Don’t Tell Meek Mill, Diddy Talks Beauty Of Ghostwriting: “I’m Not An MC, I’m A Ringmaster” [Video]

Music mogul Diddy recently talked about his stance toward ghostwriting and how one of R&B’s most iconic singers didn’t write her own songs.

In an interview with “The Breakfast Club,” Puff Daddy dished on why ghostwriting should not get a bad rap.

“As an artist sometimes you have an allegiance to the record. You could be in the room with somebody who has a better idea than you. Look at Whitney Houston, she didn’t really write any of her songs. I’m not an MC, I’m a ringmaster.” (“The Breakfast Club”)

Watch Diddy’s interview on the next page…

https://youtu.be/BPZbFN0HXHE

Rap star Lil Wayne‘s ex-girlfriend Karrine Steffans recently revealed Weezy used fellow hip-hop artist Drake as a ghostwriter in the past.

“I know [Drake] was writing stuff for Wayne as well. Wayne was looking to change something, I know he was rewriting, I know Wayne told me he was teaching him how to tell better stories, how to ride the beat differently, ’cause Wayne rides the beat a certain way while Drake rides it another way. So, the student was becoming the teacher – [Wayne] was very honest, he says, ‘I don’t write that way. I don’t know how.’ So Drake was just kinda showing him how to take his ideas and turn them into a story and to make that story come back around. That’s a skill. That’s a storytelling skill. Not everybody can do that.”” (VLAD TV)

Diddy’s famous ghostwriter Sauce Money recently addressed the ghostwriting controversy between Drake and rival Meek Mill.

“I think back in the days it would have been [a knock to have a ghostwriter.] I think back in the days emcees had more responsibilities to write they own sh*t – it’s not important right now. … Me, personally, you couldn’t really call yourself an emcee. Take for example with [music mogul Diddy]. Puff doesn’t call himself an emcee…I don’t think n*ggas was penning [Drake’s] bars like that. I think where we get it confused is we got people in the studio around that’s talented just like we are. So, we feed off of each other. So, a nigga might come up with a hook. A n*gga might finish a line for you. We’ve all done it. So, I think Drake is one of the best emcees in the game. … At the end of the day, you can’t discredit good music. Whether they write they sh*t or not, it’s good music. Me personally, I don’t have a problem.” (Doggie Diamonds)

Recently, Sauce Money publicly addressed the ghostwriting debate on Twitter.