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Rick Ross Claims To Be One of Rap's Biggest Ghostwriters

11/24/2015
. (Radio.com) Ever since Meek Mill called Drake out for ghostwriting, fans have learned more about the seemingly dirty little secret in the rap industry: Not all rappers write their own raps. In a new interview with Time, Rick Ross opened up about his own experience as a ghostwriter.

In discussing his upcoming album Black Market, Ross touched upon one track in particular called "Ghostwriter." He said, "I finally wrote a record telling the way it feels for me to be a ghostwriter, and not only a ghostwriter, but one of the biggest in the rap game. Because of my own personal success I've always been able to keep that in the shadows. On this record, I just felt it was so current. It was needed."

Although he doesn't share who he ghostwrote for, Ross did go to say that the practice isn't a problem depending on the type of MC a rapper aims to be. "It depends on really the point you're looking at," he said. "If you're a battle rapper on the block, the emcee battle challenger, not writing your rhymes could really hurt you. When you're an artist where maybe the focus is really the talent and the different things you bring to the game, I believe it's more understandable." Read more here.

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