‘Cupertino’ Sneak Peek: Method Man Guest Stars as Rapper Taking on AI Music

The MC is ready to take on AI in this week’s newest episode of Cupertino, and TV Insider has an exclusive sneak peek at the rap battle ahead.

In the above clip from Thursday’s (November 12) new episode, “YUNGWOOD,” Cliff “Method Man” Smith guest stars as the titular client, who turns to Michael Price (Mike Colter), Olivia Siffre (Rachel Keller), and Natalia Boutella (Busy Philipps) for help taking on the AI machine that’s copycatting his and other artists’ work.

“Yes, y’all. The new flav-masters of the music industry is A-frickin’-I,” he says in a recorded spot. “And the AI overseers that go to artists’ studio, GAS, have been ripping my ass off and sucking up my cash.” He’s arrested by a pair of yellow-shirted goons and screams, “Fight the power. Fight the slop!”

We then see that he’s presenting this commercial to the attorneys to entice them to join his case, saying, “That’s what I need you for, Mike, to fight the frickin’ slop.”

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It’s not just that YUNGWOOD has confidence in the attorneys’ ability to sue GAS that brings him to Price, Siffre & Associates, though; he already has a lawyer in Ry Vance (Steven Pasquale), but he considers the guy to be “a bloodsucker” who took his money and “ghosted” him. Meanwhile, he also knows who the opposing counsel will be when his fast-approaching court date arrives: Bayard Diamond (Joe Morton), a.k.a. Michael’s (in)famous entertainment lawyer father.

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Michael has, of course, been working to distance himself from his father’s coattails the whole time we’ve seen him on Cupertino, so will be bite at the opportunity to work against his dear old dad? And how will he handle the pressure of going toe-to-toe with him? We’ll find out soon enough when Cupertino airs on Thursday!

The official description for the episode reads, “Michael and Olivia try to save art and original music by suing an AI-music studio that is releasing copycat songs and negatively impacting legendary rapper YUNGWOOD’s streaming revenue. Also, Michael fights through familial disagreements when he goes up against his dad as opposing counsel.”

Cupertino, Thursdays, 10/9c, CBS