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Rico Love on Drake’s writing credits Says people would “kill Drake” over the names attached to his records without understanding what he was actually doing. If you were in the session and helped inspire the song, Drake made sure you got writing credit. “They took it as, oh you got 29 writers. I’m like no, he looking out for people that inspire.” He says Drake isn’t just in those rooms by accident. He intentionally surrounds himself with creatives who know how to write because he understands that, at the end of the day, music is a business. He compares it to early Kanye working alongside Rhymefest, Pusha, Q-Tip and Talib Kweli, arguing that collaborating with great writers doesn’t mean an artist can’t create or rap themselves. Then Rico Love says attacking artists for working with writers ultimately hurts the writers too, because it makes artists afraid to collaborate. “He is a businessman. This is the property. I don’t have to be the one who hammers every nail.” ( @bagfuel )