WTF?? KRS-ONE co-signs Drake using a Ghostwriter.
KRS views on this in reality, represent how having "writers" has always been viewed in general...as more or less a non-issue. There's more to MC'ing than just lyrics as he acknowledged here. I'm sure there were alot of vets in the industry that were caught off guard last year when this "ghostwriter" shyt popped up...and why people were pretending like they suddenly gave a fukk about ghostwriting, when really it was just a way to try to take away credibility from Drake...when he never had any credibility from the get-go. You don't need him having ghostwriters to try to de-legitimize him in the genre...how about the fact that he had to be coached up on how to say "nikka" properly 
And the fact that he had to adopt the mannerisms, slang & dialect of a foreign people in order to gain legitimacy in the genre...basically a rap game amos & andy....these are far more egregious crimes against the culture than "ghostwriting".
You also have to understand that KRS and other rappers from his era are almost entirely fed by foreign/cac vultures like Drake...they're the only people still putting still putting money in his pocket...so he'd be shytting where he eats if he kept it ALL THE WAY REAL on dudes like Drake.
And the fact that he had to adopt the mannerisms, slang & dialect of a foreign people in order to gain legitimacy in the genre...basically a rap game amos & andy....these are far more egregious crimes against the culture than "ghostwriting".
You also have to understand that KRS and other rappers from his era are almost entirely fed by foreign/cac vultures like Drake...they're the only people still putting still putting money in his pocket...so he'd be shytting where he eats if he kept it ALL THE WAY REAL on dudes like Drake.
I was with KRS when he was saying have somebody else write your rhymes diminishes you in the eyes of those that write their own rhymes. 
I was with him when he said nobody ever wrote a rhyme for him
But wtf was he talking about he would have recited a rhyme that Rakim wrote for him?
At the end of the day, at least it was theoretical
I was with him when he said nobody ever wrote a rhyme for him
But wtf was he talking about he would have recited a rhyme that Rakim wrote for him?
At the end of the day, at least it was theoretical
spliz
SplizThaDon
nikka is a flip flopper fam. Singing a whole different tune on the radio wit Kiss. And the Rakim shyt he said was absolutely deplorable. That was his rival peer right there. Straight up clown shyt. And as far as the ghostwriting shyt. It happens more than u think and less than u think at the same time. It's def not as rampant as u sayin. This is coming from someone who used to ghostwrite.
Lmao didn't Havoc say he used to write for Prodigy too?
Just tell me Prodigy wrote his own shyt from the Infamous through the original leaked version of Murda Musik.
In fact, tell me somebody else wrote Infamy
I know a lot of groups back in the day would have one person who wrote the majority of the rhymes for the group.
spliz
SplizThaDon
Dude is a flip flopper my g. LolI was with KRS when he was saying have somebody else write your rhymes diminishes you in the eyes of those that write their own rhymes.
I was with him when he said nobody ever wrote a rhyme for him
But wtf was he talking about he would have recited a rhyme that Rakim wrote for him?
At the end of the day, at least it was theoretical
It's rampant bro. Very rampant. I'm not saying outright penning entire songs for people but help writing is very constant throughout the genre and always has been. Refresh my memory on the Kiss interview, what he say.
spliz
SplizThaDon
Hav said he taught Prodigy how to rap.
I thought the story was Hav tought P how to rhyme and P tought Hav how to make beats.
I got no issues if Hav had input on Prodigy's verses. They're a group.
But I've never heard Hav was giving verses to P to recite in the Infamous days or after.
spliz
SplizThaDon
No. Help is rampant. But "ghostwriting" ain't rampant like people making it. It's like people don't really have a true understanding of what ghostwriting is. nikkas having reference tracks for full verses and songs is not rampant amongst legitimate artists. Kiss was sayin how the ghostwriting shyt hit him worst than the Mike Brown situation. He said he couldn't believe people just glossed over that and didnt care. And they was talkin bout writing rhymes and getting nice and coming wit bars n shyt. KRS was agreeing with him and even put in his 2 cents.
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Okay yeah that's fair. Help is rampant. Outright penning whole songs isn't. But I don't think that is what Drake had done either. And this is from someone who doesn't even like Drake lol.
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All Star
Lol he said if rakim came to him with a line he'd use it
Rakim=/=Quinten Miller
Rakim=/=Quinten Miller
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This was a way earlier time in hip-hop though things were different then they were in the 90s, 00s and 10s
Nah he wrote Prodigy's raps. Both him and P said itI thought the story was Hav tought P how to rhyme and P tought Hav how to make beats.
I got no issues if Hav had input on Prodigy's verses. They're a group.
But I've never heard Hav was giving verses to P to recite in the Infamous days or after.
But it's pre-Infamous.