Drake has revealed that he feels “so hurt” after his fatherDennis Graham accused him of lying about their relationship to sell music.
Earlier this month, the rapper’s father appeared on Nick Cannon’s radio show, where he said that Drake pretended their relationship was estranged in his song lyrics so he could “sell records”.
“I always been with Drake,” Graham said. “I talk to him, if not every day, then each other day. We really got into a deep conversation about that. I said: ‘Drake, why are you saying all of this different stuff about me? Man, this is not cool.’
“He said: ‘Dad, it sells records.’”
But on Tuesday, the rapper responded to his father’s claims on Instagram, writing in a story post that has been captured by screenshot: “Woke up today so hurt man. My father will say anything to anyone that’s willing to listen to him.
“It’s sad when family gets like this but what can we really do that’s the people we are stuck with… every bar I ever spit was the truth and the truth is hard for some people to accept.”
Drake has rapped about his father’s absence during his childhood multiple times. In his song Look What You’ve Done, the 32-year-old sings: “And my father living in Memphis now, he can’t come this way/Over some minor charges and child support/That just wasn’t paid, damn/ Boo-hoo, sad story - Black American dad story.”
The rapper referenced his relationship with his father in the song 0 to 100 as well, where he says: “Since my dad used to tell me he was comin' to the house to get me/He ain't show up/Valuable lesson, man I had to grow up.”
Drake has also opened up about his childhood, and what it meant being raised by a single mother in interviews.
During an episode of Lebron James’ HBO series The Shop, Drake, who recently became a father himself, said he wants his son Adonis to love his mother so he has to “project that energy”.
“I didn’t come from that [peace],” he explained. “I came from my mother being like: ‘Your dad is this.’ My dad would never speak ill of my mother - ever, ever, ever. My mother is the nicest, kindest, sweetest woman, but she’s a woman scorned and a woman who is exhausted.
“I was really hard on my parents for giving me sort of a childhood that I had to wrap my mind around as I grew. Multiple times I sort of suggested that they could have done a better job at co-parenting, sticking together, not being so divided.”
