However, Drake addressed his NYTВ interview in another interview with MTV News because he didnвЂ™t want it to come off вЂњnegative.вЂќ вЂњYou know what she was doing to me? She was doing exactly what IвЂ™ve done to so many women throughout my life, which is show them quality time, then disappear. In an interview with The New York Times, Drake admitted that he felt used by Rihanna. вЂњAnd you making it seem that it happened that way because of me.вЂќДrizzyВ Believes Rihanna Used Him вЂ“ June 2010 вЂњNow all of a sudden, these gossip blogs want to cover me,вЂќ he raps. вЂњI could tell it wasnвЂ™t love, I just thought youвЂ™d fuck with me/ Who could of predicted Lucky Strike would have you stuck with me/ Damn, I kept my wits about me luckily/ What happened between us that night? It always seems to trouble me.вЂќДЄt one point in the verse, Drake implies that their relationship started heading downhill because Rihanna believed he was using her for clout. In his Thank Me Later cut вЂњFireworks,вЂќ Drake comes to the realization that his feelings for her were far stronger than her feelings for him. While Rihanna believed her relationship with Drake was strictly platonic, Drake seemed to have believed otherwise. Speaking to Martinez, Rih shut down the rumors and revealed that she likes вЂњhot and olderвЂќ men and insisted that she and Drake were вЂњstill friends.вЂќ Martinez continued to press Rihanna about a possible romantic relationship brewing between the two artists, but Rihanna continued to deny there ever being a romance.Дrake Realizes Rihanna May Not be That Into Him вЂ“ June 2010 Rihanna stopped by Angie MartinezвЂ™s radio show to discuss her headline-grabbing breakup with Chris Brown and address the rumors that she was dating then- 90210 star Tristan Wilds and Drake. Rihanna Says She and Drake Are вЂњStill FriendsвЂќ вЂ“ November 2009 Sources told the outlet that Rihanna was вЂњmaking out with him all night.вЂќ ?Shortly after RihannaвЂ™s very public and calamitous split from Chris Brown in 2009 after BrownвЂ™s assault of the singer, Page SixВ reportedВ that Drake and Rihanna were spotted at Lucky Strike in New York City. Rihanna was shooting the music video for вЂњPonВ De ReplayвЂќ at a restaurant in Toronto and was introduced to Drake, who вЂњplayed background music at the restaurant as people ate their dinner.вЂќ History has a way of repeating itself because the same director, Director X, who worked on RihannaвЂ™s вЂњPonВ De ReplayвЂќ video, also directed Drake and RihannaвЂ™s вЂњWorkвЂќ video years later. When Drake stood before the crowd at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards, he began his speech by speaking about the first time he ever met Rihanna. So where did it all go wrong? We may never know.Д«elow, Billboard takes a look back at Rihanna and DrakeвЂ™s history.Дrake and RihannaвЂ™s First Encounter вЂ“ 2005 Trash-talking - including a comment from Drake claiming that Brown was threatened by him because вЂњat one point in life the woman that he loves fell into my lapвЂќ - ensued over the next few years.Nearly two years ago, Drake stood up on the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards stage to present Rihanna with the Video Vanguard Award and professed his love for the Anti singer for all the world to hear. That year they were involved in a violent scuffle at a Manhattan nightclub, which left Brown with a gash to his chin. Though the two men had collaborated on tracks before, their relationship had soured by 2012. Despite the backlash facing Brown, Rihanna briefly reunited with him in 2013, insisting to Rolling Stone that he was вЂњnot the monster everybody thinks.вЂќ The singers broke up a few months later.Дrake has his own tumultuous background with Brown. That June, Brown pleaded guilty to a felony and accepted a plea deal which included counseling for domestic violence.

In February 2009, the singer was arrested for assaulting his then-girlfriend, who was photographed with visible injuries on her face. (Photo: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)Д«rown - whose June single вЂњNo GuidanceвЂќ features an appearance by Drake - famously dated Rihanna in the late 2000s. Drake is working with Chris Brown, the ex-boyfriend of his former flame Rihanna (pictured with the rap star at the 2016 MTV VMAs).

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