Rihanna is no longer a part of my life: Drake

The rapper who wanted to be her lamp sometime ago seems to be finally moving on

Drake is no stranger to romantic trysts and beef (feuds) in the rap world with his counterparts, and it seems like he’s ready to address some of them.

In an interview on the Rap Radar podcast that was released on Christmas day via Tidal, the rapper talked about a lot of personal topics, including his choppy past with his former flame Rihanna and her former flame Chris Brown.



Drake and Chris, both of whom have been involved with singer Rihanna in the past, came together for collaboration on No Guidance this year, after a long history of cold war between the two. Talking about working with Chris, Drake expressed how it felt as if they were “forcing it” and harbored “resentment” for each other.

The God’s Plan hit-maker went to explain the situation saying, “You know, really at the end of the day, when you kind of step away from it and break it down, you start to feel silly because it's over girl stuff. But obviously that could snowball into real s--t and that's what happened in this situation."

Drake was famously linked to Rihanna after the singer fell victim to assault by Brown and was left battered. The two enjoyed a long on-off courtship that resulted in a number of hit collaborations including What’s My Name, Take Care, Work and Too Good.


When Brown and Drake announced No Guidance this summer, many were left confused by Drake’s decision to rub shoulders with Brown once again and it turns out that Drake was just as hesitant.

"That person (Rihanna) that was in the middle of us is no longer a part of either of our lives currently and I have the most utmost love and respect for her. I think of her as family more than anything. I felt, I actually had kind of a moment of hesitation before because I didn't want her to ever feel disrespected by me linking up with him,” he said.

Watch the entire interview here.


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