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Kia Shine holding his BMI Awards
If you have listened to any Urban Radio station in the last 6 weeks then you have probably heard the tunes of new radio sensation Drake and his hit song, "Best I Ever Had". Drake, whose real name is, Aubrey Drake Graham, transformed from TV actor into Hip Hop star almost over night. The transformation wasn't, however, on his own skill.
Former Motown/Universal Recording Artist Kia Shine was credited by BMI as the writer of the song that has now sold over a million copies. I spoke with Kia Shine this morning and he confirmed he was indeed the writer.
"They sampled a record that I did for Lil Wayne, called "Do it for the Boy". I wrote the hook and the beat for that track. After they heard that and made the Drake song, they settled out for 25%"
It was also reported in the new Billboard Magazine that Nakia Coleman aka Kia Shine was indeed the writer of the hit song, "Best I Ever Had".
Kia Shine who has been on top of the charts with his own song, "Krispy" which peaked at number 66 on the Billboard charts, is also credited with signing and promoting hip hop artist, Yo Gotti.
Kia Shine also known as Nakia Shine and Kinfolk Jones also stated, "The Drake thing is shedding some light on what I do and have done in this music business, people can see how astute I am in this music business."
The hard work has definitely paid off Kia Shine, who is now scheduled to write for P.Diddy aka Sean Combs and will write on the new MC Lyte record. Kia Shine also has new video out, White Vees, with his new group The P.R.E.P.S.
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Damn, back to the degrassi for drake!
he does not have a ghostwriter. All Drake did was follow the blueprints of what a mixtape "should be". People are forgetting that Drake's music came from a "mixtape", which is "not" an album, but a mixture of today's poular music with your own vocals and concepts in place of the original. The confusion started when people started to recognize Drake's mixtape as a real Album. This is why they have to put it out again, as a real release. I'm just glad Kia Shine had the business sense to have all of his creations on record officially.
This is and lie and Drake clearly refutes it in an interview. You should do research.
this is stupid you can type anybody's name with ghostwriter and something pops up
LOL really, because ANOTHER ghostwriter for Drake was caught out. 2nd time this has happened.... you still think its a coincidence?
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