Keri Hilson has clapped back after singer-songwriter Esther Dean posted an apology on Instagram for writing the infamous leaked remix of her 2009 hit “Turnin Me On.”
During an appearance on The Breakfast Club, Hilson revealed that she did not write the song, that she was pressured to record it, and that she had little say as an up-and-coming artist.
“[The producer] played it for me. Meanwhile I’m thinking I was coming in to write a remix to ‘Turnin’ Me On.’ Automatically, I was like, ‘I’m not saying that.’ That was my position. I’m an athlete. I am competitive. But I’m not nasty, I’m a finesse player. I don’t look at things like that,” she explained.
“My album wasn’t out yet, I was told it’s not coming out if you don’t do this. I was super young. I felt I had no choice,” she continued. “I’m still protecting everyone involved. I’ve been eating that for years.”
After Dean posted her apology, Hilson stepped into The Shade Room to clear a few things up.
“You used the word co-wrote. I RE-wrote 3 lines in your verse. Which was the ONLY battle I won in the whole matter. But you weren’t there when all this was going down, and we didn’t write it together,” she wrote.
Those lines were:
“Been getting dollars boy / Gone get ya money up / No you ain’t the only homie on me, line up.”
“The softest section. Lines about a boy. Because not only did I strongly disagree with the unnecessary hateful sentiments towards other women, and I’ve never been a fan of the publicity stunt method,” she went on.
