It’s no secret that noted rapper Kanye West first wet his feet in the music world as a producer, and according to his one-time manager and co-producer Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie there weren’t many who were eager to hear the Chicago emcee drop any bars.
While speaking with Peter Rosenberg and Cipha Sounds of HOT 97, D-Dot revealed that he was one of the first who encouraged Kanye to rhyme and even included the rapper on one of his mixtapes.
“Nobody wanted him to rhyme,” said D-Dot. “He tried to shop his group, GLC, and all of them to Columbia. Played ‘em. Was tryna rap to Free, they played ‘em. Nobody wanted him to rhyme. I actually liked him rhyming. I put him on my mixtape…I put him on there rapping and then he actually wrote a song on The Mad Rapper album. I rapped his verse because Free, his other managers, wouldn’t let him rhyme.”
D-Dot also commented on the role he allegedly played in getting Kanye his publishing rights back. And as a result of the feat, the former Bad Boy Records A&R was very much caught off guard when the Yeezus architect started to adopt the “ghost-producing” phrase. The phrase almost resulted in things becoming physical between both producers as D-Dot commented on wanting to “fuck him up” as a result.
“One thing I will say to Kanye, which he never thanked me for, but I got him his publishing back,” D-Dot shared. “You know what I’m saying? Because I refused at that time to take his publishing or take anybody’s publishing…So, they owned 50 percent of his publishing and I told them I wouldn’t manage him unless they gave it back to him.”
“Then the beef came in is when he started using this term called ghost-producing, which I hate. Which I felt was disrespectful because ghost means you’re not seen or heard…Meaning, you get the beat and you do not get a credit. You don’t get a check. You don’t get a piece of publishing. That’s ghost-producing. I got him back his publishing…Of course not because I threatened to fuck him up afterwards. Because now you forcing me to go another direction,” he added.
The full interview with D-Dot can be found below (via AllHipHop).
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this nigga is responsible for some of your favorite rappers favorite rapper’s careers… yall yung niggas man, get ya head right and do the history…
You must’ve been dropped on your head or your smoking crack…either way your parents should beat your ass for saying something so fucking delusional and ignorant.
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why even entertain these trolls?This dude obviously is neglected at home so he comes on here trying to get a rise out of dudes who actually know their history.This idiot has Drake in his name so that tells you all you need to know about this lame…
Rule #1 of the Internets: Do not feed the trolls.
no kanye without d dot
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D-Dot should just fuck up Kanye ol bitchmade ass only person Kanye will fuck with are paparazzi lmao
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His definition of Ghost producing is a little off. You don’t get credit no. But you do get a check. hence the whole reason people do it.
he meant royalty cheques.
hence the mention of publishing.
Why are dudes talking about stuff from 99?
What a crybaby.