Ed Sheeran invited the famous rapper to the song. “He kindly refused”, but it turned out to be a hit anyway

The 32-year-old from Yorkshire has been a huge success. Ed Sheeran recorded his first songs in 2005. His first single, “The A Team”, released in 2011, debuted at number three on the UK Singles Chart. So far, he has released four albums: “+” (Plus) in 2011, “x” (Multiply) in 2014, “÷” (Divide) in 2017 and “=” (Equals) in 2021. In May 2023, the sixth album entitled “-” (Substract) is to be released. recently gave an extensive interview to Rolling Stone magazine in which he talked about fatherhood, trauma, depression and addiction. He also shared an interesting anecdote related to the song “Shape of you”.

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Ed Sheeran offered him a part in the song. Jay-Z politely declined

In the conversation, he revealed that he had offered the rapper to participate in the song “Shape of you”. “We’ve been in touch,” he admitted. “I sent him the song and he said, ‘I don’t think it needs a rap verse. He was probably right. He has a very, very good ear. He’s usually not wrong. It was a normal, polite refusal,” he added.

“Shape of you” And so it was a huge success, breaking records not only in Great Britain. What single released in January 2017 quickly became number one in 34 countries. It has been streamed over 3.4 billion times on Spotify, making it the second most streamed song on the platform today. In theory, he might regret that decision today.

“Shape of you” gave him fame and a lot of worries. Ed Sheeran has been accused of plagiarism

“Shape of You” brought Sheeran fame, but also a lot of worries. In March 2022, a plagiarism case was brought to court. Sami Chokri, known as Sami Switch, and Ross O’Donoghue accused the musician of plagiarizing the chorus of the 2015 song “Oh Why”. British court that Sheeran did not copy any part of the work either intentionally or unknowingly.