Yes. Louis Mhlanga has 14 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 14

songs in LAION-DISCO-12M under the artist name

A list of 12 million songs on YouTube Music, gathered by walking artist pages, that LAION published in 2024 for training general music models.

Including Ubuhle Bomhlaba (Live), Woza (Live), Mai Rugare (Live)

Listed under the artist name 14 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

Matched exactly: this YouTube Music artist id is the one the dataset lists these songs under.

Ubuhle Bomhlaba (Live)

Listed as Vusi Mahlasela, Louis Mhlanga – Ubuhle Bomhlaba (Live) (Live at the Bassline) · Watch on YouTube

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Woza (Live)

Listed as Vusi Mahlasela, Louis Mhlanga – Woza (Live) (Live at the Bassline) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video MHkmE7GqLHE · row MHkmE7GqLHE

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Mai Rugare (Live)

Listed as Vusi Mahlasela, Louis Mhlanga – Mai Rugare (Live) (Live at the Bassline) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video QFdpSmhyGos · row QFdpSmhyGos

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Untitled (Live)

Listed as Vusi Mahlasela, Louis Mhlanga – Untitled (Live) (Concert for James Phillips (Live)) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video SqWH-jj1D4M · row SqWH-jj1D4M

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Basimanyana (Live)

Listed as Vusi Mahlasela, Louis Mhlanga – Basimanyana (Live) (Live at the Bassline) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video XRWbs9Xrb7o · row XRWbs9Xrb7o

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When You Come Back (Live)

Listed as Vusi Mahlasela, Louis Mhlanga – When You Come Back (Live) (Live at the Bassline) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video gEAi9N20nMY · row gEAi9N20nMY

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Tontobane (Live)

Listed as Vusi Mahlasela, Louis Mhlanga – Tontobane (Live) (Live at the Bassline) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video gOU05Ua2tqo · row gOU05Ua2tqo

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Fountain (Live)

Listed as Vusi Mahlasela, Louis Mhlanga – Fountain (Live) (Live at the Bassline) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video hgg0D-7vBTs · row hgg0D-7vBTs

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Red Song (Live)

Listed as Vusi Mahlasela, Louis Mhlanga – Red Song (Live) (Live at the Bassline) · Watch on YouTube

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Zvinoshamisa (Live)

Listed as Vusi Mahlasela, Louis Mhlanga – Zvinoshamisa (Live) (Live at the Bassline) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video s_z6qgTefp4 · row s_z6qgTefp4

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Silang Mabele (Live)

Listed as Vusi Mahlasela, Louis Mhlanga – Silang Mabele (Live) (Live at the Bassline) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video weer-NO2pEY · row weer-NO2pEY

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Chibona (Live)

Listed as Vusi Mahlasela, Louis Mhlanga – Chibona (Live) (Live at the Bassline) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video xA9T00gR1Qs · row xA9T00gR1Qs

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Untitled (Live) (Live)

Listed as Vusi Mahlasela, Louis Mhlanga – Untitled (Live) (Live) (Live at the Bassline) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video xa6vRU5xVwU · row xa6vRU5xVwU

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Two Birds (Live)

Listed as Vusi Mahlasela, Louis Mhlanga – Two Birds (Live) (Live at the Bassline) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video yFmvB6voiRs · row yFmvB6voiRs

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What this means

Last reviewed 2026-09-24.

Presence in a public research dataset shows that a clip of your recording was listed by academic or industry researchers as material for building or testing audio models. It does not by itself show which commercial products, if any, used the clip. The legal picture is moving. On 31 July 2026 the Regional Court of Munich I ruled in GEMA's case against Suno (case 42 O 763/25) that reproducing works for training, holding them in a model in retrievable form, and generating similar outputs can each infringe copyright under German and EU law; the judgment is not final and can be appealed. In the United States, Warner Music Group settled its claims against Suno on 25 November 2025 with a licensing deal, while the parallel claims by Universal and Sony were still pending at that point. Since then BMG (12 August 2026) and Believe/TuneCore (8 September 2026) have signed opt-in licensing deals with Suno.

What you can do

3 routes. None is a guarantee.

UK, PRS members. Send PRS for Music your report and ask what collective or licensing route covers your works.
- PRS for Music and Artificial Intelligence, Version 1 (October 2025), 2025-10-01
- PRS for Music: AI and music copyright, 2026-09-24
Germany, GEMA members. GEMA won a first-instance ruling against Suno on 31 July 2026 and has a licensing model. Ask how they apply to your repertoire.
- GEMA: Suno AI and OpenAI, GEMA sues for fair compensation, 2025-01-21
- DLA Piper: GEMA v Suno, Munich Regional Court judgment of 31 July 2026, 2026-08-28
- Music Business Worldwide: Germany's GEMA launches AI Charter, 2024-11-05
Signed to Warner, BMG or Believe/TuneCore. Each has an opt-in licensing deal with Suno. Ask your label what opting in or out means for you and whether any settlement money reaches artists.
- Music Business Worldwide: Warner Music Group settles with Suno, 2025-11-25
- Music Ally: Suno signs another music licensing deal, with BMG, 2026-08-12
- Music Business Worldwide: Suno inks global deal with Believe, 2026-09-08

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These pages report where identifiers from public research datasets point. Presence in a dataset is a fact about the dataset, not a claim about the channel or artist, and says nothing about what any company did with the material. If you are this artist and want this page removed, see removals.