"I've received thousands of messages from listeners who feel seen, comforted, and spiritually lifted by his songs. The impact has far exceeded anything I anticipated and the numbers reflect that in earnest,"
"My intention has always been to uplift, not replace; to add to the richness of gospel music, not subtract from its legacy."
"who reveres it, respects it, and approaches it with sincerity,"
"You can have complete virtual performers...deepfake videos, AI voices. It's unsettling because you can construct an entire artist from scratch,"
Solomon Ray hit No. 1 on multiple music charts, including Billboard's gospel digital song sales and Apple Music Christian song lists. The project has surpassed seven million streams across platforms and generated over a million YouTube views. Christopher "Topher" Townsend, a Mississippi-based MAGA rapper, conservative activist and former Air Force cryptologic analyst, launched the Solomon Ray project using generative AI to create the singer's voice, persona, lyrics and production. Thousands of listeners report feeling seen, comforted and spiritually lifted by the songs. The creator frames the project as intended to uplift, not replace, and not as a political puppet. Experts caution that AI artists enable deepfakes and raise cultural concerns about marginalized groups being excluded from training data.
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