Apple's Siri is a better rapper than you

Siri, Apple’s voice-controlled virtual assistant, is not just useful for hands-free texting, dictation and pizza place recommendations – it turns out she is also a skilled rapper.

Last month, Judith Newman wrote in the New York Times how Siri had befriended her autistic son, and now it seems that Siri’s talents go even further.

London-based producers Skeewiff, aka Alex Rizzo and Elliot Ireland, have uploaded a remix of Young MC’s Know How that features Siri.

Siri’s flow is reminiscent of Nicki Minaj’s best work on Monster; she has cadence just as smooth as Angel Haze; and a potty mouth worthy of Azealia Banks.

As well as name-checking Spotify and Google, Siri’s enunciation of Young’s rapid-fire lyrics are near-perfect, rapping:

I’m tough like a bone / sly like Stallone / rocking and clocking on the microphone / smooth like a mirror / in hearts I strike terror / rhymes like runs / and rhymes with no errors.

The producers who worked with Siri said they were thrilled with her performance. Rizzo told the Guardian how the collaboration came about:

“She’s set to British Female. I asked her to dial up the lyrics of one of my favourite boasting hip hop tracks of all time, Young MC’s Know How.

“When I asked her to read them out, well that was when the real ROFL-ing started. Tears and everything. Something about that posh English, mechanical accent busting rhymes was just irresistible.

At that moment I knew what needed to be done, the rest was just recording, replaying and a whole lot of editing.”

This is not the first time Siri has taken to the mic though. She has previously covered Eminem’s Lose Yourself (not a great effort), and, to better effect, Notorious BIG’s Hypnotize. X Factor, watch out.

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