Aubrey Drake Graham has done it again. The Toronto-bred rapper just dropped his fifth studio album, Scorpion, and along with giving us a fresh supply of photo captions, he also addressed a few elephants in the room.
It’s officially #Scorpion SZN. ????
Listen to @Drake's #Scorpion now: https://t.co/n2J8kZrroP
pic.twitter.com/Dn2HsNpclS— Apple Music (@AppleMusic) June 29, 2018
Folks highly anticipate new music from Drake. This time, the energy was a bit different as fans and music critics waited to see if Drake would use the time to address a few rumors, and he most certainly did.
He indeed has a child:
Not only did the "Nice for What" confirm he had a son, but he also goes back to his signature move of taking us on an emotional ride and getting us in our feelings. Drake bears his soul on both the Mariah Carey-sampled "Emotionless" and the album's ending track, "March 14."
"I wasn't hiding my kid from the world," he raps. "I was hiding the world from my kid."
Drake mentioning his son in emotionless has me like pic.twitter.com/QAsIpHuJsG
— Steph (@lecraynay_) June 29, 2018
“Breakin’ news in my life, I don’t run to the blogs. The only ones I wanna tell are the ones I can call,” he adds.
It was all a fling:
Drake then addresses his relationship with his son’s mother, rumored to be pornstar Sophie Brussaux, by referencing Michael Jackson‘s hit “Billie Jean” in the song “March 14.”
“She’s not my lover like Billie Jean, but the kid is mine. Sandi used to tell me all it takes is one time, and all it took was one time. S**t, we only met two times, two times,” he raps.
With this new information, fans went crazy.
DRAKE REVEALED HIS SON ON EMOTIONLESS. I GOT CHILLS.
— Matthew Santoro (@MatthewSantoro) June 29, 2018
Drake really wrote March 14 all about his son and the challenges of being a father. Damn, Drake, you got me there, man. Now, that’s an ending ???????? #Scorpion
— ★ (@OfficialTabitha) June 29, 2018
MARCH 14TH WAS WHEN DRAKE FOUND OUT HE WAS A FATHER
— nyoldman (@NYDoorman) June 29, 2018
Oh I'm just over here crying over Drake's song to his son keep it moving #Scorpion
pic.twitter.com/juUWYS28Pc— Ryan Case (@film114) June 29, 2018
Drake: I wasn’t hiding my kid from the world I was hiding the world from my kid
Deadbeats everywhere: I felt that— Jess (@JessicaAnaya3) June 29, 2018
The confirmation that Drake is a father didn't seem to stop fans from getting their life from the double-sided album. If anything, it made them love it even more.
My generation really got to see Messi Ronaldo Drake LeBron Steph Curry Beyoncé and Usain Bolt ????????♂️ ????????♂️
— Willy Beamin’ (@tronpyre) June 29, 2018
There's a reason he didn't respond to Pusha:
The rapper also touched on why he didn't respond to Pusha T's diss track on "Survival."
“I’ve seen this movie a hundred times; I know where it’s headed / Realize someone gotta die when no one will dead it / Niggas gambling with their life for some content / That’s the type of lottery that could get your top picked.”
He may be considering going indie:
On "Is There More," the singer-rapper also hints he may be flirting with the idea of being an independent artist.
“Soon as this album drops, I’m outta the deal.” On "Survival," he touches on it yet again by saying, “I’m pretty sure we got a label, I’m still independent."
He and Jay-Z aren't beefing anymore, at least for the sake of the album:
After a number of reported disagreements between Jay-Z and Drake, Hov makes an appearance on the track "Talk Up."
Diddy may have really laid hands on the dude:
On the seemingly tell-all track "Survival," Drake also touched on rumors that Diddy assaulted him at a party and referenced the Meek Mill beef.
“I’ve had real Philly niggas try to write my ending / I’ve had scuffles with Bad Boys that wasn’t pretending," he raps.
In addition to all this tea, Drake stayed true to form with tracks that still left us in our feels.
'Your friends say they miss you but they don't really miss you'~ Drake.
I felt this line ????
— Janet Machuka ???????? (@janetmachuka_) June 29, 2018
When Drake said “I should stick around for what? Always felt like sticking around is the same as being stuck.” ….I felt that pic.twitter.com/ulJ7WO0hm0
— tialena????????♀️ (@thai_leenuh) June 29, 2018
when drake said “you’re breaking my heart, tearing me apart breaking me down, when I’m already down” wow i legitimately felt that
— Luis Curry (@Kauzing) June 29, 2018
Drake proved himself to be top two and not number two when he got a feature from Michael Jackson.
Pusha T killed Drake so Drake used that moment to go do a collabo with Michael Jackson. Drake wins again
— Trapa Fasa (@trapafasa) June 29, 2018
What were your thoughts on Drake's latest project? What tracks did you feel?