Drake’s former songwriter claims he never got paid for writing tracks for the rapper’s hit mixtape ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late’

• Drake's former songwriter Quentin Miller claimed he never got paid for writing songs for the rapper.
• Miller contributed to four songs on Drake's 2015 mixtape, "If You're Reading This It's Too Late."

Drake's former songwriter Quentin Miller has claimed he never got paid for his work on the rapper's hit mixtape, "If You're Reading This It's Too Late."

Released in 2015, the mixtape debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and to date has sold over 1.4 million units worldwide.

Miller is credited as a writer on four songs.

Speaking with VladTV on Wednesday, Miller said he never received any money for his work due to him being tied up in a publishing deal with Grammy-winning producer Tricky Stewart at the time.

"I was in my horrible, horrible, horrible publishing situation with Tricky so I never got a publishing check off of any Drake songs," said Miller.

"I had to feed my family off getting paid under the table in that situation because Tricky and them wouldn't let me go."

Miller added that he first signed his deal with Stewart in 2011 but didn't "get out" of the deal until almost a decade later and that to do so, he had to "let go of a lot of shit."

"Even while I was in it, I never got a publishing check or nothing," said Miller. "I was just grinding, bro. I was grinding it out just hoping that one day that one song or working with that one artist is gonna change something — and that was the Drake thing! But it just didn't change anything."

Neither Tricky Stewart nor OVO Sounds — Drake's record label which released "If You're Reading This It's Too Late" — immediately responded to a request for comment.

In his interview with VladTV, Miller also addressed the fallout from rapper Meek Mill accusing him of "ghostwriting" for Drake in 2015.

Miller said it was "inconsiderate" of Meek to drag his name through the mud during what was supposed to be the breakthrough period of his career.

"It's like I don't matter, maybe 'cause I was a writer, I don't know," he said. "It was just like, you know, fuck this guy."