The rapper posted two AI photos of the Civil Rights icon on Monday, Jan. 20, to her X account. King called them "deplorable."

Bernice King comes to Sexyy Red’s defense amid backlash surrounding the rapper’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day post. The family […]

With social media (and ego) at play, the brief but positive interaction between Bernice King and Sexyy Red could be a lesson for all of us.

"This is intentionally dishonoring, deplorable, and disrespectful of my family and my father," Bernice King wrote on X Tuesday (Jan. 21).

That was quick. Sexyy Red has apologized and deleted a controversial AI-generated photo featuring herself and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. after the late civil rights leader’s daughter called the image “distasteful” and disrespectful.

Bernice King called out Sexyy Red for her "disrespectful" post about Martin Luther King Jr. On Monday, Sexyy took to X, formerly Twitter, to share a post in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It was AI-generated and showed Dr. King posing with the "Pound Town" rapper in what appeared to be a nightclub.

Rapper Sexyy Red has apologized to Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter after posting an AI-generated image of herself holding hands with the civil rights icon in a club.

Rapper Sexyy Red, whose real name is Janae Nierah Wherry, faced criticism from Bernice King, the daughter of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., after posting a controversial AI-generated image on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The image depicted Sexyy Red holding hands with Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated in 1968.