Grammy award-winning songwriter/producer James Fauntleroy — a member of No I.D.’s Cocaine 80s collective and a prominent collaborator of Bruno Mars — caused a stir on Sunday (June 3) by sharing some candid opinions on Pusha T and Kanye West via Twitter.
“Pusha T was a drug dealer; now he’s a snitch,” he tweeted. “It’s crazy how you can grow up to be the total opposite of everything you thought you would/wanted to be.”
Fauntleroy has a history with G.O.O.D. Music, appearing on numerous tracks on Cruel Summer, including “Clique.” He has also worked with Drake, notably on the song “Girls Love Beyonce.”
Later in the rant, Fauntleroy remarked — among other points — that G.O.O.D. Music does terrible business. He also said West has the most “behind the scenes helping hands” in the industry.
“40 is an amazing human being,” he said, referring to Drake’s longtime friend/collaborator Noah “40” Shebib, who was name-dropped in “The Story Of Adidon” diss. “The niggas y’all defending do bad business, treat people like shit in real life and not even rapping well. Since y’all love snitching so much.”
He added, “Kanye (literally) has had the most ghost creators in music history. Kanye got ghostwriters, ghost stylists, ghost producers, ghosts everything! No wonder these niggas see ghosts! They got em EVERYWHERE.”
Some of the people bothered by Fauntleroy’s outburst seemed to suggest he was going the extra mile to defend Drake. He was quick to refute the claims, noting he was only bothered by wack raps and the line about 40.
Fauntleroy insinuated he might leave Twitter, but he made sure to go out on a high note if so.
“Before I go again, while y’all favs were setting black culture back a thousand years to get out of debt, I bought a 20k Sq ft building in Inglewood CA,” he wrote. “Built an academy teaching music, coding, marketing, & success w/o being a bitch ass nigga – sign up for your workshops ASAP!”
Check out the full rant below.
I don;t care for drake but 40s the most down to earth producer/mixer. Pusha reaching trying to get eye for an eye. Pusha the type to start stompin on your shoes cause you bump into his yeezys lol.
When does Drake’s posthumous album – Scorpion – drop?
That point about Kanye is true tho. Ghost everything?. And he calls himself a genius because he brought so many ghosts together. Lol
What L?.. Im genuinely confused because, in reality, Drake is 100% on albums going Platinum, has written for more rappers then vice versa (including Kanyes current album), and basically evwrything Pusha T called him out on has been refuted. And he could buy Pusha T’s whole life 50 times over. I know Drake is super charismatic, and he can sing and rap and, and he had generational wealth and could take your wife or girlfriend from you with a wink- but maaan dont hate on… actually, yeah, you really should hate him bro. I feel you- fuck Drake! Light skinned ass mfer! (We will be listening to “Scorpion” singles all summer tho- damnit!!)
I feel you bro.. but wait- hasnt every Drake album, ever, gone platinum? And doesnt he write for everyone, including Kanye on the best song on this album he just dropped? And he has generational wealth, and can sing and rap and act? And your girlfriend or boyfriend would leave you write now just to meet him? Yeah man fuck Drake! He is the POS you will be bumping all summer long tho, dayuuumiiit
i could never have a virgil in my……
Dre and even RZA get help with their production and lyrics so dissing Kanye for it seems a bit stupid. And snitch is a serious accusation to make and a good way to get a response out of someone.
If you cry in the shower its better cause you dont know what are tears and what are drops of water. I like to listen to music and look in the mirror when I cry so that I can really get it out
…never heard of him!
This dude writes songs for Justin Timberlake and Bruno Mars.
Writing credits alone put James Fauntleroy in rarefied air if you check the credits whether individually or collaboratively but he has his opinion. If we’re talking a rap battle then it’s all fair game. Personal relationships aside I want to see the veil completely lifted on all of these artists thats industry plants and find out whose really authentic. Lets keep the cream of the crop and leave the bullshit to the side.
Ol’ boy call Pusha a snitch and then says ” But y’all didn’t know about Drake’s kid like he doesn’t know about yours – because you don’t…fn…know eachother”… So he’s snitching by confirming Drake has a kid. This big dummy…
You missed the point. He isn’t confirming that drake has a kid. Just saying that if he does, he didn’t need to announce it to the world.
Yet you still buy all the music that glorifies materialistic things, misogyny, killing people, and putting down your fellow black man. But Pusha T is Judas huh? Ok you got it bruh.
Those are just words in a song, I’m talking about ACTIONS that have real-life consequences.
Hes right
I hate when people wrap their truth in anger. He says “I thought y’all loved the truth” yes when it’s from a genuine space. The truth is only useful if it can help others, he’s obviously saying this stuff because he got burned by GOOD before but he’s not telling people anything that helps them, secondly I’m sick of all the defense of Drake and his team, this dude tried to bury Meek and none of these cats said anything, he went at Luda, he went at Cudi, he went at Common and he even tried Diddy until he got smacked. Pusha took it there because he saw all the others play it safe while Drake destroyed them with popularity, bars and memes. Let that grown man handle his own beefs the same way y’all let him handle them before
Drake Got Bodied and theirs a parade or serenaders hitting social media because he got his ass whooped? Where was this clown during the Meek Mill debacle or when Drake consistently kept cheap shotting JayZ? It’s Okay for Drake to put out le diss tracks n make money from it while dissing a mfker but he tried that weak shit with Pusha n got The PLANK.
Him and J Prince Solidified how much Pusha penetrated mfkers disbelief Of Drake being Invincible.
So… he doesn’t care about wack lines when Drake made fun of Cudi’s mental health issues. Cool story. Don’t know how much of Kanye’s help is “ghost” when there are many ppl listed in his credits. If it was ghost writing and producing the names wouldn’t be listed. Can’t say “ghost” when it’s in the open. And then he talks about his Grammys, he needs another 18 to pass the big phony.
THANK YOU, this whole twitter rant seemed idiotic. He also said Pusha T was a one-hit wonder like he hasnt lasted in the rap game since 2002
This is Hip Hop fatboy, put your heartbreak in a song…
This guy winning Grammy’s and you think he got time to make diss songs…to impress YOU? bruh. You internet kids are lost.
Okay we get it. Cocaine 80s didn’t go far (which is disappointing cause they were good) and Fauntleroy is hopping on the former G.O.O.D. Music affiliates venting out train since Rhymefest and GLC are doing it.
James Fauntleroy has been working with Jesse Is Heavyweight. I saw them become friends on IG after a fan called Fauntleroy out for biting Jesse Heavyweight style and Jesse told James he could have the style and James was happy. Now they should be collabing if Im not mistaken.
I don’t think he, like most people nowadays, does not know what the word snitch means. And he sounds super salty.
Correction, he does not know.
Crying into your grammys? Now you see ANYONE who is really street will never touch a grammy so basicaly contradicted yourself there idiot pussy fake ass west hollywood bitch boy
uh-what? His point is above your reading level. You played yourself. ?
Not for nothing if he built an academy for music in a building he owns he is actually doing what kanye and his think tank only talked about….n that yeezy affordable housing shit is not happening like most of his other “ideas”…..
Ffs is this all hiphopdx does these days?? About 90% of their articles are about Twitter rants or instagram posts lol what a fucking joke of a website this has become!!
Anybody can be a journalist these days just reprint someone’s twitter rant WOW !!!!!!!!!!
Love Pusha’s music but at the end of the day he’s just an artist and as fake as the rest of these dudes. He’s no hustler either….on breakfast club talking about how he doesn’t handle the money side of his business….what kind of hustler does that??? “yo do we pay Pharell for production??” he had to ask his man….Pharell charges in the 100ks for a beat, what kind of businessman doesn’t know if that type of money is coming out their account?….again Love his music, his visual bars are incredible BUT confusing his persona for real life is hilarious
Hater
Not sure why dudes ride so hard for anyone…including Pusha….dudes a fake and never sold soap but he talking like he a king pin his whole career….hate on who you want but you dont know anything about any of these people….they’re all walking contradictions
I guess Drake sent him that check to dig dirt. Kanye is a producer primarily, so no one is looking at him like the best MC. Drake diverting attention from his Ether
Truth! Pusha T glorifying selling drugs in the black community. Most incarcerated black men are in jail for selling drugs.
But we are mad at drake for having a baby and taking a picture. A picture that was meant to call attention to racism not endorse it.
Y’all some fucking clowns ?. We all know the real reasons you hate Drake and love Pusha. It’s the same crabs in a barrel shit blacks have been on for years. Hate to see a man winning, always want to drag him back down.
Uncle Tom was the Hero, that is all…