Digital Nas is looking out the “vultures.”
The Atlanta-born producer on Wednesday delivered a scathing rant over his involvement in “Carnival,” a 2024 monitor off Kanye West and Ty Dolla Signal’s Vultures 1 undertaking.
Digital Nas started by sharing a purported electronic mail during which music govt Matt Geffen questioned Digital Nas’ contributions to the Grammy-nominated single. Based on the message, Digitial Nas wasn’t credited on the track as a result of its producers—Traxster, 88-Keys, and Morning Estrada—“weren’t in a position to confirm” his involvement.
However Digital Nas claims he was very concerned within the Playboi Carti-assisted monitor and deserved recognition.
“I’ma give y’all n****s context to how these vulture-ass n****s work,” he mentioned in a video. “Fritz [Owens, recording engineer] textual content me, ‘Ye and Carti want you,’ the night time ‘Carnival’ was completed… I am going there, [they say] ‘Nas, what do we’d like carried out to ‘Carnival’?’ I inform them n****s all the things that must be carried out, advised Ye to vary his verse. Increase, growth, growth.”
Digital Nas, who’s credited on the Vultures’ monitor “Paperwork,” mentioned the trade is stuffed with predatory figures who reap the benefits of proficient folks. He even inspired aspiring artists to pursue one other profession path.
“If you wish to make music, bro, don’t do it. Go be a physician, go be a lawyer, it’s not value it,” he mentioned. “These n****s are preventing over crumbs. ‘Carnival’ made $47,000 publishing. These n****s is outdated as fuck, don’t haven’t any expertise, however they use younger n****s, they use their sound, they use what they do.
“When it’s small information like ‘Paperwork,’ ‘Oh yeah, go away Nas on that,’” he continued. “However when it’s huge information that went primary, ‘Nah, he ain’t do shit on that.’ Fuck all y’all n****s.”
Digital Nas went on to say that his frustration had nothing to do with cash however was “about morals, precept, and respect.”
“Y’all used to doing this to n****s,” he mentioned. “Y’all not gon’ do that to me, man.”
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