The Worst Job In Hip Hop 🤫

For years now, ghostwriting has been hip-hop’s worst kept secret. Everyone knows it happens and yet no one truly wants to acknowledge that it’s happening or stand up and be counted to say that they are the ones who keep these secret rhyme scientists in business. This creates serious problems for ghostwriters.
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Narrated by: Spencer Pearman
Written by: Robert Blair
Edited by: Roman Bill
Music by: Josh Petruccio
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[@Hains22]

This video is proof that Drake won the battle, but Meek won the war😂

[@john-olivierlukama1548]

I will die on this hill: Drake beating Meek was the worst thing to happen to his career. Not only did it expose his ghostwriting, but it also gave him a big ego in thinking he could go against actually talented rappers and got his ass beat twice.

[@FreeShadow05]

​@@john-olivierlukama1548this!!!

[@justapugontheinternet]

Facts! ​@@john-olivierlukama1548

[@otis3744]

He hasnt gon against anyone, drake can rap, he has defended himself, rappers sometimes need help, but acting like drake is milly vanilli is crazy

[@06TKO]

but meek got his cheeks spread by diddy, how did he win?

it's crazy a lot of rappers have ghost writers and they music still be trash lol

[@IllDawgable]

Exactly. I was disappointed when I found out fat joe has a writer. His bars have always been basic. Snoop dogg too

[@cleemungo]

Lmao

[@sukhrajhothi1542]

faxxx, since pre-covid

[@alvinwashington1253]

That is the greatest comment ever!! facts!!!

[@sevsthepokey]

well a lotta times the ghostwriters actually MAKE it trash. think about the disney star wars, written by a boardroom, not by a single person with a bold and personal vision. and you can tell cuz it feels watered down and safe. kendrick's whole brand is authentic, thats why hes got authentic fans. drake went the other way.

[@john-olivierlukama1548]

3:40 rare instance of Akademiks not glazing but instead criticizing Drake.

[@bigultra]

Funny part is, he eventually became the mouthpiece of drake.

[@oota4421]

He criticizes Drake a lot ngl. Most Drake fans cant stand him because of his horrible Drake takes

[@stevienguyen2047]

Jay Z didn’t GHOSTwrite Still Dre. He just wrote it and he’s credited. Dre and Snoop have always openly acknowledged Jay Z for it.

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

@@stevienguyen2047 exactly. The younger people have to stop using this as an example. I remember knowing in 1999 that jay wrote that because it’s in the liner notes. I’d say Still D.R.E. is one of the earliest examples of a big rapper writing for another big rapper and being credited for it. This is NOT ghost writing

[@hoc1992]

Facts

[@v.m.m101]

Fun fact.. Jay-Z ghostwrote for Bugs Bunny!!! Space Jam soundtrack “just buggin’” LOL. Ghostwriting or was it a voice over?

[@PK_Mega_Awesome]

Yeah but did you know that Nas wrote Gettin' Jiggy With It?

[@naaimshareef]

Exactly. I heard back in 1999 when i was 19 years old that Jay wrote Still D.R.E. for Dre. Not only am i a huge hip hop fan but i am a huge fan of lyricists but to be honest if i found out that some of my favorite hip hop artists such as Tupac, Nas, Lupe, Common, AZ, King Crooked I, Kendrick, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, DMX, ROYCE DA 5'9, Jay-Z, Biggie, Eve, Foxy Brown (people have said they seen her wrtite her own raps) & any of the members of the WU Tang Clan had ghost writers i would definitely be surprise but it wouldn't bother me that much, and i would still think and feel that they are amongst the greats of hip hop who write their own raps.

[@OfficialHavocOsiris]

I’m a simple man. I see a clip about ghostwriting, I assume that Drake is getting mentioned at some point

[@markhudson738]

😅😅😅

[@MPconTraje]

He's the thumbnail so

[@OfficialHavocOsiris]

@@MPconTraje fair lol

[@JTMoodie2]

It's so overdone at this point

[@dannydanumba]

A simple man with common sense is all the world need

[@hoc1992]

Kanye doesn’t hide it. He credits everyone who wrote on a song

[@Najobajo]

I used to ghostwrite for social media brands. Lmao people have no idea how fake everything is until you're behind the curtains.

[@lobo_solo214]

Wizard of Oz type ish

[@FGOKURULES]

I have a literary Agent for selling Jokes... Yes Jokes are written and Sold too..

[@rks5457]

So you're telling me Wendy isn't really sending those hilarious tweets?

[@unownnnn]

Dead Internet Theory is pretty much true

[@kamekakarot]

Is that ghostwriting or just writing? Because brands don't make music.

[@eljefe6161]

That's why Drake beating Meek was such a catch-22 for his career, on one hand he put out an all-time great diss track on a respected MC at the time ( it's not as if Meek's career has been the most respected since lol) , but on the flip side Drake did not come out unscathed he's never escaped play the ghost writing cloud

[@dfbeats6885]

Ironically He didn't even write the diss track, it got out that the battle rapper Daylyt did

[@NoName-yy3wb]

He handled the ghostwriting accusations horribly after the beef. If he didn’t try to do too many styles people would believe he would have written his lyrics more.

[@dfbeats6885]

@@NoName-yy3wb Yea facts. It's crazy to me how he went from standing out earlier in his career because he was different to stealing every popular current trend now a days to stay relevant. Idk if it's cause he changed or the game changed

[@Smokeynephewabk]

He gotta team of ghost writers drake a goofy

[@anikarobinson4023]

@@dfbeats6885 I was a huge fan of him early because he stood out and felt authentic against the copycats of the time.

[@deadmanthehekatonkheire994]

They weren't lying when they said, "Drake isn’t real. He’s just a character played by Aubrey Graham, and it's the biggest role of his career."

[@thyhermes9770]

😂😂😂😂

[@the_mulattos]

So I guess we can say the same for Tupac

[@lutherfrank6864]

Here is my problem... When you stand tall on tens toes, labelling yourself top three, shooting your ball across the Planet hitting your hoop and sending it straight to hell, when you know the other two podium holders can lyrically end you without shoutouts, pretend to be Gs or DMing and taking your ex"s & then rapping about it

[@StayBlessed47]

Lmao could have been more coherent but I feel you 100

[@stellviahohenheim]

The thing about trolling on the internet is everybody can see you trolling on the internet unless you're really good at it you're just going to come out as lame

[@committedtodd]

Sean is a punk for doing quentin miller dirty like that

[@Trxpamvs]

Whole industry did him super dirty

[@livevibes2]

Vory next

[@dontpetentertainment3450]

Sean been a cornball so im not suprised he be acting like a ho3 nga as well

[@allergic2bull88]

That’s the same thing I’m thinking the industry did Quentin Miller horribly. They passed that man lyrics around like a rag doll. He better than me. Somebody catching a bottle frfr. That type of ish will make a person crash out frfr

[@Devondavis-fm2dz]

If you need a ghostwriters you not a real rapper

[@stevienguyen2047]

Emcee*

[@bdr113080]

I don’t have a problem with people having ghost writers. My favorite albums come from Dr. Dre and I know he probably only writes 10% of what he saying, but he’s open about it. However, Dr. Dre isn’t trying to put himself in the goat MC conversation. Ghost writers are fine, but you can’t be in the goat conversation if you don’t write your own shit.

[@bigboi99999991]

Exactly. Imagine being upset that people actually want you to be the one doing the thing that's making you rich and famous lmaooo like that's a hot take

[@dontayewhittaker5687]

​@@bdr113080Does Dre having ghost producers disqualify him from the Greatest producer of all time discussing?

[@EmmanuelAniTheSchism]

I think this thought process works until you listen to a rapper who has a message that you don't like or don't want to hear

[@obsessedwiththegreatness]

9:31-9:38 Meanwhile Kendrick and Cole who can pen better lyrics than entire teams of ghostwriters without trying:🗿

[@StayBlessed47]

So many other artist too, like Saba, Black Thought. This video seems like they are trying to defend Drake.

[@shotbyfabi]

That expression he makes after Lebron mentions it and he says he didn't have Mob Ties always gets me... that is clearly the expression of a man who is OVER expressing because he knows he's lying.

[@AnthonyAnalog]

*OVOVER

[@reportthehype]

😂💀damn he didn’t write mob ties .It’s time up being a Drake fan

[@desiredrapfilms]

Crazy the reference track is online

[@bigsmilie07]

Its really crazy he didnt write just hold on, thats new to me

[@stellviahohenheim]

Hells Angels isn't the mob lol

[@topsydiditagain]

he writes for other people though, he’s written for kanye and wayne

[@BrashTV]

K Dot killed this dude for several reasons...

[@askellpositive]

Or the people wanted him to lose

[@HookahDoncic98]

Stay listening to his Npc diss track. Kenny is a plant

[@amanpradhan02]

​@@HookahDoncic98 if that's the case then drizzy is the biggest plant to ever exist. Labels wanted brain dead music so drake was always supported by the industry. Now Hip hop is falling. That's why Kendrick said he can't wait to see the party die. And the industry also knows now that supporting drake now is a lost cause for making money.

[@BrashTV]

@@HookahDoncic98 ok

[@HookahDoncic98]

@@amanpradhan02 kbot detected. If anything drake generates money for the industry. He makes people money by putting them on, Kendrick puts nobody on he’s a selfish egocentric person. You must also be a leftist kamala supporter like him

[@loto7197]

Rap lyrics lost meaning and authenticity when rap became pop music. The hip hop of today is not hip hop, its just people continuing to label it so

[@stephordless8876]

That’s why i go back to timeless legends like Pac, 50 cent, Scarface, Biggie and prime Lil wayne before 2013

[@askellpositive]

@@stephordless8876disco inferno Candy shop lollipop are some of Wayne’s and 50 cent are those bars or pop songs 😂😂😂😂

[@stephordless8876]

@@askellpositive None of those songs are on GRODT. Or Drought 3? Go get hip little benny 🤣🤣🤣🫵🏽 but nice try.

[@Smokeynephewabk]

wtf are you talking about you not black are you cuh pop music means what popular music it’s been pop music since at least 2005

[@Smokeynephewabk]

@@stephordless8876the artist that helped rap become pop literally named the most popular rappers yall lame and goofy

[@mufaromakuni5881]

I love this channel. I get so happy when yall release a video. Keep up the great work!

[@hiphopmadness]

Appreciate that 🙏❤️

[@jrockudont]

@@hiphopmadness what happened to your last video?

[@askellpositive]

@@hiphopmadnessyou hating bro

[@hiphopmadness]

It got taken down for violation, It should be back up in a couple days

[@avecplaisirmusic]

The worst job in hiphop is the engineer 😂😂

[@I_Am_McZee]

Why do you say that though?

[@jediracoon5453]

@@I_Am_McZee brother have you seen Cartis studio sessions 💀

[@I_Am_McZee]

@jediracoon5453 No bro. I haven't bro. What are they like bro. Tell me man 😂

[@D2BII]

"Dude, if that program crashes again.... I'm gon' crash my foot in yo' ass...... I love you bro, I wouldn't hurt you. I'd never put a hand on you. Just don't fuck up because... I'm not the only one with hands in this world...."

[@jediracoon5453]

@@I_Am_McZee carti sounds possessed while the engineer looks done asf like bro isn’t even fazed if carti starts quacking as adlibs ong

[@NiyiDaNinja]

Big Sean got ghost writers? Man wtf

[@ashleyharper6408]

Everybody does

[@ramelchilds7416]

A hook/chorus is one thing, some bars are another, suggestions are another. Drake wants a pass for his R&B stuff but he has a lotta tracks where he bounces back and forth so its impossible to separate the two. How Snoop frames it makes more sense instead of lying about it

[@askellpositive]

People write songs and give it to drake dude to perform Drake probably turns down millions of songs per day certain ideas songs a specific artist could never think of it

[@dontayewhittaker5687]

Have you ever been in a studio with 5 or 6 dudes writing and recording raps? I have and it's common for us to be helping each other with bars and metaphors.

[@ramelchilds7416]

@@dontayewhittaker5687 that's not the same as someone writing your 16s a couple bars here and there are whatever. I've been in the studio and it's been like that. One dude got the chorus another cleans up some bars here and there. My bigger issue is Drake trynna lie about it bc he knows there's a stigma to it.

[@Eniggma39]

Are people willing to put up with trash music for authenticity? History tells us that no. I don’t have a problem with ghostwriters. I have a problem with people lying about getting help. I have a problem with rappers who can’t freestyle.

[@jedbriimc9879]

The problem is when it creates a false mystique around the artists abilities. They should be seen Justin Bieber, a mere human instrument. Not an artist.

[@Rodrigo4391]

I have a problem with people claiming they the best but have niggas writing they shit

[@ShadowHolmes]

Me to facts bro

[@SM-pr1qt]

‘I slept in a tent in the studio’ 😂😂😂

[@smileynoreally]

I'm an indepent Hip-hop artist, writing the song, finding flows and channeling the message, bringing something to life that didn't exist before, this is my absolute favorite part. The ghost writing business seems like an unnecessarily nasty business but that's how things typically go when capitalism and ego get involved. Oh well. The business is business and the art is art. Sorry to all the artist getting steam rolled by the business. Hope that your art can continue to provide you with healing 🙌🏾

[@humanr.e8529]

2:15 the writer credits is what they talking about. Now it makes sense why there aren't any OVO artists being promoted

[@bdr113080]

What’s funny is there are people that will talk shit about certain rappers like Eminem and KXNG Crooked, and say they aren’t as good as the person they claim is their favorite rapper, but Crooked and Em have ghost written for their favorite rapper.

[@danirey425]

If you're gonna have writers then just be upfront about it, I'd respect the honesty of crediting help. the real issue with ghost writers is pretending it's your pen

[@parthsethia4223]

Drake is the walmart of rap Volume over quality

[@crystalcastillo7575]

Dang swindling somebody who probably needs the money outta fair publishing rights is NASTY

[@nathanvaladares1079]

Drake out here getting cooked everyday by everyone and I love it 😂😂😂

[@nush295]

Meeeeeeee tooooooooo😂

[@nathanvaladares1079]

Let's all thank Kendrick for that 😂

[@addy.tpc8.24]

Why though? He smashed your girl or something?

[@askellpositive]

Who’s still the biggest rapper selling the most

[@inthecutagain]

@@askellpositivewho’s still getting cooked everyday in spite of that

[@kimkim8760]

NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH DRAKE. Dude is robbing people in their faces.

[@stellviahohenheim]

Drake think he's Michael when he's actually Fredo all along

[@grinchoi1]

Any so called rapper that has a ghostwriter automatically is excluded from any top rapper list. Maybe these new kids don't care but its an insult to any real MC

[@Sakama98]

For me, if you can freestyle and write your own rap, you are a true Emcee. If you need someone else to write your own rap, just call yourself pop star pretend to be a rapper.

[@michaelbarnes2126]

Other rap artists still don’t like when rappers use ghostwriters. So until that changes it will forever be a strain on an artist’s legacy. Just because there are more shitty rappers who use one doesn’t mean it should be accepted if their peers still have problems with it

[@FREDDIEGIBBS1GLAZER]

I lose a lot of respect for artists that have ghost writers

[@mindslayer1404]

Yeah if u can’t acknowledge the people who helped you, you’re scum.

[@93wasbetter]

You need a ghost typer

[@Eniggma39]

@@93wasbetter💀

[@dontayewhittaker5687]

What about producers? Do you still respect Dr Dre, timberland, Kanye West and Devante Swing?

[@askellpositive]

Be broke rapper with no hits then

[@RealLaone]

9:20 that's a stupid quote. I'm not against ghost writting but one man telling their story is much more different than 5 guys throwing lines in. Cyhi songs bang, Lupe Fiasco songs bang because you can hear the passion and intent behind their words. Reason we enjoy ghost written songs is that sometimes you prefer the artist's voice & flow like how Dr Dre sounds, though I have to agree sometimes they're just capitalising on someone's fame so everyone can eat since their fans will also eat up anything.

[@DamonPlantaseed]

It’s not time for a change, the stigma should always be there.

[@nickcarter4006]

3:00 JEEEEZ He looks like he's playing that for the camera, it's so vivid! That "oh shit, I gotta talk heavy about THAT one" look, oh my god!

[@TheTalkingCouch]

Drake doesn't write songs, that could damage his painted nails.

[@rm-qk2fw]

A rapper that get pissed on is no longer a rapper. He's a r and b singer now😂😂😂😂

[@Dannytentoes]

the day me and my homie were excited to buy a physical copy of forest hills drive and we always had a tendacy to look at the credits and we were shocked and disspointed fans

[@KNWBDY.important]

J Cole has writers too?

[@Dannytentoes]

@KNWBDY.important I mean go look up the credits bro forest hills drive it kind of turned me off too him even though he been dropping bangers I take pride in my craft like eminem I'm adamant about my craft check me out on all platforms

[@93wasbetter]

Drakes music is 99.999% ghost written, that’s excluding toosie slide I’ll give him that one 😂

[@SonicSwift99]

It really isn't considering most of his shit has that same style and cadence since his mixtape days...unless he's had ghostwriters since the beginning.

[@93wasbetter]

@@SonicSwift99 his style and cadence is generic though, wouldn’t be hard for a ghostwriter to write a song as if they were him.

[@SonicSwift99]

@@93wasbetter Nah that’s just blind hating at this point. But at the same time I do see where you’re coming from. Bro did lie about writing Mob Ties so it does make you think what else has he had written for him.

[@93wasbetter]

@@SonicSwift99 yeah like pop hits are understandable, but deep cuts like mob ties makes me wonder how many of the time stamps have been ghostwritten.

[@SonicSwift99]

@@93wasbetter Tbh I think he has written most of his songs because I’ve seen some old clips of him freestyling, making music, and just him in his daily life in general. Dude is a super nerd when it comes to hip-hop, especially in that old video of him showing off his house and room with his notebook full of lyrics when he was around 14. Dude can rap and I genuinely believe he’s written the time stamp records and a lot of his old stuff as it’s way too personal for a ghostwriter to replicate. But he also has a shit ton of songs showing off his versatility and the ghostwriting stuff comes into question when thinking about that.

[@rigoericos8553]

Yall thumbnails are fire

[@1thousand.islands]

That RDC skit had me in stitches

[@boomdoxful2533]

Nah, hip hop is about your own style, your own life, and your own thoughts. It’s about what you can do with your own pen

[@chaosevolution]

Eminem is such a sick lyricist.

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

Ultimately, I agree, but unfortunately, the guy hasn’t had anything to really to rap about for like the last 15+ years. IDK, linguistic tricks and cool technical ability only gets me as a listener so far. I need more substance. Once he became sober it just turned into look how dope I am at rapping with Em 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@wightwarlock1]

booornana

[@cmrant]

I started rapping as a “ghost writer” for my whole little crew. I’m very introverted, and it just worked better for me. I went on to write and record my own stuff, and to write for other locals (no one big, I’m not fake flexing here) and, TBH - I always liked playing the back better. So, that said and bias stated - I don’t hate that so many raps are ghost written. I mean, so were a lot of great Soul, R&B, Rock, and Country songs. As far back as MoTown, there were always in house writers. Early Hip-Hop labels we were the same way. Ice Cube write all of the early N.W.A. songs and did a damn good job. In all, I think there are a lot of unfair doubles standards when Hip-Hop is compared with other genres. These days it’s gone so far that dudes get shamed for just writing their lyrics out before hitting the booth. At some point we need to end the narrative that all raps are autobiographical, they never have been. Ultimately, people look to music for entertainment and an escape. Some people are nice with the pen, and some are more presentable, outgoing, or better performers, so - they deliver it better. It takes all kinds. Just my two cents though, no hate, and I see the validity of other opinions too.

[@melissaschaecher251]

Yes, but the rest of NWA also lived the same life, so it wasn't really like they were saying shit they hadn't been through.

[@thelaw2348]

@cmrant Great comment

[@rickyrichreacts9667]

It should be a written rule that if you didn’t write it don’t fucking rap it

[@OlgaZuccati]

Knowing that Drake is sloppy with his material and makes leaking his shit easy it is no wonder that Kendrick got early access to everything he was doing 🤣

[@Mo-xu7eu]

Just when i was looking for a yt video to eat in front of lets gooo

[@namelesintelect4016]

40% of mainstream hip hop artists might be using ghost writers, but the real spitters you don't even have to ask.

[@bdr113080]

There’s a difference between somebody writing for Dr. Dre and somebody writing for someone who claims to be the goat. Dr. Dre is a producer first. Snoop Dogg, D.O.C. Eminem, Xzibit , Kurupt, Ice Cube, Kendrick, Kurupt…. These are his normal writers. But Dr. Dre isn’t out there telling people he’s a goat lyricist he’s never kept it a secret that he’s a a producer and a performer, but he’s never lied about the ghost writing stuff. When snoop was younger and he used to do most of his writing but today if someone comes to him with a verse, he’s not really competing to be the best rapper of the day anymore so he’ll go ahead and do it sometimes but snoop will still write his own shit at times. Drake appears to have written some of his songs but not any of his hits. So if we’re going to keep it 100 yes Drake has written some of his own songs but usually the ones you skip over on the album.

[@Trapped_]

Does anyone know which programs can be used to create such thumbnails?

[@hiphopmadness]

Just photoshop!

[@Trapped_]

@@hiphopmadness Thank you bro 💯

[@DrtyALGreen]

Ghost writing is trying to trick people into thinking you're an MC. If someone helps you with a verse here or there, cool.. credit then then they're not a ghost writer. Someone writing a whole song and you trying to pass it off like you wrote it will never be accepted nor will ghost writing in rap.

[@OGSNEAKERSTV]

It’s a part of hip hop. 😢

[@MichaelBackwards]

Just about all of Take Care was supposed to be The Weeknd’s album.

[@F.Hakeem89]

Yep Shot for Me , Crew Love was supposed to be on House Of Ballons/Trilogy.

[@askellpositive]

Like 3 songs were written by The Weeknd

[@AbdiMuse-p6q]

Literally only 3 songs on that album are written by the weeknd on a 20 song album😑

[@beautifullady4170]

They were the best songs too

[@Funkjunk3250]

Meet Quinton a few months ago. He was at my bar. He was super humble much love to him

[@theqrazylady273]

I think the problem is we think rappers and lyricists are same. The other issue with drake in particular is that a lot of his songs don't sound like him. Yeah jayz and Eminem wrote for dre but it sounded like dre. Dre wasn't sounding like he from new york or detroit he sounded like he from cali. Dre also isn't considered a great lyricist. If drake stopped trend riding and pretend gang banging and focused on his own style and sound he wouldn't be getting "exposed" for not writing

[@TheCutiePatrol]

"even Rick Ross chimed in..." Oh, the guy who faked his entire personality and life? He's calling people out for being fake? Better mention his name then.

[@anchorageant7545]

Snoop said it perfectly tbh. As long as you can still prove you’re a top tier lyricist then it shouldn’t matter, just cause you can spit good, don’t mean it’s gonna be a good song.

[@thabokgwele5268]

I wondered why Drake was in the thumbnail lmao

[@DOUBLEJOE850]

I remember the first time I heard of “Mob Ties,” I liked it for the beat, but I never thought it was Drake was the artist behind it. To this day, I still can’t grasp it because it just doesn’t sound like a typical Drake record

[@nhlakaniphozimu7086]

Drake - Get it together ft Black Coffee Was originally Superman by Black Coffee himself ft Bucie and was a 2009 hit record in South Africa 🇿🇦

[@VinnieDangerous]

9:20 hearing that quote made me sick to my stomach. Calling ghostwriting the future of hiphop is blasphemy. Especially from a colonizer

[@mrshaneobuenosnodgrass3328]

Ghost writers are a huge part of rap because rap is like the new pop music. For me, music is about the soul and emotion that goes into the lyrics and melody and the artist that represents that. If you have someone else writing for you then you are just using someone else's vision and emotion and putting your own twist on it. That's fine if that all you care about is a catchy beat and a hook but I can only respect real musicians and lyrics written from personal experience.

[@RoadtoLunchbox]

40: The ghost writer just opened his mouth! Drake:🤑🤑🤑

[@kamakaze098]

It's been around since the beginning of hip-hop. Rappers Delight had verses written by other people.

[@DERRTYCHYBO]

Music business is a dirty game

[@lile4life713]

Y’all better look in to short dawg aka fre$h from young money . After you hear him you can tell he wrote for people

[@KoolFaceFashions]

Thx 4 the info bruh

[@dreamgood130]

These videos r so good but PLEASE someone make an outro or just fade the music out for a second it would make them feel even more professional !!

[@SoulSeeker20]

When too much money is in the fray, you can no longer leave it to chance. Hip hop, whether we like it or not, is now a global industry. It is being streamlined.

[@ANineOne]

Not a fan of Drake but yo can we get a vid that ain't about Drake

[@genius179]

This channel talks a lot about Drake because love or hate him. He always gets people talking.

[@beautifullady4170]

Others were mentioned

[@beautifullady4170]

Drake put them in a tent. 😂. Im sorry but that's cold.

[@CarlosGuerra-n4h]

Remember guys, Mac did it all without a drake feature.

[@SeymourKitty]

If you can write good lyrics you don't need a writer.

[@markanthony1004]

50 wrote for a lot of rappers too. Now there's a difference between ghost writing, collaborating, and rapping lyrics on somebody else's behalf

[@SilverSpectre266]

I remember a story T Pain shared about how he used to write lyrics for Kanye and help him with some of his songs. And one time he tried to demo some tracks for him, Kanye listened to them, stopped during a particular part and told T Pain not to put that line in the song because it was corny, but T Pain does it anyway because he liked the line even if Kanye thought it was corny. But then not too long after, Kanye drops a track with that line in his song and its like wtf? Dude tried to get him not to use it so he could steal it and use it for himself. And nobody ever talks about all the artists in Kanyes own sweat shop. But I guess because people consider him more of a producer now anyway.

[@jacktherich7136]

Being a producer/artist myself, I have never let another person write for me. I feel records have no meaning when you have the artist rapping someone else's life situations and not their own. Nothing authentic about it. For example: "Rapper" records a song they're Ghostwriter writes, ghostwriter's wife being his motivation an inspiration behind the track (hope this makes sense 😂)

[@fisnikramadani4147]

Drake doesn't care about the rules. He wrote for others too. For him is the final product what matters.

[@EmmanuelAniTheSchism]

As somebody who gave up on wrapping for a while and is now trying to get back into it, I'll say that I can understand if you are an artist getting a specific type of flow that you then write for, but I don't approve of getting a lot of your stuff re or pre-written. A bar here or there is fine, but in general it should be your pen. That being said, I understand why Ghostwriters are necessary. Imagine you pen something that is coming from the heart and you got the flow down and everything but nobody wants to hear it. That's the sad reality of why Ghostwriters are important

[@Rodrigo4391]

Have writers all you want but no matter how great the music or lyrics are you are forever disqualified from conversations pertaining to being the best. Point blank PERIOD

[@timeless_heritage]

I love your work, but please bro, Get one of these young lil jits to produce you a new backing track for your videos pls.

[@Najobajo]

WATCH THE PARTY DIE! cyphers are coming back!

[@beautifullady4170]

I really have a problem with the people not getting paid.😮

[@abraz_]

Well, Dot took care of the ghostwriters.

[@georgep5590]

Ghost 👻

[@mocapcow2933]

this why i got into memphis rap, you can hear they mean all that shit. real music

[@anansistirade5800]

The way they did Majid Jordan was crazy because that song should’ve made them stars

[@kashfortheking]

Seems like A LOT OF PEOPLE need to brush up on law.

[@truthtorpedo4068]

Poor Quentin! Dang! Would be so EPIC if KDOT put him on.

[@crunchmedia8757]

My BM a radio personality. It blew my socks off when she recorded the promos about McDonald’s giveaways. Everything is fake.

[@dima4961]

Those ghostwriter spit hot fire, they must have so many hits on their own… oh wait

[@DavidMerritt-q7d]

Drake has ghost wrote songs too

[@kunfukenny139]

Remember Drake is an Actor

[@qsmooth7805]

Nice

[@gabdoush]

Mal played himself i can believe anything what he saying he been talking shit

[@PJC0007]

Damn Blood really scrapped the what happened to raps superheroes vid for this one👀i aint mad at it tho💯

[@NTGoss]

HipHopMadness is COMPROMISED

[@topfloorslimey]

We need that superhero video i deff saw it pop uo