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A rapper who goes by the name Topher created Solomon Ray, an AI-assisted artist making waves in gospel music. He explains how it all works. By Steve Knopper Solomon Ray, a handsome young singer with a ...

Songs credited to an artist named Solomon Ray entered iTunes’ Top 100 Christian and gospel albums chart last week — but the hits weren’t created by a human. Ray’s voice, lyrics and persona were ...

Ray is the first AI artist to have the No. 1 album and song on any iTunes chart. What happens when music fans discover their new go-to praise and worship song, only for the song to be made by an ...

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Forrest Frank is speaking out against AI-generated songs. The Christian artist was prompted to address the ever-growing issues by the fact that an AI artist currently has four songs in the Top 10 of ...

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The Season 34 finale of “Dancing with the Stars” is here! The dazzling three-hour Nov. 25 episode will be the show's most demanding finale of all time. The season's five remaining couples will perform ...

The devil is in the details. An AI-generated Christian artist named Solomon Ray has taken the gospel music world by storm after topping the iTunes and Billboard charts with his album “Faithful Soul.” ...

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