Poison Pen: When Ghostwriters Strike

Memphis Bleek admits that Jay Z inked songs for him.

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T.I. Denies Helping Iggy Get "Fancy" - Nicki Minaj seemed to be throwing darts directly at Iggy Azlaea when she accepted her Best Female Hip Hop Artist trophy at the BET Awards in June and she insinuated that there are more rappers than we know who don't write their own rhymes. Iggy's mentor, Tip, has downplayed the accusations, saying he's not a ghostwriter. But he has crafted hits for other artists in the past, so maybe he has another name for it.  (Photos from Left:  Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images, Frazer Harrison/BET/Getty Images for BET)
Kanye West and D-Dot - Kanye's been at the center of "ghost producing and writing" credits a few times before — but in this case he was the one who supposedly wasn't getting credit. Kanye was a protégé of Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie and Yeezy hinted he ghost-produced for his mentor on his 2004 song "Last Call," explaining, "I was messin with D-Dot also. People ...started talking about the ghost production. But that's how I got in the game." D-Dot wasn't feeling the implications, telling XXL in 2011, "He didn't do right by his O.G... I didn't rob him. All that ghost production s--t he started and had the world makin' 'em think that he did everything.”  (Photos from left: Christopher Polk/Getty Images For BET, Johnny Nunez/WireImage)Say It Ain't So, Nas - The rap world was shocked when allegations that Jay Electronica and stic.man of dead prez ghostwrote for Nas on his 2008 Untitled album surfaced. All three rappers denied the claims.  (Photos from left: Christopher Polk/Getty Images, Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Moet Rose, Ray Tamarra/Getty Images)

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Is That Your... Song? - Ghostwriting was once a taboo in hip hop although we all know that it's been going on behind the scenes since rap's creation. Jay Z's magical pen has crafted hits for Dr. Dre and Foxy Brown over the years and Memphis Bleek recently revealed that Hov penned his verse on "Coming of Age" from the Roc boss's 1996 debut, Reasonable Doubt.Jigga definitely isn't the only phantom scribe. Read on for more.(Photo: Kristian Dowling/Getty Images)

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