Doja Cat has taken aim at fellow rapper Tyga after he shared that he’d use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to produce his latest musical project.

While taking part in a recent Twitch livestream, the Jealous Type performer told her followers, seemingly completely unprovoked: “Nobody asked me anything about Tyga, but I just felt like saying this. Tyga is a penis for making an AI album.”

The Grammy winner was referring to the latest musical offering from Tyga, which he released at the end of July under the moniker Starface.

Starface marked a musical departure for the Ayo performer, taking inspiration from 80s synth music rather than his usual hip-hop and rap.

He subsequently told Vibe: “We definitely used AI as a [tool on the album]. And I know people are going to be mad about me saying this, but it’s where technology is going.”

Tyga insisted: “It’s no different than when autotune came out. Some people were opposed to it, but real artists took it and used it.”

“We were like, ‘You know what? I need some ‘80 synths for a certain part of this song. I need a guitar solo done ASAP’. It is what it is,” he added, but insisted that all of the vocals heard on the album are his own.

Starface, and the news that it was created with AI, have been met with a predominantly negative reception – most notably from the music outlet Pitchfork, which gave the album a 0.0 rating for the first time in 20 years.

AI remains a contentious issue across the entertainment industry, with artists like Madonna, Beyoncé and Ariana Grande among those to have spoken out against its increased usage.

The technology has proved to be just as contentious a subject among creatives in television and cinema, and was a major factor in the industry-wide Hollywood strikes of 2023.