As a follow up to Meek Mill’s public accusation that Drake does not write his own lyrics, Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex released the reference track for Drake’s “10 Bands” off of If Youre Reading This Its Too Late today (July 22), which was originally recorded by Atlanta emcee Quentin Miller.
“I got this from someone in Drake’s camp,” Flex revealed on-air, according to Complex. “They reached out. They saw me keeping it 100 on [Instagram].”
Flex also stated that his source told him that Drake pays Miller $5,000 per month to keep him on retainer.
“If Drake does write everything,” Flex said before continuing, “everyone owes him an apology. If he doesn’t, I go on the record as [saying] he’s a fraud.”
Listen to Quentin Miller’s version of “10 Bands” below:
https://youtu.be/S2ZjhLFlp8g
Quentin Miller is listed in the credits on six songs off of If You’re Reading This Its Too Late—”Legend,” “10 Bands,” “Know Yourself,” “No Tellin,” “Used To,” “6 Man.”
Fellow Atlanta emcee OG Maco shared his perspective on Twitter last night as well (July 21). “Some of us been knew,” he stated before continuing, “Meek just put in in the air. Sucks to have to compete with 6 niggas and get compared to 1.”
Maco also says that he only spoke on the issue so his friend, Miller, would receive credit.
Maco’s Tweets are below:
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OH SNAP! The only positive thing I can say is, well at least he pays him a decent salary and gives him credit for co-writing. But damn, that’s still not a good look. THE OVO EMPIRE IS CRUMBLING!
What OVO empire?
OOOOH MY GAWD.
6 tracks tho??
I’m hardly a Drake fan, but Flex’s fat ass knows what a ghostwriter is, and this ain’t it. Ghostwriters don’t show up in the credits. You have to get the copyrights to the songs to expose that since they’re called ghostwriters for a reason. Drake obviously has a camp with him and has been saying that since forever that I can remember when he talks about the OVO team. T.I> as Bow Wow’s ghostwriter is example of this because you have to get the copyright information where the songs were registered to find out that information, not on the fucking liner notes, and Flex knows this. Lame.
Ok so he wasn’t a ghost writer, he was an official writer on the song. On 6 songs from the same album infact. Legend, 10 Bands, Know Yourself, No Tellin, Used To and 6 Man.
And this guy ain’t #TeamOvO he is just an upcoming rapper from ATL. Now Anthony Palman aka Hush who has been a writer on Drake’s first 3 albums now that’s somebody from OVO who has been helping for years.
But that’s you if you couldn’t read. You knew that shit wasn’t a sampled song, so who did you think the fuck those other people in the credits were. It’s like Best I ever Had came from a track that another dude had, Wayne and Kidd Kidd redid, and then Drake redid with the same hook, and the hook was the damn heart of the song. That ain’t a ghostwriter is the point…..people hide ghostwriters from the public is the point, and furthermore, the copyright registration of every song is shit you can find out if you got the time to do it, and it breaks down who wrote what, when, and where in a a song because that’s law. Like I said, hardly a Drake fan, but this shit lame as fuck, especially coming from somebody like Flex who is acting dumb like he doesn’t know the difference with that line either this or that when he knows the difference. He’s been in the game too long not to.
ANDRE GRANT DO YOU HAVE A STUTTERING PROBLEM? THE THE THE
Its OVOr for Drake. There’s no comin back from this. How could you betray your fans, Drake?!?! Guess King Kunta was right.
Omg he makes good music… period. Who gives a fuck.. its extremely sad that black people tare black people down every chance they get.. very very sad… Meek is a sucker so is flex.. why cant ppl just be happy that someone is successful instead of tryinh to destroy them.. shameful..
Well, Drake’s repeatedly talking about him being honest and never lying in his music, and now, it’s revealed that he’s rapping someone else’s lyrics. So much for that.
It’s got nothing to do with colour you asshole. If you know nothing about hip-hop then shut the fuck up and leave the comments section to people that do. You can’t have ghostwriters in HipHop PERIOD! Always been that way from day one
@Ya Boi….you’re missing the point, this is rap, and if don’t write your own lyrics then youre a fraud. Just a peformer/singer. 2015’s version of Milli Vanilli. He’s good performer, just not a rap artist. He’s a R&B singer trying to rap. And that’s the point and why he’s gets so much hate from on a site thats’s called HIPHOPdx. He’s trying to be something he’s quite clearly not. If he was just a straight singer,making those love songs (which is good at) , he’d still have the same fanbase he has now and be very successful, just without the fakeness
This has nothing to do with race you moron
Wtf? This is the worst reply ever. You are fuckin clueless
“When I die, I’ll be a motherfuckin’ legend” Who, Quentin?
@ ya boi*obviously your new to hip hop because this is a big thing*in rap you use your own pen*period*once exposed its wrap city*now if he made a strictly r and b record then dude could slide*but this here is muder fukin hip hop*no help in the verses department*young boys don’t know shit*long live the 80’s & 90’s*
lmaoo niggas mad tryna run drake off the game cuz this light skinned canadian winnin. 15 year old girls in the suburbs don’t care if you write yo own shit. meek in his feel ins cuz of nicki probably
horrible spelling, but true shit
While you are right about those 15yr olds dont care but at the same time hardcore hiphop fans do. I agree with you 100% nicky is def behind this, and meek mills is being sensitev as fuck lol. Meek mad drizzy aint tweet his album looo cmon dude. I finally see that bitch nigga behavior cass been talkin bout.
@you kinda right,
I doube she is because he was talking shit at her too. This was because people were clowning him because they were saying the only reason he got a #1 album or sold as many units was because of her. Then he started saying it wasn’t because of her and then started about how he had her lock unlike her ex who he called gay. This was Meek on his own being lame like he was during the Wale thing. As far as who will say something about it in the game, nobody will because they understand the difference between a ghostwriter and co-writers. I like the pure bred poets like Pac and Nas who write deep shit in every lyric, but wtf does Drake write deep about except his Moms and old girlfriends? Now, if he had a team helping him with deep lyrics about his family and old girls, or he had a team writing a dis song for him, or he made something of the caliber and scope of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On 2” with a team, this would matter in that lane. This, this is what it is and should have always been known if you can read. He shouts out Oliver, OVO, this one, that one, his team every time I’ve ever heard dude just about over the years. All Meek and them did was ended other dude’s eating situation because they sure can’t hold him down with checks.
Ice cube wrote for eazy e. The DOC was a ghostwriter.
People dont understand the music business! Most, if not all artist have writing teams that collectively put in on songs. This not new for anyone!!! This is how many artist get into the industry and survive without ever being “The Front Man”, i.e… Nelly and the St. Lunatics. You have a team and the crew moves together so when 1 is successful, everyone still gets paid. My issue with all these rappers is if the kid Quentin ain’t complaining or speaking up, then who the hell cares!! He playing his position and getting paid to do it. Hip Hop needs to stop trying to step on the next man shoulders to get to the next level. Put out good music and let us decide to like, buy and support them. All Meek is doing is showing his jealousy for Drake. Truly successful people don’t worry about the next persons moves, they to budy plotting they own!
Yep, you can tell who has actually been around this shit. A ghostwriter doesn’t show up in the credits. Copyright registrations would show you a ghostwriter that somebody is trying to hide; they don’t show up in the liner notes. All this did was expose again that Meek was on his period like he was when he was beefing with Wale for not tweeting his album like a hoe. Who in the hell can co-sign lame shit like that?
I seem to remember Rihanna writing zero tracks on her album also, it’s bullshit artists who can’t write lyrics shouldn’t be able to make a living in hip hop or rnb, it’s an essential skill an artist needs, or should have. I don’t respect anyone who has a ghost wrote full album. It’s lame. Never rated drake anyway. Still I don’t mind one or two tracks on an album ghost wrote so long as the rest is wrote by the artist on the cover and it’s decent. Fuck drake and fuck Rihanna aswell.
Na man you can’t group rnb in this. They are here for their voice. This is strictly a hip hop issue. If you are not original and authentic in hip hop you don’t belong doing it. I rather hear someone spit a terrible 6 than hear drakes fraud album. #elchapo3
Am I the only one who has a deep deep hatred for Funkmater Flex
No. He is a piece of shit. This is the same man who for years clowned everybody who knew his boy liked those trannies, and then he had to backtrack when Cee finally admitted to it after getting caught the umpteenth time.
NOPE!! I HATE HIS HOLLERIN ASS TOO!
For all you idiots thinking Drake is done in rap. Remember when people thought Rick Ross was finished in ’09 or so when people found out he was a CO? Oh yeah that’s right after awhile nobody cared and kept embracing him. Point being, same thing will happen to Drake after awhile. He will let the hype calm down on this drop another number ones album after awhile and nobody will care about this.
And on the real, some of the biggest drug perpetrators are in law enforcement! Cops/CO’s are in a lot of cases puttin’ in more work than the “street dudes”.
This is not gonna have a negative impact on Drake. The irony is look who’s talking? Meek on a song with Puffy and he works for a dude that’s already gone through the “been exposed” treatment. Recent rap history has shown the only way to get someone off they spot is to make better music than them and more consistently.
Malik Yousef and Rhymefest have been writing for Kanye since day 01. No one seems to care.
Nobody thinks Kanye is a rapper. Just a pop producer
So what if Drake now has a ghostwriter? He still has to put the track out and make it his own. I’m by no means a big Drake fan, but this if Flex, and Meek more so trying to belittle Drake.
Neither of them will ever do what Drake has in moving units and are doing this out of jealousy.
Having ghostwriters hasn’t harmed Dr Dre, Diddy or Kanye, so why would it hurt Drake?
because these rappers are going to beef with drake and what is he going to have a beef of ghost written music with ghost writers think those writers are not going to stand behind him
I don’t think Diddy or Dre ever tried claiming they were the best rapper in the game though. They never hid the fact someone else writes their shit.
“I got too many rhymes I don’t think I’m to sane//life is parrellel to hell bt I must maintain//…its only right that I was born to use mics and the staff that I write is even tougher than dice“// Now that’s a real rapper ma niggas,I aint even got to mention his name
One thing for sure, HE AINT HAVE A GHOST WRITER TO GET IN THE GAME! When he was KILLING EVERYTHING and they said he was ghost writing for Wayne! smh but ANYBODY can get a line or two that might have sounded better from a friend or artist when they are in the lab. But he listed him in the credits so what’s the big deal?
You dudes are all mad DUMB… DRAKE = Justin Timberlake = Brittany Spears OF HIP HOP!!!!
Drake was groomed into this… he was a child star like Brittany and Justin… DRAKE is no different from them except hes HIP Hop/ Rap. He dont write half his shit! PERIOD FACTS!!!
If you like Drake so much why dont you go and buy the Quentin Miller album when it comes out? Lol
This goes to show that everything that comes from Canada fuckin sucks lol
Then you haven’t listened to Shad, and I feel sorry for you.
Just imagine if you found out that your favorite songs werent written by the performer. Ether, Juicy,C.R.E.A.M ect…. They would kinda lose there meaning wouldnt they? DRAKE IS DONE. Anyone can rap someone else’s shit. Drake is no different then you and I. #karokeraps
Is there a problem with Drake having a ghostwriter? In a bubble, no. Meaning, if I’m in my car, chillin in my room, at the party, or any other scenario, and am listening to Drake or any other artist, who wrote the lyrics doesn’t really mean anything. I think it only matters when we start having that GOAT convo. And Drake is the No. 1 dude out here talking about legacy, and how he’s the best, and how nobody is seeing him. When you do that, you’re comparing yourself to present day greats like Kendrick, Cole, etc. And livin/past legends like Jay, Nas, Em, Pac, Big, etc. As far as we know, these dues have never had ghostwriters and so a revelation like this one knocks Drake down a notch because the music that made us laugh, cry, mob, etc is loses that authenticity. And it’s coming from a guy who claims to be the best. So not hating and I’m still vibing to Drake’s music. But when that GOAT convo comes up, you have to keep things like this in consideration because it’s not fair to the dudes who are giving you their thoughts and gifts rather than someone elses.
Jay Z uses credited writers like Drake, Em, Nas, Biggie!, Cole etc.
you guys realize a “ghost writer” is a writer who isn’t listed in the credits? meaning this guy would not show up if he was indeed a “ghost writer” but he’s listed on these songs!!!! flex ain’t been relevant since 97 so he has to do something to keep his name pippin!!!!! just know you ain’t welcome on the 6 side but then again you can’t afford a coach plane ticket to get there!!!! you ain’t relevant like nyc, in fact you prolly feeling salty drizzy don’t fuck with your wack ass show!!!! AS ALWAYS ANY OF YOU FUNK FLEX STANS OR NYC FUCKBOYYSSS WANNA TEST PLEASE COME TO THE 6 AND SEE HOW WE LIVE!!!!! THIS BEEN WHERE YOU FIND US AT!!!! OVO XO ALL DAY WIT MY WOES!!!!
We know what a “ghost writer” is dum-dum. Dudes name is in the song writing credits of the album liner notes. WE ALL KNOW HE DIDNT WRITE HIS OWN SONGS!! Your are in some kind of Drake/Fake denial cause you are totally and completely on his dick obviously.
It’s kinda difficult to take you serious. You do know that, don’t you?
Your dicc ryden. Shut up if he wants to get paid off all records sold his name better be in there.
yo @itsdareal and @The Real (even though yall are probably the same person)…. yall are in denial that despite the 6 god drizzy having ghost writers he IS STILL gonna run the game… go listen to the same shit you’ve been bumping since 97 for the billionth time and move out the way old fossils!!!!! AS ALWAYS ANY OF YOU FUCKBOYYSSS WANNA TEST PLEASE COME TO THE 6 AND SEE HOW WE LIVE!!!!! THIS BEEN WHERE YOU FIND US AT!!!!! OVO XO ALL DAY WIT MY WOES!!!!!
Drake Says: if your already reading this it’s too late to save my career! Lol
From now on, any song that features Drake is going to be questioned. Doesn’t matter if he actually wrote it, it will still be critiqued.
#karokeDrake
Drake: “1 band? 2 bands? 5 bands?….Quentin, that enough to keep you on retainer man?”
You can’t be a “ghostwriter”, if you fucking name is in the damn credits for the song.
Are you guys fucking stupid?
It’s like saying Jay Z used a Ghostwiriter on Encore.
or 99 problems
or Dirt off Your Shoulder
or Dead Presidents
If we’re applying the same standard to Jay that we’re using for Drake that pretty much 99% of Jay Z songs have been ghostwritten!
biggie wrote half of jay’s career if were gonna be real.
writing a line and writing the entire song is a completely different thing….
“If youre reading this, I didnt write it”
sugarhill gang didn’t write rappers delight. hip hop was about the hustle since day 1
all the 90ies babies just went “huh”?
The record industry has been about faking it, not the real mcs out there from day one..Hank bit Grandmaster Caz cause Silvia Robinson was an industry blood sucker who hopped on the Hip Hop trend..early. Drake is a commercial rapper not an mc. Big difference. industry rappers have been getting ghost writers forever yes
tell the whole story: one of the members of sugar hill gang borrowed a rhyme book from grandmaster caz, who was one of the premier mc’s from rap’s pre-recorded era. sugar hill gang were not known as rappers, they were mostly peripheral to the hip hop community back then, working security at clubs and whatnot. everybody who was officially involved on the scene caught a fit because they felt like these suckers had jumped the line, and scored the first rap song to become a hit on the radio. that was 1979. but if you ask any of those late 60ies/early 70ies babies who were coming of age during that time (that includes all of your favourite 90ies rappers) rappers delight is a moment that changed their life forever and if they found out the truth later, they didn’t care.
Wrong…If you think Sugarhill gang was day one of hip hop you have a lot of research to do. From “day one” it’s been about self expression of Your thoughts in a creative way. No disrespect. Peace.
Ok dummies this Aint like when Hov uses classic lines that are coined into phrases or paying homage to Biggie .This is some send me some tracks for my new project Puff Daddy and Dr. Dre shit big…. Difference …
People didn’t realize that when some dude raised in a middle-upper class family started singing about ‘starting from the bottom’ that he had people write his lyrics?
True that! I’m positive that he didn’t write a word in this song. It was one of those songs that was going be an instan hit so all he had to do was re rap the reference track…
Fuck a drake on principle….. But didn’t Kanye do exactly this on all day? With k. Dot…where was the hoopla.. Or Jesus walks with rhymesayer or blvck skinhead with lupe fiasco?
Drake is invincible to all of these accusations and ridicule…hip-hop has changed drastically it’s not dead and unfortunately this is the reality. Everything he touches turns to gold *midas touch*…it doesn’t matter what Meek or anyone says it won’t effect Drake’s money or popularity it will only enhance it. And the same niggas who are saying they will refuse to listen to Drake any longer or calling him a fraud are the same ones asking when Views from the 6 comes out.