Drake har varit på tapeten konstant under de senaste månaderna, oavsett om det varit musik eller olika kontroverser kring hans person och skapande. Sedan releasen i februari av “If You’re Reading This It’s To Late” har Toronto-artisten varit uppslukad i en omskriven konflikt med Meek Mill där MMG-rapparen anklagade Drake för att ha anlitade låtskrivare till sina texter, s.k “ghostwriters”. Trots att Drake var hårt ansatt svarade han med ett flertal dissar mot Meek Mill och ansågs av många ha vunnit fejden trots de, i hiphopvärlden, mindre smickrande anklagelserna.

Förra veckan överraskningssläppte Drake och Future nytt mixtape och igår avslöjades att tidningen The Fader har OVO-artisten på sitt omslag för sitt “100th Edition Issue”. I en intervju ger han således svar på hur “ghostwriter”-ryktena:

“I need, sometimes, individuals to spark an idea so that I can take off running,” he says. “I don’t mind that. And those recordings—they are what they are. And you can use your own judgment on what they mean to you.” “There’s not necessarily a context to them,” he adds, when I ask him to provide some. “And I don’t know if I’m really here to even clarify it for you.” “It’s just, music at times can be a collaborative process, you know? Who came up with this, who came up with that—for me, it’s like, I know that it takes me to execute every single thing that I’ve done up until this point. And I’m not ashamed.”

Han kommenterar även Meek Mill och disslåtarna:

“I’m just gonna bring it up ‘cause it’s important to me,” he says. “I was at a charity kickball game—which we won, by the way—and my brother called me. He was just like, ‘I don’t know if you’re aware, but, yo, they’re trying to end us out here. They’re just spreading, like, propaganda. Where are you? You need to come here.’ So we all circled up at the studio, and sat there as Flex went on the air, and these guys flip-flopped [about how] they were gonna do this, that, and the third.”

He recorded “Charged Up” that very night and released it the next day on the same episode of OVO Radio that saw the debut of “Hotline Bling.” “Given the circumstances, it felt right to just remind people what it is that I do,” Drake says, a proud smile creeping into his face, “in case your opinions were wavering at any point.”

When a reply to “Charged Up” didn’t come, Drake could hardly believe it. “This is a discussion about music, and no one’s putting forth any music?” he says, speaking with a furrowed brow, as if reliving his incredulity. “You guys are gonna leave this for me to do? This is how you want to play it? You guys didn’t think this through at all—nobody? You guys have high-ranking members watching over you. Nobody told you that this was a bad idea, to engage in this and not have something? You’re gonna engage in a conversation about writing music, and delivering music, with me? And not have anything to put forth on the table?”

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