Rubi Rose is upfront about her authenticity, so much so that even the strictest gatekeepers of Hip Hop can’t help but commend her.
During an appearance on The Joe Budden Podcast that has yet to be published, the rapper and model was casually confronted about whether or not she writes her own bars.
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“No,” she responded nonchalantly, as the host and his crew began clapping for her after a brief moment’s silence.
As they probed further and asked if she even plans on honing her pen game, the 26-year-old made it clear that she is perfectly happy with her current arrangement.
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“People know how to make shit sound cool, y’know?,” she added, about the people who assist her. “Everybody uses writers, though, like realistically. Like when people say they don’t — I don’t know, maybe you [Joe Budden] really don’t, but like literally, I feel like everybody uses writers.”
Rubi Rose admits she doesn’t write her own raps & is applauded for her honesty
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A few months back, rumors about Kendrick Lamar secretly using a ghostwriter to help him craft his 2022 song “N95” began making the rounds.
Back in April, an alleged demo of the Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers track performed by CJ Francis surfaced online with a social-media user claimed that said cut was a reference for K.Dot: “Quentin Miller associate CJ Francis IV ghostwriting for Kendrick Lamar. This is his demo of N95 (2022). I’d say this is a collab, but his name isn’t on the credits [ghost emoji].”
He also shared a screenshot of a 2022 tweet from the user @ItsNotHarold that read: “My boy CJ Francis IV wrote on the Kendrick project man I’m so fuckin gassed for my boy!!!! He one of the most talented people in the world bro this shit is so next level!!!”
However, Francis himself denied that he was ever involved with the song as he subsequently wrote on his Instagram Stories: “I had nothing to do with that song. Nor do I have anything to do with it being posted online.”
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The original social media post has since been stamped with a community note that states Francis “is known for rapping over instrumental remakes from YouTube & pretending he made demos for popular songs.”
A Reddit thread also debunked the claims, pointing out that “N95” originated in 2019 as a collaboration between the Compton native and Baby Keem that was ultimately scrapped. Kung Fu Kenny reportedly later merged two different songs to create the basis for “N95,” before settling on the final version of the song in 2022.
