Drake, the award-winning music star, has revealed that Dennis Graham, his father, has been diagnosed with cancer.
The 39-year-old Canadian artiste, born Aubrey Drake Graham, brought the revelation to light in his newly released album ‘Iceman’.
‘Iceman’ was released on Friday alongside two surprise projects, ‘Habibti’ and ‘Maid of Honour’.
Without specifying the type of cancer, Drake, in the opening track of ‘Make Them Cry’, raps: “My dad got cancer right now, we battlin’ stages / Trust me when I say there’s plenty things that I’d rather be facin’ / For real / And this time, ask me to dig deeper, I’ll gladly explain it.”
To coincide with the album’s release, Dennis also shared a heartfelt photo of himself and his son embracing on Instagram and captioned it: “The Ice Man and The Nice Man just doing what we do, don’t get it twisted, 🔜🙏🏽.”
Speaking with TMZ following the album release, Dennis revealed that he’s currently in remission from lung cancer.
“No, that was a while back. I’m okay now. I’m wonderful,” he said.
“My phone’s been blowing up all night. Thank you guys for the concern — I love you all, and from the bottom of my heart I appreciate you.
“It was lung cancer at first but fortunately I got a message that it disappeared. And here I am.”
Drake was born on October 24, 1986, in Toronto, Ontario.
