Rapper T.I. has shut down rumors that he ghost writes for rave of the moment, Iggy Azalea.

Iggy Azalea’s rise to the top has been meteoric, with many including Nicki Minaj alleging that it was due to her skin color and that she had ghost writers, possibly T.I.

“I ain’t no ghostwriter,” Tip said in an interview this week. “Iggy got her own ideas and her own ideas and thoughts that she presents to the world in her own way. I couldn’t write a lot of the sh-t that she say. I couldn’t put her thoughts into words.

Sounds pretty convincing, but then he backpedals a bit, adding:

“Don’t get me wrong, everybody in the studio helps with hooks and things like that…If Iggy can have a mentor, then I guess I’m the closest thing to it.”