On the week before his highly anticipated album release, Thank Me Later, the Canadian rapper is all chatty about his short tryst with songstress, Rihanna. The two reportedly got publicly cozy a year ago, which he quickly denied as being a ‘friendship’.
Drake sat down with MTV to discuss the inspiration behind a couple of his tracks and what was going on in the notorious Lucky Strike bowling alley pictures.
According to MTV News:
“I was a pawn,” Drake told the newspaper about his time with Rihanna, which began with an invite to pen a track for the singer. “You know what she was doing to me? She was doing exactly what I’ve done to so many women throughout my life, which is show them quality time, then disappear. I was like, ‘Wow, this feels terrible.’ ”
Drake channeled the experience into song, penning a verse on “Fireworks” dedicated to Rihanna, though he never mentions her by name. “I could tell it wasn’t love/ I just thought you’d f—ed with me/ Who could have predicted/ Lucky Strike would have you stuck with me,” Drake raps on the song, referring to the Manhattan bowling alley where the two reportedly made out.
Guess we can’t win them all.
