Kanye West predicted Hit-Boy's life would change after 'Ni**as in Paris' and was he right?
Record producer Hit-Boy reflects on Kanye West's accurate prediction that their collaboration on 'Ni**as in Paris' would change his career. The producer discusses the creative process behind the 2011 hit and the impact it had on his professional trajectory.
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Home News World Sports Entertainment Science Royal Trending Health Videos Technology Entertainment Kanye West predicted Hit-Boy's life would change after 'Ni**as in Paris' and was he right? Hit-Boy weighs in on Ye's prediction in a recent podcast
Kanye West, aside from being a rabble-rouser and ingenious musician, has a talent for being prescient, according to Hit-Boy.
A record producer, who co-produced Ni**as in Paris, and Ye, who is one of the lead rappers on the track, told him the track would transform his career.
While the song was in the works, Hit-Boy recalls a conversation with the rap icon, sharing that he was working on a series of songs at the time and that his focus had been on other tracks rather than only on the 2011 hit.
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