A Track at No. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 Is Now the Test Case for the AI-Music Chart Fight
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The Verge examined 'Rubberz' by Fenix Flexin — of LA rap duo Shoreline Mafia — which has climbed to number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 amid accusations that it is AI slop. It lands the same week the major labels proposed chart-eligibility rules requiring AI disclosure, which makes the case the practical stress test: nobody can currently prove what's in the record, and the proposed rules assume labeling that doesn't exist yet.