“While it was widely reported that Pusha T used my beat and that I produced his song, I can’t take any credit,” the quirky actor said in a statement issued to
XXLMag.com. “A friend’s son played me his music, and all I did was make an introduction to Kanye’s camp.”
Turns out Phoenix’s friend is Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich and his son is the actual producer in question. “This is how I got it: Joaquin Phoenix gave the beat to ‘Ye, so when I got the beat from ‘Ye, it was, ‘Yo, Joaquin gave me this beat.’ So I’m just like, OK, I know Joaquin’s into music and the whole thing,” the Clipse MC explained to
Rap-Up. “I believe it is the son, I want to say, of Lars Ulrich from Metallica [who produced 'King Push']. I hope I’m not wrong this time… It was a mistake because it came from Joaquin.”