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The Xania Monet Debate: When AI Meets R&B The music industry has found itself at a crossroads with the emergence of Xania Monet , an AI-created R&B artist who recently secured a $3 million deal with Hallwood Media . Behind the digital avatar is Telisha Nikki Jones , a 31-year-old Mississippi poet and design studio owner who writes her own lyrics and uses the AI platform Suno to generate the music. The controversy has divided the industry. Artists like Kehlani and SZA have voiced strong opposition, with Kehlani stating that nothing could justify AI in creative arts where people have sacrificed and trained their entire lives. Meanwhile, producer Timbaland has publicly supported the project, and the market has responded : Xania's catalog has generated nearly 10 million U.S. streams, with How Was I Supposed to Know hitting No. 1 on R&B Digital Song Sales and recently becoming the first AI artist to debut on Billboard's Adult R&B Airplay chart at...

So This Is Happening : An AI Artist Just Hit Billboard's Radio Chart I'm scrolling through my feed and there it is —the headline that makes you pause mid-swipe. Xania Monet has become the first known AI artist to earn enough radio airplay to debut on a Billboard radio chart , landing at number 30 on the Adult R&B Airplay chart with How Was I Supposed to Know? And honestly? I don't know how to feel yet. Let me get the facts straight first. Xania was created by 31-year-old Mississippi poet Talisha Jones , who writes the lyrics herself and then uses the music creation service Suno to transform those lyrics into songs. So there is a human in the equation —a poet from Mississippi who's been writing for years, who grew up singing in church , pouring her stories into these tracks. 90% of her lyrics are her own true stories, and the other 10% are inspired by the stories of her friends and community. But here's where it gets wild : Xania Monet has been ...