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Last week, Drake dropped the track “2 Birds, 1 Stone,” where he’s taking shots at G.O.O.D. Music’s Pusha T, and former G.O.O.D. Music artist, Kid Cudi. Over the weekend, the credits for the song were released, and in quite the interesting turn of events, none other than Kanye West was listed as both a producer, a composer and a lyricist!

Of course, Ye wouldn’t knowingly get involved in a project that would diss the President of his label, and it’s likely he wouldn’t want to diss Cudi either – after he just proclaimed his love for him at his recent show. Could this have been a petty move on Drake’s part? Well, his in-house producer 40 has the answer.

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“Me and Kanye produced the track,” 40 told Genius today. “I made it from some drums he had given me. Not quite the elaborate story the world is looking for.”

Welp, there you have it. Often times, producers are considered writers for a song because they’ll add a pre-made hook with the beat. Even if the artist doesn’t use the pre-written hook, they may end up using the idea or even just a line or two, and they’d still get writer’s credit. The “lyricist” thing is a little left field, but maybe that was an oversight?