Around 15 October, Israel's official social media accounts posted an AI-generated rap video titled "Jews from Judea (We DID)". It shows a braided woman rapping about Jewish roots in the region, and the post carried a pointed caption playing on the phrase "go back where you came from". The next day the singer IAMDDB asked on X why her identity had been used for something she never agreed to. The video was then taken down, and the accounts offered no explanation.
“My image is mine. My voice is mine. My values are mine.”
IAMDDB, singer, in a statement · euronews.com ↗
IAMDDB, born in Lisbon, raised in Manchester and named Diana De Brito, followed with a longer statement. She said she had no part in the video and gave no approval, and that she is seeking advice on protecting her image, work and rights. She also said she opposes the killing of innocents and supports the Palestinian people, and that an earlier gig she played in Israel came before she understood the situation.
IAMDDB at the Brit Awards in London in 2018, as pictured by Euronews
Image: Euronews
The resemblance was flagged by activist Rafael Shimunov, who set the AI figure beside a 2018 Crack magazine photo of the singer by Jackson Bowley. The outfit and pose are close to identical, though the brand logos on the clothing were changed. Critics have called the video "digital blackface". IBTimes notes that the likeness alone does not prove her photograph was fed to the AI tool as a reference.
The video's director, Israeli-born and New Jersey-based Eyal Ben Moshe, who works as Eyal Be, says he did not know who she was and did not deliberately use her image. He cannot say which photographs the system drew on. As of 21 October, no legal action by IAMDDB had been confirmed, and her management had declined further comment.
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