There is a difference between plagiarism and making references or allusions to another artist's work. In this case it's Drake that has me posting this entry. All rappers recycle lines or make references to other songs. Jay Z quotes Biggie in his raps but using one line is much different than using an entire verse. Most of the time credit is given where it's due.
For example, Kanye West's "Good Life" has a line that states,
"50 told me go 'head switch the style up. And if they hate then let 'em hate and watch the money pile up."
This line would be referring to 50 Cent's "In Da Club"... "I'm a tell you what banks told me cause go 'head switch the style up. If they hate then let 'em hate, watch the money pile up."
But after hearing Drake's verse in Birdman's "Money to Blow", I swore that I heard those lyrics before from Lil Wayne at the VMA's 2 years before "Money to Blow" was released and a significant time before Drake made something of himself other than being on Degrassi.
Watch both clips
Lil Wayne on the 2008 VMA's Misunderstood f/ Leona Lewis - a Millie - Got Money f/ T-Pain
Birdman f/ Drake and Lil Wayne - Money to blow
So while everyone is jamming to Drake, remember that it's The Best Rapper Alive who deserves the credit.
It was actually Drake's song. Yeah the VMA's came out a while before Drake was "hot" but that doesn't mean he didn't write it. I've been listening to him for a while now. I actually prefer the original mixtape Drake. Maybe because he wasn't known and something new. *shrugs* Anywho, on the VMA's Wayne raps Drake's verse and if I'm not mistaken he even says Drizzy before he begins or after he finishes. I can't watch it right now but both Wayne and Drake have acknowledged that it was Drake's verse. So yeah...
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