Did Goldlink Steal From Another Artist? (UPDATE)

March 12, 2017 JUKEBOXDC Staff Hip-Hop/Rap, Local, Music No Comments  

UPDATE: Goldlink has responded (below).

So, we were in the middle of posting GoldLink’s new — and very dope — track ‘Meditation’, which features Jasmine Sullivan and sees production from KAYTRANADA, when an artist named Smilo revealed a track of his own that has clear similarities. Check out both below…did Goldlink steal these lyrics? Or worse — is there a ghostwriter situation at play a la Drake?

“I still see ya, I still see ya
Doin’ everything that we said we gon’ do
Girl I still see ya, I still see ya
Puttin’ all my pride and my girls to the side
‘Cause I still see ya, I still see ya
Smokin’ all my weed, bend the corners in the streets
I can still see ya, I still see ya
You wanna be me, I wanna eat ya
I wanna meet your ex, so I can beat him
And have a daughter, and be a teacher
And never follow, and be a leader
And baby girl, I still see ya
I got a light-skinned bitch who look like Beige Loaf
And she fight and fuck me in the same clothes
But when I put that daddy, baby daddy, papa stroke
She curl her toes and close her eyes
I finish up, she adios”

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WATCH: Goldlink On ‘Emoji Roulette’

February 23, 2017 JUKEBOXDC Staff Interviews No Comments  

Goldlink takes part in The FADER’s ‘Emoji Roulette’ series.

In the latest episode of Emoji Roulette, Goldlink is no-nonsense. When asked what he would do if someone texted him saying they found his old Myspace, he immediately responds, “You’re lame!” — but that doesn’t stop him from sentimentally recalling his page, which had a Lil Wayne background with snow falling from the top of the screen. Peep how he would react to an Uber pulling up to the party as it gets live, and receiving some heat from Kaytranada, above.

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