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[UPDATE: fake] They made his car "cease & desist" (lemmus.org)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by sundray@lemmus.org to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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UPDATE: Busted by the Verge, sorry everybody. Fuck.

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Article: Tesla Allegedly Disables Rapper’s Cybertruck After Song Critique.

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[–] gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The "reportedly" here is a dead give away here that the author didn't bother with even the slightest research.

I didn't want to listen to the entire thing but it sure doesn't sound like a diss track to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIWGAnYutq0

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

Things that are surprising me right now (not in order):

Big Huey is such a non-entity. There are 3 tracks of his (& one collab) on the whole damn internet that I can see. Why did Tesla even bother?
The video is flattering to the deactivated item. They can afford to lose admirers right now? Why do they feel so safe?
There are no written records of the lyrics on the internet I could find.
Why does his label's website have an offer to "buy a verse"? Dude so unfamous and lacking success he's trying to sell clout to strangers.
Yet he owns a cybertruck and has only needed to make a handful of videos over the last 4 years.
The news wants us to think Tesla is retaliating over a dissenting view, erroneously (?!)

The whole thing reads like a maze of mirrors. At no point does the story make actual sense. Did we really see a jumped-up vanity project get stomped by a mega corp for no actual reason?

What explanation could make this series of events make sense? Is Huey a Tesla plant? Is this a (botched? Who knows) test balloon by the company trying to create a legal precedent for corporate powers to smash all dissent? Then why would they pick a target that was favourable to them? They must not want to prejudice the jury...

I can't make the pieces all fit. But I feel that it must make complete sense to one of the players.