In September 2018, Kanye gave Pardi songwriting credit for "Violent Crimes," and surprisingly, Pardi wasn't happy about it. "Pardison Fontaine wrote the Violent Crimes verses," Kanye tweeted. "I changed 2 lines. He wrote the entire song though." According to Pardi, he would rather be known a rapper in his own right than be known for his ghostwriting work. "Nobody needed to know," Pardi explained to GQ. "I hit him about that, like, 'That's not why I do that for.'"