Jadakiss really didn’t love it. The rap veteran has opened up about hating ghostwriting for Diddy back in the 90’s.
Looking back, the Yonkers icon admitted he didn’t enjoy his time writing for Puff as he found it difficult trying to emulate his lavish lifestyle, which he admitted was far off from his own at the time.
In an appearance on Smoke DZA’s The Personal Party Podcast, he reflected on penning tracks for Diddy’s 1997 album No Way Out. The collection spawned classics like, “All About the Benjamins,” “Victory” and “Senorita.” Jadakiss never got publicly recognized for any of his fire verses.
Jadakiss said of his ghostwriting era…
“I really hate it. After giving [Diddy] “Benjamins,” “Victory,” “Senorita” and a couple remixes I used to feel like it was taking away too much of me. I didn’t know how to morph. It ain’t like he was a n-gga that I knew my whole life and I could describe him how I think he should be.”
He continued…
“I ain’t feel like I could write the bars for myself and give it to him because I didn’t feel like it fit it. He had too much money. I was still extra grungy and my mind couldn’t think about that much Versace or being on that type of financial level so it used to conflict with me writing for him.”
The 47-year-old continued by saying Diddy would encourage him to write as if the lyrics were for himself. He admitted Diddy had a nack for applying the lyrics to his own experience, but Jadakiss just never felt comfortable writing for him.
Watch the clip below. Would you like to ghostwrite for Diddy?
Until the next time it drips…
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