[jletienne]

idk about well off, his mother was an english teacher not a hedge fund exec.

nothing wrong with hiring people.

If you dislike autotune and pop music, i think that’s valid. but it’s really a function of artists responding to consumer preference. there are plenty of high quality niche artists who don’t have the mainstream appeal or success

[haliskerbas]

Nothing wrong with hiring people. But if the song is about the story and you don’t mention someone is writing it for you, how am I supposed to know if drake actually has a side girl with an iPhone 5s that has a cracked screen which she uses to respond immediately?

A widely rumored but undisclosed ghostwriter brings the authenticity into question.