TMZ lately claimed that Dennis Graham, Drake’s father, didn’t have most cancers regardless of his son saying in any other case in one in every of his songs on ICEMAN, leading to many questioning whether or not the rapper was being deceptive within the tune.
For these uninformed, Drake revealed that his dad had most cancers within the tune Make Them Cry from ICEMAN, launched on Could 15, 2026. That very same day, TMZ posted a video of paparazzi chatting with Dennis Graham on the Jubilee in West Hollywood and asking after his well being. The publish was captioned, “Drake’s dad says he does not have most cancers regardless of the declare on his “Iceman” album.”
Nevertheless, the caption seems to be deceptive as Dennis Graham clarified within the video that he had most cancers “some time again” and was at the moment “okay.” He additionally revealed that he had been identified with lung most cancers, including that his “telephone’s been going off all night time” after Drake spoke about his prognosis on ICEMAN. Graham additionally thanked followers for his or her well-wishes, including:
“No, that was some time again… I am okay now… I am great… Thanks, guys, on your concern. I really like you all. And from the underside of my coronary heart, I admire it… It was lung most cancers at first, however, thankfully, I acquired a message that it disappeared.”
Moreover, when requested whether or not he had stop smoking following the most cancers prognosis, Dennis Graham replied that he hadn’t, however he wasn’t smoking as a lot as he used to.
In the meantime, Drake talked about his father just a few occasions in his new album ICEMAN, revealing the most cancers prognosis and discussing their relationship on Make Them Cry. The Canadian rapper, who launched three new albums on Could 15, rapped that he was an “solely youngster” and needed to “father my mom” and “deal with my son’s grandfather like my older brother.”
Elsewhere within the tune, he vulnerably admitted he’d fairly be dealing with different issues when talking about his dad battling most cancers, rapping:
“My dad acquired most cancers proper now, we battlin’ phases / Belief me after I say there’s a lot issues that I would fairly be facin’ / For actual / And this time, ask me to dig deeper, I will gladly clarify it.”
Exploring Drake’s Make Them Cry
Rumors that one of many songs from Drake’s extremely anticipated ICEMAN was titled Make Them Cry circulated on social media after Mal, one of many hosts of the New Rory & Mal podcast, posted the title on his X account on Could 10, months after Drake posted the identical title in February.
ICEMAN, launched on Could 15, opened with Make Them Cry, which noticed Drake introspect on his household, profession, and life after the 2024 beef with Kendrick Lamar. The Canadian rapper name-dropped well-liked Ok-Pop group BTS within the first verse, rapping, “I am feeling like BTS ‘trigger it took the entire profession for me to be so found.”
Elsewhere within the tune, the rapper shared his expertise of going toe to toe with Kendrick Lamar amid their extremely publicized rap beef in 2024, saying folks saved asking him what the meat did to him and seemingly likening Lamar to the Grim Reaper.
“With Dot again in 2024 was an enormous piece/ So it is like, this s**t is me, but it surely is not me/ Y’all carry on asking me what it did to me, that is what it did to me/ Once I dig deep, they are saying dig deeper/ Inform us the way it felt to satisfy the grim reaper,” he rapped.
The rapper additionally spoke about therapeutic his traumas and being paranoid, rapping that he did not do psychedelics as a result of he was ” too frightened of unpacking.” Moreover, he famous that he was turning 40 quickly and mentioned he was battling growing old, whereas seemingly alluding to his defamation lawsuit towards Universal Music Group, rapping:
“I am ’bout to show forty, canine, I am battlin’ agin’/ I am battlin’ the truth that the album ain’t even drop and already they a**es complainin’/ F**okay it, I will battle the label/ F**okay it, I will battle the majors, I will battle the stations ’til my a** is again in rotation.”
Along with ICEMAN, Drake additionally shock launched two different albums, MAID OF HONOUR and HABIBTI, on Could 15, 2026.
Edited by Juhi Marzia