Drake vs. Kia Shine
by Brooke on Sep.21, 2009, under Uncategorized
So over the weekend there was some rumbling on twitter about Hip Hop Artist Kia Shine bragging that he had written Drake’s hit “Best I Ever Had”.
On Tuesday of this past week, Kia Shine posted a photo of himself holding up 3 BMI Awards for Drake’s hit song “Best I Ever Had” sparking the rumors that he was a ghostwriter for Drake. According to Kia Shine, he owns 25% publishing for the “Best I Ever Had” record because it samples a record he gave to Wayne called “Do It For The Boy”.
Drake had this to say:
“There have been questions posed to me the last few days about the writing of ‘Best I Ever Had’ and I figured I’d take the time to clear the air directly,” he wrote Thursday (September 17) night. “I have never met Kia Shine or worked with him. I wrote the entire composition in Toronto and I borrowed one line from a Lil Wayne song that he produced the BEAT for. The claims of 25% ownership are false and for a artist to brag about splits on a song is distasteful to begin with.”
Kia Shine posted this on his twitter page:
“maan i am not a hater, if someone is blessed with something i commed them and encourage, not discourage,” he wrote earlier this week. “for all the nob believers here is the pic taken from Sept.10th’s Bm1 awards in NY where I won 3 awards for my publishing share of ‘BEST I EVER HAD’…this message is for all the non-believers YES kia shine OWNS 25% OF THE DRAKE SONG ‘THE BEST I EVER HAD’ 3 BMI AWARDS FOR THE SONG GOING #1 ON 3 BILLBOARD CHARTS. GO BUY HIS EP TODAY! MY FAMILY APPRECIATES IT! … its all there! can’t make sh*t like this up (Kia Shine’s Twitter)
Kia Shine was also quoted having said this:
“They sampled a record that I did for Lil Wayne, called ‘Do it for the Boy.’ I wrote the hook and the beat for that track,” he said in an interview today. “After they heard that and made the Drake song, they settled out for 25 percent.” It was also reported in the new Billboard Magazine that Nakia Coleman aka Kia Shine was indeed the writer of the hit song, “Best I Ever Had”. Kia Shine who has been on top of the charts with his own song, “Krispy” which peaked at number 66 on the Billboard charts, is also credited with signing and promoting hip hop artist, Yo Gotti. (Examiner)
So while Drake did in fact write “Best I Ever Had” since he sampled the beat from “Do It For The Boy”, Kia Shine is given songwriting credit on the record.
*Group Hug*
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