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Kanye West originally produced and wrote “Gold Digger” for Shawnna

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Kanye West originally produced and wrote his 2005 hit “Gold Digger” for Shawnna. wrote the hook from a female’s perspective, and the song was meant for ‘s 2004 Worth Tha Weight.

Shawnna passed on the song and Kanye rewrote the hook to fit a male’s perspective and featured on it. Gold Digger gave Kanye his second No. 1 single and one of his biggest hits ever.

During a 2006 interview with MTV on the making of “Gold Digger,” ‘s A&R executive at the time, Plain Pat, revealed that Kanye West produced the beat at ‘ house in Atlanta for his Luda’s artist Shawnna who passed on it.

“He did that beat a while before the movie [‘Ray’] was even thought of. He did the beat at Ludacris’ house in and he did it for Shawnna. She passed on it, actually. I’m not sure why.” Plain Pat told MTV.

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