Overview

• Tiller previously recounted on The New Rory & Mal Podcast that Timbaland urged him to quit his day job and that they stopped speaking soon after.
• Timbaland confirmed he told Tiller to pursue music full time and praised him as a gifted writer, saying he initially questioned whether Tiller wanted the spotlight.
• In an Instagram post, Tiller apologized to Timbaland and criticized how his candid remarks were amplified into conflict by online recaps.
• Tiller said he intentionally dropped his media guard during the interview, acknowledging that the clips were easily misinterpreted once they spread.
• Coverage also revisited Tiller’s note that Timbaland favored songs like “Don’t” over tracks such as “Been That Way” and “Sorry Not Sorry,” highlighting early creative differences.