All the internet memes coupled with all the Dada jerseys and Cosby sweaters in all the world couldn’t dull Drake‘s shine. You know why? Because he’s dope enough to get a GQ cover – not once, but twice.
The Canadian actor-turned-rap sensation is the man of the month for the July issue of GQ Magazine. The last time the rapper was featured in April 2012, he took the journalist on a wine spritzer-fueled tour of his home. But this time around, Drizzy is talking about hard-hitting topics, not like world hunger, but things like his fight with Chris Brown over Rihanna, and love…
Yep, Drake admits that despite his songs, he has never quite known the real meaning of love.
The rapper also works on his modeling skills in the corresponding spread, puckered lips and all, as he gets his GQ on in white pants. Do ya thang, Champagne Papi, do ya thang!
Photos aside, Drake does always give a damn good interview, so check out what he had to say to the magazine below.
Drake on his feud with Chris Brown:
“I don’t want my name to be synonymous with that guy’s name. I really don’t. I wish we could sit down, just like you and me are right now, and talk it out man-to-man. But that’s not going to happen. I’m not confrontational, but if someone challenges, I’m not going to back down. …It’s embarrassing, the amount of media coverage. Two rappers fighting over the woman. He’s not even a rapper, but still, it’s the last way you want your name out there. It distracts from the music. But he’s made me the enemy, and that’s the way it’s gonna stay, I guess. …If I think about it too much, I feel it wrapping around my foot, like I get a feeling it could end really badly.”
…on his pursuit of love, and the advice he received from Will Smith:
“I had lunch the other day with someone I extremely look up to. Okay—I had lunch with Will Smith, and listening to him talk, it made me think I don’t know what love is. He said something profound. He said love is when you become one and you need that person. It’s not about wanting anymore, you need that person. Hearing that, I don’t know if I’ve ever felt that way. I’ve held women in very high regard almost to the point where I felt like I needed them for a very long time, but I don’t know if I comprehend it yet, and I’m okay with that.I’ve made a lot of music about love being the only thing I’m missing. I think this is the first album I’ve made saying, I’m okay. I’m enjoying it right now. Maybe this is my time to grind it out, make a run for it and add some memories with my boys.”
…on focusing on his album rather than sex:
“You know the way fighters don’t fuck before the fight? Sometimes I feel like I’m so focused on training my body and getting my mind right to create this album that sex isn’t one of my main priorities. If someone is around that I know and trust, I’m down. But I’m not going to end up with some stranger at this party.”
…on future ambitions, including his goal of making $250 million by the time he’s 29:
“I feel this great responsibility to see how far can we take it, how out of reach can I set that bar for whoever comes after. While I’m here, I’m gonna keep pushing that bar higher and higher up and make you really work for it.
…on becoming #1, and re-creating the excitement of his early career:
“You constantly ask yourself: Will I ever be able to excite people the way I did when the Internet was going crazy, back when you first felt like you had a piece of Drake that no one else had, and you wanted to share it with your friends? Is there an album or song we can make now that’s good enough to get people that excited again? I ain’t gonna lie: I want to be the one you listen to this summer.”
Drake has a point, and we hope he and Chris Brown (the R&B singer, not the “rapper”), can hash things out for the sake of good music. As for the groupies, tough shot, Drake isn’t saving any more of you; his quota is full.
Be sure to head over to GQ.com for the full interview and to take a look at Drake’s impeccable modeling skills.
SOURCE: GQ
PHOTO Credit: Mario Sorrenti / GQ
