Here's what you need to know about this feud between Drake and Meek Mill

There's this interestingly tenuous relationship between pretty much every famous rapper you hear on the radio. Like a truce between super-powered nations, they put differences aside in the interest of getting this money.

But every couple of years or so, one or more of them stages this massive blitz and tries to poison the well and set fire to all the bridges.

A couple of years ago it was Gucci Mane going after literally everyone he's ever made eye contact with, and on Wednesday, after Nicki Minaj started beefing with MTV and Taylor Swift, her main, resident CAPS LOCK RAPPER Meek Mill decided he'd kick start a beef of his own, calling out Drake for not writing his own verses. Particularly his verse on Meek's recent hit single from Dreams Worth More Than Money, "R.I.C.O." (Which is pure rocket fuel– you should listen to it.)

He even used Drake's own lyrics against him, and named one of Drake's songwriters.

Around that time, DJ Funkmaster Flex released the reference track (or Quentin Miller's version) of Drake's If You're Reading This It's Too Late track "10 Bands." (Which has since been taken down.)

And then, because rap fans are bar-none the most fickle fans on the face of the planet, everyone called Drake out for being "fake" and for using a "ghostwriter." This caused producer and long-time Drake collaborator Noah "40" Shebib to jump to Drake's defense, saying that Miller only wrote a small portion of Drake's lyrics, and that he was credited for what he did.

All of this is completely valid. If you write raps for other rappers to perform and the record label cuts you checks for doing so, you're not a ghostwriter– that's a publishing deal. Like it or not, this is what the industry is now.

As much as we love to pretend otherwise, rap has seeped from the fringes into the mainstream. It's more pop than rap, and more of a business than anything. People love it and they constantly want more of it– there's a massive demand, and, more often than not, it takes a concerted effort from a large group of people to create the supply.

There were 37 different people credited on Kanye West's "All Day." Before that, he had 17 different artists credited on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy's "All of The Lights." I'm pretty sure Jay Z still owes royalties to the Christopher Wallace estate (please refrain from sending hate mail).

As much as I say that a power move, an awesome sports highlight, or a really cool thing I wish I would've said first is "real rap," I don't really know what "real rap" is. And I suspect no one else actually does either. But I do know that if you're overly concerned with whether or not someone's penned every single thing they put on wax, then this– pop rap– is for you.

In order to be the best at it you have to surround yourself with the best. Like Kanye, Drake picks from a carousel of highly talented people, taking what he likes and ignoring what he doesn't. A single line, melody, or idea may not be all his own, but he has the ability to arrange them in a fashion that works, and that's what gives him staying power.

And what's more, if you're surprised that a former actor on a teenage soap opera isn't writing everything he performs, then...I just don't know.

In any case, Drake is pretty much choosing not to even entertain this "ghostwriting" thing, and Meek sort of maybe kind of apologized during a performance last night, so, at least for now, the beef is squashed.