They’re the boogeymen of rap. Ghostwriters. For decades, being called out for using one could kill your credibility. But in 2025? That’s not exactly the case anymore. So, have the rules changed? Or are we just pretending they don’t matter? Some of the biggest names in hip-hop’s history, Drake, Nas and Ye, have all been accused of using ghostwriters. Ye was the most recent one to admit it. To expose the secret and publicly embrace that someone else has been writing his rhymes.
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Do you think ghostwriters should be used in hip-hop?⬇
Ghost writers literally shape and manufacture our culture… this needs to be discussed more good video XXL❤🎉
Yall not doing a freshman list this year?
Am good with ghost writing
Ghostwriting isnt all bad. But i think that it should be fair to at the very least notate songd with a universalky accepted superscript symbol in the writing credits to notate that “all or parts of this song have been ghostwritten”
If you use a ghost writer ✍️ then you don’t deserve credit as a true emcee at all!!!
except for hooks and choruses
@fresh7878word
lol some people will give credit if you so much give an opinion and say redo a line or put a drum here