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One of the producers behindDrake’s recently releasedCertified Lover Boyalbum is clearing the air about anR. Kellycredit on the LP.
Over the weekend,Noah “40” Shebib, one of the several producers on the “One Dance” hitmaker’s latest project, responded to anInstagram postwith a headline stating, “Certified Lover Boy: Drake album credits R. Kelly as co-lyricist.”
Noting that Kelly, 54, doesn’t actually appear on the album’s eighth track “TSU,” Shebib, 38, explained why Kelly had to be credited in order to use “a sample of OG Ron c talking.”
“Behind that faintly which you can’t even hear is an r Kelly song playing in the background. It has no significance no lyrics are present, r Kelly’s voice isn’t even present but if we wanted to use Ron c talking we were forced to license it,” he continued, referring to the beloved DJ and on-air personality, detailing, “Doesn’t sit well with me let me just say that.”
“Then I saw this post and just had to say something because to think we would stand beside that guy or write with him is just incredibly disgusting,” he said.
40’s response to the R. Kelly credit comes just a few days afterCertified Lover Boybroke the recordfor most-streamed album in a single day on Spotify along with most-streamed album of the year on Apple Music.
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The album marks the Canadian native’s first full-length project followingScorpion. Drake previously released other new material in between, including 2020’sDark Lane Demo Tapesand the EPScary Hours 2, which was released in March.
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Last month, Kellybegan trialin Brooklyn, New York, on federal charges of racketeering and sex trafficking after delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prosecutors allege the R&B singer-songwriter and his team — including managers, bodyguards and assistants — “traveled throughout the United States and abroad to perform at concert venues…and to recruit women and girls to engage in illegal sexual activity with Kelly” as far back as 1999.
According to the indictment, the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer allegedly required his victims to follow “numerous rules” in which they “were not permitted to leave their room without receiving permission, including to eat or go to the bathroom,” were “not permitted to look at other men” and “were required to call Kelly ‘Daddy.'”
Kelly, who has beenin custody since 2019, has maintained his innocence and has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
source: people.com
