In a recent interview with Complex, Nickelus F speaks on upcoming projects, career highlights, Portishead and working with Drake, most notably his effort on a track from the retail version of So Far Gone.
Complex: So anyone who says, “Nickelus F writes for Drake” would be mistaken?
Nickelus F: Yes. Have I done work here and there? Yes I have. Do I write for him on a regular basis? No. Have I written for him on a regular basis? No.
Complex: But you have written for him before?
Nickelus F: Verses?
Complex: Yeah.
Nickelus F: Yes, I have done a verse. Not a bunch of verses. I have helped out with hooks and one verse in particular. But I don’t write no verses for him.
Complex: What was that one verse in particular?
Nickelus F: I don’t want to say! [Laughs].
Complex: Was it well known?
Nickelus F: Yeah, it’s well known. I don’t know if I necessarily want to put that out there. That’s my homie at the end of the day.
Complex: Could you say what project it was on?
Nickelus F: Yeah, but it would kind of give it away.
Complex: Wayne spit a Drake verse at the Grammys. People know Wayne writes his shit, just like people know Drake writes his shit. If there’s a verse that he spit that’s yours, or that you helped him with, it’s not going to be like, “Oh my God! Drake doesn’t write anything because Nickelus F wrote one verse for him.”
Nickelus F: Well, it was on the So Far Gone retail version. I’ll just say that much. I don’t want to say what song.
Complex: Was it “Fear”?
Nickelus F: No, it wasn’t “Fear.” I ain’t have nothing to do with “Fear.” I ain’t have nothing to do with anything new that he’s working on.
Complex: Are you credited on the liner notes?
Nickelus F: No, I am not credited. Not credited yet. We’re working it out though. We talked about it.
Complex: It wasn’t anything on “Best I Ever Had” though?
Nickelus F: No, it wasn’t anything on “Best I Ever Had.”
Complex: “Successful”?
Nickelus F: Nah, I didn’t do anything on “Successful.”
Complex: “Houstonlantavegas”?
Nickelus F: Nothing on “Houstonlantavegas.”
Complex: “The Calm”?
Nickelus F: Nothing on “The Calm?”
Complex: “Uptown?”
Nickelus F: Nothing on “Uptown.”
Complex: It’s got to be “I’m Goin’ In” then?
Nickelus F: [Laughs]. I didn’t say that.
