Dre recorded while part of the group in the late 1980s and early ‘90s. It’s also widely publicized that N.W.A rappers Ice Cube and MC Ren wrote most of the rhymes co-members Eazy-E and Dr. Widely considered the first commercial hip-hop song, Sugar Hill Gang’s 1979 “Rapper’s Delight,” contains chunks of lyrics allegedly stolen from Grandmaster Caz, who never received any type of credit. To what extent this happens is still generally ignored, swept under the rug.īut in reality, it’s as old as the genre itself. When rap music accounts for more than half of what’s trending chart-wise, it follows that most of these rappers likely enlist the help of writers at some points in their careers. The hip-hop songs that do any real chart climbing are usually fizzy by nature and revolve around a catchy chorus and bouncy rhythm what lies in between is generally an after-thought. It’s viewed as a more personal, more authentic genre, and since its dawn, rappers have touted lyrical marksmanship as the basis of their fame, identifying more with poets than pop stars. From Sinatra to Rihanna, it’s almost common knowledge that popular music doesn’t just write itself.īut to many, Hip-Hop music is a different beast altogether. Since the birth of the music industry, artists have sought the help of writers to flesh ideas out and ultimately produce applaudable music. Whether Drake actually relies on songwriters or not remains to be seen, but this feud has effectively pried open a decades-old scar that the hip-hop community has done a great job ignoring – until now. In fact, I’m amazed.”Īlluding to Meek’s relationship with rapper Nicki Minaj: “No woman ever had me star struck or was able to tell to get my bars up. On the record, Drake calmly brushed off the allegations, taking subtle but personal jabs at Meek: “Wow, I’m honored that you think this is staged. In a conversation with a friend on Instagram, Drake said: “I signed up for greatness, this comes with it.”įour days later, on his Beats 1 radio show OVO Sounds, the rapper released a trio of songs, one titled “Charged Up.”
With this the stage was set for online anarchy, and fans were quickly taking sides. The DJ eventually would go on to state he had three more of these “reference” songs he received from someone close to the situation. He added, “If I woulda knew I woulda took it off my album….I don’t trick my fans! Lol”Īt the peak of his tirade, Meek tweeted out the name of Atlanta-based rapper Quentin Miller, who was credited as a co-writer on four songs from Drake’s most recent album, “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late.”Īdding fuel to the firewall, Radio DJ Funk Master Flex publically sided with Meek, later releasing an audio recording of Quentin Miller’s alleged rapping of a song sounding nearly identical to Drake’s “10 Bands.” He purported to have found out the verse was written by someone else. Specifically, Meek pointed a finger at Drake’s featured verse on “R.I.C.O,” a song from Meek’s latest album. “Stop comparing Drake to me too,” Meek typed on July 21. The barb, one of many he tweeted in the Grammy-winner’s direction that evening, sparked debate within the music world, first about the legitimacy of the allegations, and second, about its history. Last week rapper Meek Mill put the internet in a chokehold when he claimed that fellow rapper Drake doesn’t write his own lyrics. As seen in this thread, there were numerous other tweets and Instagrams that were very quickly deleted.Rappers are glorified as solo authors, the voices of their people, but often times, it takes a village to raise a record. The association was enough to spur savvy fans on KanyeToThe to speculate if Miller was a new member of OVO officially. The photo above is dated 28 weeks old, and here's another one from the same week where he's pictured with more OVO members, and standing right beside Drake. Maco called attention to Miller via credits on songs from If You're Reading This It's Too Late, but Miller's connection to OVO began popping up via Drake's BFF and frequent video skit star OVO Ryan, as early as six months before that album's mixtape's release. However, a connection to Drake and OVO is apparent through social media. Complex premiered their new video two months ago, along with their latest mixtape. Here's what we do know: Miller is an Atlanta rapper, currently part of a group called WDNG Crshrs. But he being a punk ass nigga and won't say a word. The only reason I spoke up is so my friend could finally get his credit.
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