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

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.

Rapper and singer Sexyy Red has issued an apology to Bernice King for posting an AI-generated photo featuring her and the latter’s father, Martin Luther King Jr. Red reposted the image on social media on Martin Luther King Jr.

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

"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.

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 apologizes to Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. after posting an AI generated image of the two of them.

"This is intentionally distasteful, dishonoring, deplorable, and disrespectful to my family and my father," wrote Bernice King in response to the rapper