A$AP Rocky Accused Of Plagiarizing Part Of AI-Assisted “Shroom Clouds” Video

The road to A$AP Rocky's Don't Be Dumb was long and bumpy, and that's continuing with the rollout for a presumed deluxe edition. Way back in 2021, Rocky previewed a song called "Mushroom Clouds." On Oct. 19, that song re-emerged as "Shroom Clouds," a new single with reggie and Jeremih expected to appear on an upcoming deluxe edition of Don't Be Dumb. A police car in the "Shroom Clouds" video says "30 Oct 2026," so fans think Disc 2 will drop this Friday.Directed by Rocky plus Aisultan Seitov and Pietro Biz Biasia, "Shroom Clouds" is a surreal video with various callbacks to Rocky's story, like a mural of A$AP Yams and a “Purple Swag” callback. It also uses some AI effects, and now it's being accused of using AI to rip off a small creator. Specifically, fans are flagging the psychedelic tunnel imagery at the 2m25s mark, suggesting Rocky fed someone else's work into AI and inserted himself:Rocky is accused of ripping off a visual from a 2019 video series using GoPro Fusion directed by Ari Fararooy and Cache Bunny, with visual effects by Cache Bunny, featuring German parkour athlete Jason Paul. It does look remarkably similar, and Fararooy's original Instagram post now has a lot of co...