While appearing on the Sprite green carpet for the BET Hip Hop Awards, which taped over the weekend, singer/writer T-Pain was asked about the recent ghostwriting incident involving Drake, during an interview with Hip-Hop Wired.
T-Pain was specifically asked about artists collaborating with others to create a record. The Florida musician went on to explain that artists working together to create a verse or a record has happened for years now.
He went on to add that the Drake ghostwriting incident “wasn’t a big deal” in his opinion, but did explain that people felt lied to by the Canadian singer/rapper.
“That’s been happening for years,” T-Pain said. “I mean, that’s been decades. So, the only thing I think people got shooken up is if somebody says that they’re the best and they don’t say that ‘I’m the best. I got the best team doing this. I’m collectively the best.’ Then it kinda gets like ‘Oh, you lied. We found out you lied.’ It’s like a Milli Vanilli thing. They was the best singers for a while until we found out that they weren’t the singers. So, that’s pretty much all it is. It’s just if you create an illusion, be prepared for it to be put out. Be prepared for the illusion to be unmasked…It wasn’t a big deal. People just felt lied to.”
During his interview, T-Pain also shared some insight into his next studio album, which he’s currently working on. He says he reworked the project, which he revealed feels more like an art piece now.
“It’s pretty dope now. Every song is connected…It’s a piece of work now. It’s like a body. It’s an art piece now,” he said, in regards to his album.
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drake got help from other rappers which isn’t a big deal but if you’re constantly and I mean CONSTANTLY saying that your the best then why do you need help from a rapper nobody has heard of?? He mentioned milli vinilli and said thier incident wasn’t a big deal but it ended their careers for the most part. So maybe he doesn’t think it’s a big deal and nowadays it probably isn’t but as a fan you can’t be the best in my eyes after that.
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Yeah that I’m the best stuff is something that every rapper says and tries to sell. What bothers people is that started to believe it. Trust me, I’ve been along long enough to tell you all, you’ll tire of him and there will be someone new. It happened to EVERYBODY. So for now let him sell his “the best,” stuff and real people know better.
Rap is dead! In 2015, people don’t care that a rapper who has made claims of being the ‘best’ uses reference tracks!! Thank God I have 90z rap music to listen….this skinny jeans wearing rap gen are lost anyways…lastly, fuq u T-pain for that ignorant statement! Smdh
I mean when Drake releases music, it feels that we know him well. All along though, his life was written by someone else.
Of course a guy who doesn’t really sing doesn’t think it’s a big deal if a rapper doesn’t really write..
Do your research. The boy can blow.
Ehh, i disagree. The aura surrounding him has taken a huge hit. People aren’t deceived by his “best ever” claims anymore. His songs are written from the perspective of someone else. It is what it is.
The interviewer was trippin off this nigga lol