Rihanna‘s “Diamonds” is a global smash – and it almost wasn’t her song. The 2012 track nearly went to Eminem, producer Benny Blanco revealed during an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music.
The track, which he wrote and produced with Stargate and Sia, was originally intended for Kanye West or Lana Del Rey. “Stargate’s like, ‘Yo, we’re giving this song to Rihanna.
It’s going to go.’ And I was like, ‘I don’t know, man. Should we keep the beat for Kanye? I don’t know about it,’” Benny explained.
He said he also submitted the song to Eminem‘s camp for consideration, and he even recorded the song. “I remember, at the same time, I had given a beat CD like a month earlier to Paul Rosenberg to give to Eminem.
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