Quentin Miller has revealed Nas as soon as praised his expertise as a rapper, however claims that their relationship has soured within the wake of King’s Illness III.
In a latest interview, Miller informed Vlad TV that resulting from followers’ assumption that he was a ghostwriter on Nas and Hit-Boy‘s newest venture, he feels that he could not get a chance to work with the Queensbridge rapper once more.
The dialog was sparked by a dialogue concerning the function Quentin Miller performed within the beef between Meek Mill and Drake, which DJ Drama addressed over the summer season. Nas’ title got here up as Miller spoke to the best way his profession has been impacted by the stigma of ghostwriting in Hip Hop.
“You perceive how unlucky that feels to be…,” he began earlier than trailing off. “Even with the Nas scenario. I respect Nas and love Nas like some other rapper on this world. To get a chance to work with him and he’s telling me, ‘Yo man, you’re one of many dopest new rappers I’ve heard.’ I’m taking this in. It is a great point.”
Sadly, Quentin Miller defined, the tables have a tendency to show as soon as his work with an artist is publicized.
“You get the chance to work with any person after which, folks discover out,” he added. “Then, they tear him down ’trigger he labored with you. Reasonably than, ‘Take a look at you… rattling, you have to be dope.’ That’s what you count on. However it don’t prove that method. It prove they get wiped out so then, they’re you loopy after which, they need nothing to do with you in any respect.”
Shortly after the discharge of KDIII, Miller cleared the air after feedback he had made about writing for Nas went viral for all of the flawed causes. The rapper/songwriter appeared on the New Rory & MAL podcast in September, the place he spoke about lending his pen to the legendary MC, amongst different distinguished Hip Hop and R&B artists.
Miller’s feedback flew underneath the radar till a clip of his interview circulated on Twitter in late November, sparking loads of dialogue amongst rap heads about long-running rumors of Nas utilizing ghostwriters.
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After catching wind of the chatter, Quentin Miller — who’s credited as a co-writer on Nas’ King’s Illness II monitor “The Stress” — jumped on Instagram on November 29 to set the file straight. In an impassioned video, the Atlanta native defined how Hit-Boy, with whom he’s labored intently with for years, related him with Nas and he merely threw out “some concepts” within the studio, and some of them caught.
“I pulled up on Hit-Boy, I’m within the room, I bounce some concepts out, there we go,” he stated. “Clear it up. I simply bounced some concepts, a pair concepts win. That’s it, that’s all that occurred with the Nas shit.”
Miller additionally defended his choice to talk publicly concerning the artists he’s labored with, declaring that it’s frequent apply for songwriters.
“I additionally talked about different artists that I labored with! From G-Eazy to Jeremih to Ty Dolla $ign — I discussed different artists!” he added. “Writers submit their work and discuss their work on a regular basis. You already know why? It helps with the enterprise of writing. When folks know that you just have been part of sure issues, it makes folks extra susceptible to work with you. It’s type of a part of the job.”
Throughout his dialog with DJ Vlad, Quentin Miller reiterated that, when he speaks concerning the work he’s completed with artists, it’s by no means completed with malicious intent.
“I’m not attempting to take the sunshine or the glory from any of those artists that I’m working with,” he concluded. “I’m completely happy as fuck that they worth my concepts. It blows my thoughts that they worth my concepts. ‘Trigger I look as much as these guys like all people else. It simply ruins it.”
