He was ducking ghost writing allegations since his career started.
"Working his way up" is an extremely bizarre way to word it since he's stolen slang, hooks, and cadences from other rappers more or less since he started, and used "Degrassi" money to fund his rap career. He's a child actor that got bored and decided to rap.
I'm

at "I don't see a change in his demeanor". He went from this:
To this....
And then hid in his car while his bodyguards confronted the guy he said he'd fight.
I mean....c'mon son. If you like his music

but the blind eye some of you turn is just ridiculous.
Fred.