Hit songwriters ask pop stars to stop taking credit for songs they didn't write

Re:Hit songwriters ask pop stars to stop taking credit for s... by farfacy on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @05:29PM (#26653404)

All the people who created WAP are not listed in this link. On Spotify, WAP's credits list

Performed by

Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion

Written by

Austin Owens, Belcalis Almanzar, Frank Rodriguez, James Foye iii, Jordan Thorpe, Megan Pete

Produced by

Ayo & Keyz

We can compare this to a Kpop song called IDEA that 2 of the same people who wrote WAP worked on

Performed by

Taemin

Written by

Adrian Mckinnon, Austin Owens, James Foye iii, Jimmy Claeson, Moon Seol Ree, Tay Jasper

Western stars are extremely dishonest about their input into their music.

Korean TV giving credit to the songwriters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4wOjOEcRZg

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Re:Hit songwriters ask pop stars to stop taking credit for s... by commoner on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @09:31PM (#26655638)

In American rap culture, rap artists are usually expected to write their own lyrics without significant help from other songwriters, with the exception of samples, production, and any parts of the song that are not rapped.

https://www.complex.com/music/2012/08/the-nas-controversy-an...

That's why the WAP songwriters are the rappers (Megan thee Stallion and Cardi B), the producers (Ayo N Keyz), and the songwriter of the sampled track (Frank Ski). Many other genres do not have this kind of expectation.

If you are accusing the WAP songwriters of employing ghostwriters, that is a severe allegation and needs evidence to be taken seriously.

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