{"id":856778,"date":"2025-06-20T00:13:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T05:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/20\/whos-drakes-ghostwriter-lil-waynes-son-says-its-his-dad\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T00:13:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T05:13:33","slug":"whos-drakes-ghostwriter-lil-waynes-son-says-its-his-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/20\/whos-drakes-ghostwriter-lil-waynes-son-says-its-his-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s Drake\u2019s Ghostwriter? Lil Wayne\u2019s Son Says It\u2019s His Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a candid YouTube interview, Lil Novi, the son of legendary rapper Lil Wayne, has ignited a debate in the hip-hop community. Lil Novi suggests that his father served as Drake\u2019s ghostwriter during his early career.<\/h2>\n

The interview was conducted by TrillMarty and features Lil Novi and his crew discussing their musical influences, aspirations, and the legacy of Young Money\u2014which was founded by Lil Wayne. When the host asks Lil Novi<\/a> who is better between his father and Drake, Lil Novi responds with the assertion that his dad IS Drake\u2019s early works.<\/p>\n

\u201cLil Wayne, my dad, wrote most of the lyrics so I mean, on God, like if it wasn\u2019t for my pops, it wouldn\u2019t be no Drake,\u201d the young rapper states. \u201cLike for real for real. I mean, it probably would be a Drake, but he wouldn\u2019t be where he at now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ghostwriting is a controversial topic in hip-hop because the lyrics to rap are supposed to be personal experiences. Lil Novi\u2019s comments, taken at face value, would confirm longstanding rumors that Drake\u2019s early work was heavily influenced by Lil Wayne\u2014especially if he was Drake\u2019s ghostwriter. Drake was signed to Young Money in 2009<\/a> and has always credited Lil Wayne as a mentor for his career, but has shied away from verifying any ghostwriting rumors floating around.<\/h4>\n

The interview also touches on Lil Novi\u2019s own musical journey and the pressures of living up to his legendary father\u2019s legacy. When asked if he feels pressure to fill his dad\u2019s shoes, Lil Novi admits: \u201cLow key, but no, not for real. Like I feel like I\u2019ll eventually be able to handle that.\u201d He also revealed that he was supposed to debut several years ago but chose to forge his own path when things didn\u2019t materialize as planned. Lil Novi said he gravitated toward an underground sound to grow his career as an artist.<\/p>\n

Drake\u2019s alleged use of ghostwriters has been a persistent topic of debate in the hip-hop community for years now. Meek Mill publicly accused Drake of not writing his own verse on the song \u201cR.I.C.O.\u201d\u2014instead implying that Quentin Miller<\/a> crafted that verse as a ghostwriter. That exchange kicked off a highly publicized exchange of diss tracks, but also brought the topic of ghostwriting into the mainstream hip-hop zeitgeist. Drake himself has repeatedly denied<\/a> the use of ghostwriters, calling the allegations a \u2018narrative\u2019 and emphasizing that he collaborates with other artists when it suits his creative process.<\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n

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Photo Credit: TrillMarty In a candid YouTube interview, Lil Novi, the son of legendary rapper Lil Wayne, has ignited a debate in the hip-hop community. Lil Novi suggests that his father served as Drake\u2019s ghostwriter during his early career. The interview was conducted by TrillMarty and features Lil Novi and his crew discussing their musical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":856779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3387,23756,104640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-856778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-drakes","category-whos","category-youtube-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}