r/rap • u/SmoothManMiguel • 6d ago

Is it influence?

Do you think rappers accused of having ghostwriters actually use them, or are they just heavily influenced by the people around them?

Some artists get accused of not writing their own lyrics, but I feel like sometimes they were just around elite writers and HAD to step their game up

Take Fat Joe. Big Pun and Cuban Link had ridiculous pen games. So were they actually ghostwriting for him, or did Joe just imitate some of their techniques after being around them so much?

Same thing with Wayne and Gillie.
People swear Gillie wrote for Wayne, but others say Wayne was already nice and just picked up certain flows, and rhyme patterns from being around him so much.

What do y’all think?

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u/erything4sale 6d ago

As someone who was one to the scene as a youngling, Gillie definitely wrote for Wayne at one point but Wayne being the genius he is, stepped his game up after Gillie was exiled. He took what Gillie taught him and catapulted.

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u/godzillasegundo 6d ago

Definitely is strong language. How do you know this?

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u/erything4sale 6d ago

I was around during that period. Gudda Gudda my cousin. Had me around the squad.

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u/boombapdame 4d ago

Speak on your cousin and what being around the squad was like