick Lamar, Gucci Mane, Eminem, 2Pac, Biggie, Drake and Lil Wayne have been additionally hilariously reimagined as ladies in viral A.I. photos that had social media in an uproar.

50 Cent and Eminem grew to become the middle of on-line laughter after digitally altered photos reimagined them—and several other different rap icons—as ladies, sparking a wave of jokes and comparisons throughout social media.

A viral A.I.-generated picture collection reworked 50 Cent, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Gucci Mane, The Infamous B.I.G., Drake, 2Pac and Lil Wayne into feminine variations of themselves, and the web wasted no time roasting the outcomes.

One person wrote, “Eminem appears like she contemporary out of an AA assembly,” whereas one other mentioned, “50 Cent appears just like the comic woman who was in Coming to America 2 and Ghostbusters.” That “comic woman” is extensively believed to be Leslie Jones, and the resemblance had commenters in stitches.

Of Kendrick Lamar, somebody joked, “Kendrick appears like he about to ‘Set It Off’ with Queen Latifah and Jada.”

The pictures, which seem to have been created utilizing a face-swapping or gender-swapping A.I. software, shortly circulated on X and Instagram, with customers evaluating the altered rappers to every thing from sitcom characters to kin at a household reunion. The digital makeover of 2Pac drew fewer jokes however nonetheless acquired consideration for its uncanny realism, whereas Lil Wayne’s transformation had folks saying he regarded like somebody’s auntie who sells plates on Sundays.

This isn’t the primary time synthetic intelligence has been used to poke enjoyable at celebrities. Over the previous yr, A.I. instruments have been used to reimagine public figures in weird or humorous methods—from turning actors into Renaissance portraits to growing older pop stars 50 years into the longer term. The development has change into a type of digital parody, with creators utilizing A.I. to remix movie star photos for laughs, satire or simply plain curiosity.

Whereas some view these creations as innocent enjoyable, others have raised considerations concerning the ethics of altering actual folks’s likenesses with out consent. Nonetheless, the web appears extra amused than outraged—at the very least for now.

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