The music industry has long embraced ghostwriters, session musicians, vocal tuning, and paid-for-hire labor. Yet when independent creators use artificial intelligence, even in a limited capacity, they are reduced to a single label: AI Artist. In The New One-Drop Rule: Selective Transparency and the Politics of AI Music, Dionne Roberts-Emegha examines AI, creative ownership, transparency, and who gets to define legitimacy in a changing industry.