Harvard Mouse – Epic Rap Battle Ver.

Term Project by Michelle Lee

The link to the video is at the bottom.

A few weeks ago, I learned that in 2003, a defamation suit was brought against the rapper Eminem by his childhood bully for allegedly slandering him in the song “Brain Damage”. The judge gave a ruling in the form of rap. Inspired by this, the “Epic Rap Battles of History” channel on YouTube, and Gavin’s amazing project last term, I thought I would create a short rap battle based on Harvard College v Canada (Commissioner of Patents), 2002 SCC 76 using the interesting arguments the majority and dissent gave in their decisions.

The photos I used for the lyric video are obviously copyrighted, but I should be protected under fair dealing 🙂

AI DISCLAIMER:

• ChatGPT created the first draft of the rap battle lyrics via simple prompting. I picked suitable clauses and tweaked some wording.
• Typecast AI provided text-to-speech “rapper” voices using lyrical input.
• Beatoven AI generated the backing track.

Who won? You decide!