Phonte On Drake’s BMI Award Dedication

Tuesday, August 30 2011 2:58 PM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, True Story

In an interview with The Source, Little Brother’s Phonte reacts to Drake’s acknowledgment during his BMI Songwriter Of The Year Award speech this past weekend. He also touched on Drizzy’s reluctance to collaborate with he and 9th Wonder.

You’ve always said Drake was your homie, and he stated in the past that he wanted you on his next album. Is that still happening?
To my knowledge, it’s not happening. We’ve made contact with each other but all of my attempts to make something real happen have led to a dead end. I saw that he dedicated his BMI award to me and while that was a very noble and thoughtful gesture, I’d much rather he had dedicated himself to finishing a verse for one of me and 9th’s songs. That, to me, seems like a more tangible way of showing gratitude. But with that said, I’m still a fan and I think he’s an incredibly talented artist. When ‘Take Care’ drops, he’s got my money.

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Comments (56)

  1. Anon DCPL says:

    “when ‘take care’ drops, he’s got my money”

    nigga please.

    and 9th wonder need to get that watched sized to fit his wrist.

  2. pap3rchazer says:

    “When ‘Take Care’ drops, he’s got my money.”….hmm how about you save that money up for that Drake feature because its apparent that Drake is all about his dollars

  3. Stop says:

    ^ how about you may not have a clue what you are talking about

  4. Yowser says:

    Why is 9th Wonder such a fuckin lame man…

  5. BluntBlowin says:

    Who the fuck is this Phonte guy. Stop crying like a little bitch because he doesnt want to give ya wack ass a verse. He right for a couple things though, “When ‘Take Care’ drops, he’s got my money”.

  6. idontlikefakes says:

    dj arab owes drake so much

    i bet he didn’t even pay him

  7. Sigel was the name says:

    Nigga a cornball and take the thanks…this why these niggaz only get so far…always feel entitled to shit…Drake obviously not trying to rock with you wack ass niggaz

  8. donte says:

    What a fuckin loser smh…

  9. Da truthhhhhhhh says:

    dRAKE SOUNDS LIKE pHONTE , dRAKING BITING OF THAT DUDE PHONTE TOO ME, dRAKES SOUNDS LIKE pHONTE ,EASY!!!!!!

  10. Da truthhhhhhhh says:

    rEAL SHIT THOUGH LISTEN TO PHONTE AND LISTEN TO DRAKE, DRAKE TOOK HIS STYLE . THATS WHY DRAKE THANKED HIM AT THE BMI BULLSHIT AWARDS

  11. sinceiwasseventeen says:

    wait what when this nigga phontes name wasn’t mentioned in the news post i never heard non of you niggas sayin drake was bitin this nigga. shut up. your guys are mindless people. ROBOTS OF HATE.

    RAPRADAR: DMX is soon to be released!
    HATE MINIONS: “crackhead, go back to jail, what he gonna do next to go back”

    RAPRADAR: Jay-Z sold 1 Billion copies for the first week of Blueprint IIIIIIIIIIII!
    HATE MINIONS: “He still a camel,Eminem is the greatest, good numbers but disappointing album”

    RAPRADAR: PHONTE! HA!
    HATE MINIONS: “Drake stole his style, drake sound like him, my mommmy left me, i aint got no friends”

    oh shit new tag line: DONT HATE ON MY MINDLESS OPINION, IM ONLY A MINDLESS MINION hahaha

  12. Umpire says:

    Very disappointed to hear that despite his bullshit about being soooo humble, honest and artistic, Drake is apparently just playing industry politics, just like everybody else.

  13. ym says:

    Its simple, P & 9th already send shit to Drake, but didn’t hear back from busy Drake, so the noble shout out didn’t make sense to P… we all get angry sometimes..lets payback..
    I prefer hearing Phonte, he just got more soul in his voice, fuck all that autotunesoundingvoicetracks.. Listen to Little brother, The Foreign Exchange!..

    ..

  14. Nathaniel says:

    yeah… you muthafuckin bum. you’d rather a verse because you want you and 9th’s tired brand of rap music to get more exposure.

    don’t try to eat of drake’s plate.

  15. Tim Lee VA Stand Up says:

    ***Drake Flees in the G4-50*****

  16. NOVA says:

    I respect Phonte a lot….that said….this isn’t a good look. The man showed respect and love when recieving an award…..and you spit on it like “nigga i don’t want that….i want a verse”!?!

    Man….that was just low-down. Not a good look at ALL. Humility bro.

  17. KYOD says:

    “don’t try to eat of drake’s plate”

    Even though Little Brother offered Drake a spot at the table in the first place? Check the features on Comeback Season.

  18. @Nova, I couldn’t have said better myself. But fuck these immature assholes who callin’ Phonte tired and untalented. Fuckin’ mindless, spineless sheeple. You motherfuckers prolly ain’t heard one Little Brother track. So fall the fuck back with that sycophant-like attitude before you get put in your place. Grown ass men actin’ like babies.

  19. Yunghater says:

    If u don’t know who phonte is kill yourself!!!!! And oh yeah 9th wonder is on take care they also was on comeback season b4 drake blew up….

  20. Blacc says:

    ^^^what he said.

    U dumb-ass casual rap fans need to educate urself before u post.

  21. samsohn says:

    it’s impossible to hate on phonte here…he’s about his music…drake getting the songwriter of the year award is like obama getitng the nobel peace prize…it makes no sense…and phonte doesn’t give a shit about a shoutout from an award…how does that help him?? Drake BEEN saying he’d work with 9th, and why he wouldn’t also makes NO sense, because 9th is the most soulful producer in the game..that being said, Drake’s a bitch

  22. cloud9 says:

    Drake said himself that Phonte is like his favorite rapper, and you can’t finish a verse for your favorite rapper. Sounds like Drake is on some other shit right now. Stupid people.

  23. Ego Trippin' says:

    So…Phonte feels like Kanye slighted him because Kanye referred to him as “that guy from Little Brother”. But then Drake shouts him out and he says cool but “where’s my verse, nigga?”. Not a starving artist by any means but he definitely has a starving ego….

  24. ..... says:

    drake dont gotta do nothing for you homeboy…your not first priority or 2 3 4 5 …be thankful for the ackowledgement..i didnt even know who you were

  25. Nathaniel says:

    1. little brother ain’t shit. haven’t had a dope album since The Minstrel Show. and them niggas was of similar popularity when drake put comeback season out. he hadn’t “blew up” yet… and to this day, they haven’t. and wont. around those days, drake was noteworthy in canada… and once again, to this day, them niggas barely get respect in their own state.

    2. see 1.

    3. and so… on those grounds, phonte publicly cries out about a feature? what kind of weak ass nigga does that? “i’m still waiting on my verse”. kill yaself, nigga. and still… the ONLY reason he wants that verse so bad has nothing to do with drake’s artistic prowess. it’s all about what, exposure wise, phonte THINKS he can get from it.

    but… that tired ass, monotonous, “we still make the same sounding music today that we were making during the listening… chitlin circuit..” shit is dead. ain’t nothin casual about what i listen to, jack.

  26. Nathaniel says:

    and i can’t even front on Pooh like that. cuz even though he’s subpar on a good day as a rapper, he’s never been the whining (fiascogate) complaining (outside of the music) about their LACK of fame ass nigga that phonte is. he’s a certified, herb.

  27. B.Dot says:

    *DEAD* @ NATHANIEL

  28. BK says:

    ^SHUT THE FUCK UP B, DRAKE JUST SAID THAT SHIT SO PEEP THINK HE CARE. BUT NAW HE IS CLOWN WHO CHANGE DISGUISE WHEN NOBODY AROUND. I FEEL PHONTE THE LEST HE COULD DO IS DROP A 16.

  29. Da truthhhhhhhh says:

    1ST OF ALL WHO WOULD DRAKE BE WITH OUT YOUNG MONEY? *WITH A cROOKED EXPRESSION”

    DRAKE FLOW =PHONTE WHO GAVE BIRTH TO DRAKE.

  30. the One says:

    Phonte you obviously displayed who you are as a person with that comment… I don’t think I would like to deal with that type of a character either if I was in Drakes position!

  31. Da truthhhhhhhh says:

    now thats something he has to answer too, real talk . Rappers Copying each other like that shit is cool.

  32. power says:

    PHONTE IS NICER THAN DRAKE…. BUT DRAKE CUD BE CONSIDERED HIP- HOP ON SOME LEVELS.

  33. Donnie-D says:

    Drakes a dickrider he bigs up artists to get Thier fans whenever their popping did it with wiz j Cole little brother nas 3 stacks Sade jay we all know how much he rides Wayne [||] even kreayshawn

  34. Gusto says:

    I’d def like to see Drake working with Phonte and 9th, and considering their history and Drake’s public statement of gratitude towards Phonte you would think he could get that 16 done and recorded… that said, Phonte really don’t need to catch an attitude like that. It ain’t becoming of dude and it does make him sound bitter bout the situation. Positivity breeds positivity. G

  35. Epinz says:

    Phonte is drakes musical daddy!!!!! I dnt agree with what he said but I ain’t gone shit on the ngga music. Y’all nggz dnt know shit if u think this ngga making the same music he was making years ago!!! He’s just NOW comin out with a rap album.. I dnt agree with the nggz comments, but the boy is stupid nice!!!!!

  36. CP says:

    you losers need to stop dick riding your favorite man crush artists….

    Phonte is so far from being wack, but youre too busy sucking drakes cock to realize it.

  37. Hip-Hop Fiend says:

    I kinda agree with @Donnie-D. Drake is dope but he co-signs artist so they won’t come at him or test him. Whe the whole Drake and J. Cole comparisons first came about J. Cole was throwing subliminals at him. But Drake went and said his favorite rapper now and called him the new Nas early on. How is Drake gonna take the throne if he trying to be everybody bestfriend Hip-Hop is a competitive game.

  38. CP says:

    Drake is by far one of the biggest bitches in hiphop, his whole persona is fake. He was raised by his white jewish mother but is trying too hard to prove he’s not a bitch. I’m not even hating on Drake’s music, I just cant stand the fact that he’s such a groupie.

    Again, i’m not hatin’ on his music, but he’s a bitch…Its so easy to read!

  39. SkiDaRoc says:

    Cmon Nathaniel, I usually agree with alot of what you have to say, but you a little off on this bruh. When Drake wanted to work with Little Brother, they obliged and worked with him. Now they can’t get a verse in return? What part of the game is that? Is a quick sixteen gonna hurt his career? I mean really dude has completely ripped off Te’ and Te’ hasn’t publicly said anything about that, but that maybe because Drake is slurpin and burpin after the nigga every chance he gets….

  40. Donnie-D says:

    Let’s not forget wen he was saying gucci mane soulja boy were his favorite everyone is drakes favorite artist he said he studied nas for his debut… I didn’t hear it let’s see who else Rick Ross was his favorite soon as these people arnt hot anymore u don’t hear him mention them *coughstan

  41. Black Shady says:

    Why So Mad? HA!

  42. @nathaniel

    your hip-hop history is off. little brother was touring nationally when comeback season dropped. they were *way* more popular than drake at that time. you’re bugging.

  43. @nathaniel

    that’s not to mention that little brother broke up years ago and therefore your comment that they “still make the same music” is nonsensical.

    phonte’s post-little brother efforts, meanwhile, sound radically different than his little brother work. clearly you’ve never heard a foreign exchange album. go listen to one and form an educated opinion. smh.

  44. KW says:

    pssssssssssh

    phonte stay brushing niggas off on that collab tip

    dude’ll be like ‘yeah i got you’ and turn right around and flip the script months and months later

    happened to me three times already with dude

    so to hear him butthurt about drake

    hope that karma taste like caramel

    chomp chomp nigga

  45. KW says:

    oh and *dead* @ ‘Big Rapper Pooh’ up there. big rapper pooh? lmao

  46. KiDCaps says:

    “cause niggas don’t fucks wit you like you fucks wit them” – Juicy J

  47. your sister's "tutor" says:

    this faggot ass BLUNTBLOWIN cat showin, once again, what a fucking herb he is. who is phonte? negro, are you fucking kidding me? if you don’t know who phonte and little brother are, then get
    the fuck out of here.

    see….that is the fucking problem with this site. too many uneducated bitches who don’t know shit
    about the foundation.

    and just come out of the closet already, with that homo-ass name.

  48. your sister's "tutor" says:

    and this NATHANIEL bitch. fuck off. you obviously don’t know shit about good music. ignorant ass bitch. god damn, i wish i could slap the shit out of you for sayin that kind of shit about LB.

  49. your sister's "tutor" says:

    and KW. keep your bruised ego in your pocket man. soundin like a hurt little bitch. tighten ya shit up man.

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