Quentin Miller, the Atlanta songwriter and artist known for being exposed as Drake’s ghostwriter back in 2015, recently claimed he “never got a penny” for writing the rapper’s songs.
Miller shared his claims via his latest sit down with VLAD TV on Jan. 3 and blamed it on a bad publishing deal.
During the sit-down, he spoke candidly about working with the Toronto native on his If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (2015) mixtape and alleged that he never received a publishing check for co-writing multiple songs on the project.
“I never got a publishing check off any Drake songs,” he told the host, Vlad, about the lack of compensation for his ghostwriting.
“I had to feed my family off getting paid under the table in that situation. [Music exec] Tricky [Stewart] and them wouldn’t let me [out of my deal]. I didn’t get out of that deal until 2019, 2020. I signed in 2011. I had to let go of a lot of sh*t just to get out. Even when I was in it, I never got a publishing check or nothing. I was just grinding it out. Just hoping that one song, working with that one artist, is gon’ change something. That was the Drake thing, and it just didn’t change anything.”
In another segment of the interview that aired on Jan. 4, Miller alleged that he received a $30,000 advance for his publishing deal but didn’t get any money for writing credits on six Drake singles.
“By the time it all blew up, I hadn’t worked out whatever situation could have been worked out to where my life would have been changed,” the artist said. “By the time it all blew up, and Drake wasn’t fucking with me no more and [DJ] Drama wasn’t fucking with me no more, I still was in that publishing deal.”
He also expressed his hurt over not getting “a penny” for his hard work.
“That was one of the most hurtful situations in my music business scenario ’cause they look like me. I put my trust in them. I just don’t understand why you wouldn’t teach me the game,” Miller shared.
