{"id":281332,"date":"2019-10-08T16:01:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T22:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1081022"},"modified":"2019-10-08T16:01:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T22:01:34","slug":"drake-speaks-out-against-his-estranged-father-with-rare-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/drake-speaks-out-against-his-estranged-father-with-rare-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Speaks Out Against His Estranged Father With Rare Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-meta\" readability=\"8.187969924812\">\n<p class=\"entry-meta\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"><span class=\"entry-meta__author\"><span class=\"u-lc\">by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/authors\/pamela-avila\">Pamela Avila<\/a><\/span> | <span class=\"entry-meta__time\">Tue., Oct. 8, 2019 3:01 PM<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-detail-social-icons\" class=\"cs-container\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" data-omniture-info=\"{ &quot;pagename&quot; : &quot;news:news:music:articles:1081022:drake-speaks-out-against-his-estranged-father-with-rare-statement&quot;, &quot;widgetType&quot; : &quot;share:social&quot;, &quot;pageType&quot; : &quot;text-blocks&quot; }\">\n<ul class=\"cs-list clear\">\n<li class=\"cs-fb cs-item\">\n<p><span class=\"cs-sharetext\">Share<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"cs-ts cs-item\">\n<p><span class=\"cs-sharetext\">Tweet<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"email-bttn-article-detail-social-icons\" class=\"cs-email cs-item\">\n<p><span class=\"cs-sharetext\">Email<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" class=\"post-content text-block clearfix post-content--groupedn-txt\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"43.440476190476\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019823\/rs_634x1024-190923045649-634-Drake-Emmys-LT-093419-GettyImages-1176482491.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Drake, 2019 Emmy Awards, Emmys, After Party, Candids\" alt=\"Drake, 2019 Emmy Awards, Emmys, After Party, Candids\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Jeff Kravitz\/FilmMagic for HBO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"26.334826427772\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/drake\">Drake<\/a><\/strong> is setting the record straight.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old&#8217;s father, <strong>Dennis Graham<\/strong>, recently appeared on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/nick_cannon\">Nick Cannon<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s <em>Close Conversations<\/em> show on Power 106 and shared his thoughts on how his son portrays him through his music.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When Cannon asked the &#8220;Fake Love&#8221; rapper&#8217;s father about him and his son&#8217;s complicated relationship, Graham said he felt Drake has sensationalized that aspect of his life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have always been with Drake. I talked to him if not every day, every other day and we really got into a deep conversation about that,&#8221; Graham told&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/news\/2019\/10\/drake-father-absentee-dad-sell-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cannon<\/a>&nbsp;during the interview, per <em>XXL<\/em>. &#8220;I said, &#8216;Drake why are you saying all of this different stuff about me, man? This is not cool.&#8217; And he goes &#8216;Dad, it sells records.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the interview took place last Friday, Oct. 4, the Toronto rapper barely responded to his father&#8217;s claims on social media today\u2014and he doesn&#8217;t sound too happy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cta-1\" class=\"post-content cta clearfix\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"2.7761194029851\">\n<div data-vilynx-id=\"282331\" class=\"column cta__video vilynx_enabled\" data-hook=\"cta-vilynx\" data-url=\"\/videos\/282331\/kanye-west-reignites-feud-with-drake-over-kim-kardashian-s-ig\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/eonlinethumbs-a.akamaihd.net\/images\/35\/767\/wochit_20181229_west_282331_560x315_1413814339739.jpg?fit=inside|192:192&amp;output-quality=90\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column cta__text--video\" data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-cta\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"2.865671641791\">\n<h2 class=\"cta__title\">Watch<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/videos\/282331\/kanye-west-reignites-feud-with-drake-over-kim-kardashians-ig\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kanye West Reignites Feud With Drake Over Kim Kardashian&#8217;s IG<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" class=\"post-content text-block clearfix post-content--groupedn-txt\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"51.53560371517\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"5.3312693498452\">\n<p>&#8220;Woke up today so hurt man. My father will say anything to anyone that&#8217;s willing to listen to him. It&#8217;s sad when family gets like this but what can we really do that&#8217;s the people we are stuck with&#8230;every bar I ever spit was the truth and the truth is hard for some people to accept,&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/champagnepapi\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drake wrote on his Instagram Stories<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-3\" class=\"post-content text-block clearfix post-content--groupedn-txt\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"36.888888888889\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201998\/rs_634x1024-191008141733-634-drake-story-me-10819.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Drake, Instagram story\" alt=\"Drake, Instagram story\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Instagram<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"15.525222551929\">\n<p>It&#8217;s no secret that Drake is known for bearing it all through his music.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From rapping about his personal relationships to women to behind-the-scenes drama in the rap and music industry, the &#8220;Marvin&#8217;s Room&#8221; rapper has never shied away from letting his personal experiences inspire his artistic endeavors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite Graham saying that his son has exaggerated the negative&nbsp;aspects of their relationship to &#8220;sell records,&#8221; he also admits that he exposed Drake to both the good and bad.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/2019\/10\/drake-dad-claims-rapper-admitted-making-up-absentee-father-lyrics-sell-records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to <em>Complex<\/em><\/a>, Drake&#8217;s father told Cannon, &#8220;I exposed him to every aspect of life. I never hid anything from him&#8230; I showed him this side of life. I showed him that side of life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-4\" class=\"post-content\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Don&#8217;t miss <em>E! News<\/em> every weeknight at 7, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1081022\/drake-speaks-out-against-his-estranged-father-with-rare-statement?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! 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