I used to be of the school of thought that having ghostwriters was some wack shyt but like I told people on twitter.....ghostwriting has been apart of rap since the beginning, literally. The first rap record, Rappers Delight contained ghostwritten raps from Grandmaster Caz (I'm over charging nikkaz for what they did to the Cold crush). They literally took that man's rhymes and spit them like they wrote them. Anytime you commercialize an art form it's compromised and although at one time people tried to pretend to "keep it real", most weren't.
When it comes to celebrities, the public idealizes people & are just victims of Law 32 in 48 Laws of Power: Play to people's fantasies. For example, Many of u guys wanted to see Sanaa Lathan as this nice wholesome girl then she pops up in instragram hammered sitting on French Montana's lap. The Chronic isn't any less dope or classic because RBX wrote Let Me Ride and DOC, Snoop, Kurupt etc wrote just about everything else. Snoop is a legend and has openly used ghostwriters his entire career. Lil Kim-Crush on You isn't any less dope because Cam'ron wrote it.....Method man wrote Ghostface's verse for “Cherchez La Ghost.”..Eazy E spit "Ice cube writes the rhymes that I say" Rap's been like THIS. Someone tell me Eric B's role in Eric B & Rakim other than being NYC's Suge Knight? Large P, Marley Marl & Rakim did most of the beats breh. Ghost DJing exist too.....Me and my OG legit ghost dj'd someone's mixtape. Put their drops on it & everything. LOL Story seems like poetic justice....whole YM has been accused of having Ghostwriters. Gillie/Wayne, Safaree/Nicki, now it's just Drake's turn. At the end of the day Drake is probably the greatest rap artist of this generation next to Kendrick.....tonight didn't change that for me.
It's time to just accept that the game is smoke and mirrors......believe half of what you see, none of what you hear. Just enjoy the music for what it is because more often than not your favorite celebrity/artist isn't what you thought they were. Many of you are probably just realizing Santa isn't real......at 29 I realized along time ago.
Remember the backlash when
@fwmj &
@dreamhampton told everyone Jay Electronica & Stic Man from Dead Prez ghostwrote "N1gger" for NaS?
that backlash was an example of how far people will go to the length to believe in the fantasy that their favorite artist is God (and Nas is my favorite rapper too)
Nas Lost <br>(Ghostwriters) | FWMJ's Rappers I Know
It doesn't matter.....
wack asS naS
