Method Man Takes AI Copycats To Court In New CBS Role

Method Man is playing a rap veteran whose streaming money takes a hit when an AI studio starts copying his music.

The Wu-Tang Clan member brings that fight into a fictional courtroom on this week’s CBS drama Cupertino.

He’s guest-starring as YUNGWOOD in the November 12 episode bearing the same name, according to CBS’s episode announcement.

Attorneys Michael Price and Olivia Siffre take on the studio after its knockoff songs start cutting into their client’s revenue.

The case also puts Michael across the courtroom from his own father, bringing a family dispute into the legal fight. Mike Colter plays Michael alongside Rachel Keller as Olivia in the Silicon Valley-set series.

Their partnership starts with two attorneys who have their own reasons to challenge powerful tech companies. Michael loses out on stock options at his former employer, then teams with the recently fired Olivia to represent people facing similar power imbalances.

For Method Man, the guest spot adds another character to an acting schedule that’s already taken him well beyond music.

He also joined Netflix’s A Different World revival as Coach Coles, trading that campus setting here for a dispute over a rapper’s recordings.

Aurin Squire wrote the episode and Rob Hardy directed it for CBS Studios.

Viewers can catch it Thursday at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS, with live streaming available through Paramount+ Premium.

Paramount+ Essential subscribers can stream the episode on demand the following day.