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Dennis Graham Defends Drake’s Silence On Israel-Palestine

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Drake‘s father Dennis Graham defended his son’s decision not to speak out on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine during an interview with TMZ, Sunday. Graham argued that celebrities are “damned if they do, damned if they don’t” when it comes to discussing politics. Many voices have criticized the Toronto rapper’s silence, including DJ Vlad.

“I’m sure it affects everybody, you know what I’m saying?” Graham said to the outlet. “But just stay out of it, especially if you’re somebody that’s well-known.” He continued: “But be a celebrity and favor one against the other, and it’s going to come back on you. Stay out of it.”

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Dennis Graham With Drake At The Billboard Music Awards

LAS VEGAS, NV – MAY 21: Recording artist Drake (L) accepts the Top Artist award onstage with his father Dennis Graham during the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

As for DJ Vlad’s criticism of Drake, he condemned the rapper along with DJ Khlaed in a lengthy post on Twitter, last week. He wrote: “Has anyone noticed that the most famous Jewish person on Earth, Drake, and the most famous Palestinian person on Earth, DJ Khaled, haven’t said a single thing about the Gaza-Israel conflict? It’s not like Drake is too busy. He’s been writing paragraphs about Joe Budden hurting his feelings about his new album.” He further theorized: “It’s because both are so thirsty to maintain their relevance that they wouldn’t dare risk insulting a segment of their fanbase. Heaven forbid that Drake might debut at #2 behind Taylor Swift because some of his Palestinian fans chose to not stream his album.”

Dennis Graham Comes To Drake’s Defense

It’s not the only time Graham has spoken out in defense of Drake in recent weeks. Amid Drake’s feud with Joe Budden, Graham also took his son’s side. Be on the lookout for any update on whether Drake breaks his silence on Israel and Palestine on HotNewHipHop.

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Drake’s Dad Seemingly Responded On His Behalf Over The Decision To Stay Silent On The Israeli-Hamas Conflict

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Drake has faced a lot of pushback recently over his latest solo album, For All The Dogs. Unfortunately, that’s not where the outrage ends. After his social media spats with Joe Budden and Andrew Tate, he’s decided to lay low for a while.

Still, others, including DJ Vlad, are looking to Drake to make a statement about the ongoing conflict between the Israel and Hamas. Drake’s father, Dennis Graham, seemed to offered a response on his behalf over the decision to stay silent. During an encounter with TMZ Saturday, October 14, Graham shared his thoughts.

When asked if Drake’s Jewish heritage intensified his sadness about the tension in the region, Graham replied, “I’m sure it affects everybody. It’s just totally ridiculous… If you say something about this one, you are going to get criticized. If you say something about someone else, you’re going to get criticized… It’s best to say out of it, especially if you’re someone that’s well known.”

He continued, “Being a celebrity and saying something that favoring one against the other it’s going to come back on you. Just be quiet.”

This isn’t the first time Drake has been called out for being silent on political issues. In July, Ebro Darden referred to Drake’s lack of discussion on Black issues while filming the Apple Music show Rap Life Review, which he later walked back.

For All The Dogs is out now via OVO Sounds/Republic Records. Find more information here.

Drake’s Dad Defends Rapper’s Silence On Israel-Palestine

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Drake’s father Dennis Graham has said he fully supports his son’s decision to remain silent on Israel-Palestine. Speaking with TMZ, Graham said that celebrities always get backlash when they speak on hot-button issues and he imagined that Drake speaking on the Middle East conflict would be no different. Celebrities are “damned either way” he lamented during the conversation.

The Canadian rapper has gotten a fair amount of heat for being one of the most notable figures not to release a statement about the ongoing conflict. DJ Vlad in particular has gone hard on Drake’s silence. “Has anyone noticed that the most famous Jewish person on Earth, Drake, and the most famous Palestinian person on Earth, DJ Khaled, haven’t said a single thing about the Gaza-Israel conflict?  It’s not like Drake is too busy. He’s been writing paragraphs about Joe Budden hurting his feelings about his new album.  DJ Khaled has been working overtime promoting his new Jordan sneakers. But both of them have been silent on this topic. Why is that?” Vlad asked. In a follow-up statement, he said that he had called them out because “their voices are powerful”.

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Israel-Palestine: Lastest Updates

While Drake remains silent, the situation in Gaza grows ever more dire. A UN report suggests that fuel supplies in the enclave will only last another two days, putting already overcrowded hospitals at further risk. Meanwhile, the IDF has ordered over 1 million inhabitants of northern Gaza to evacuate to the south. However, many are afraid to do this after reports emerged of Israel bombing refugee convoys.

Elsewhere, Israeli troops are amassing on the Gazan border with a ground operation expected in the coming days. Furthermore, a Reuters videographer was killed when an Israeli shell hit a gathering of multi-national journalists covering fighting on the southern Lebanon border. Six others, who have been identified as Reuters, Al-Jazeera, and Agence France-Presse employees, were wounded in the incident. Overall, over 3600 people have died in the week following a brutal Hamas incursion into Israel. Additionally, Palestinian officials state that their death toll has already made it the greatest loss of life from the Palestinian side in any conflict with Israel to date.

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Dennis Graham Praised Drake’s ‘For All The Dogs’ And Says It Has ‘Some Of The Best Music’ He’s Heard From Him

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Before Drake kicked off his and 21 Savage’s It’s All A Blur Tour in July, he staged an intimate “victory lap” concert at the legendary Apollo Theater in January. The It’s All A Blur Tour setlist and the Apollo show’s setlist each boast 40-plus songs, which is a roundabout way of stating the obvious: Drake has put out a lot of music.

Even so, Dennis Graham, Drake’s dad, feels comfortable in saying his son’s forthcoming For All The Dogs album will rank among Drake’s best-ever offerings.

“I had the pleasure of sitting in my Son’s dressing room and listening to this new album and I must say that it is some of the best music that I’ve heard him do, and I am sure that every Drake fan throughout the entire world is going feel this one,” Graham captioned an Instagram photo of the For All The Dogs artwork, drawn by Drake’s five-year-old son, Adonis. “Everything about For All The Dogs is what we’ve been waiting for, Congratulations Son I really feel this one.”

Drake left a comment saying, “Thanks dad [three smiley-with-sunglasses emojis] I was so happy you loved it.”

Earlier on Wednesday night, September 6, Drake confirmed September 22 as the release date for For All The Dogs with a throwback video of Graham, also known as “Cousin Dennis,” performing a cover of Albert King’s “Crosscut Saw.”

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Dennis Graham Says ‘For All the Dogs’ is ‘Some of the Best Music’ He Has Heard from Drake

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Dennis Graham has heard the For All the Dogs album and speaks highly of Drake’s latest creation. Hitting Instagram, Graham spoke about the forthcoming release.

“I had the pleasure of sitting in my Son’s dressing room and listening to this new album and I must say that it is some of the best music that I’ve heard him do, and I am sure that every Drake fan throughout the entire world is going feel this one, everything about For All The Dogs is what we’ve been waiting for, Congratulations Son I really feel this one”

– Dennis Graham

For All the Dogs drops on Sept. 22. You can see Dennis Graham’s message below.

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Drake & His Dad Spend Quality Time Together In Rapper’s Latest Instagram Post

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In the midst of a record-breaking tour, Drake and his pops made sure to spend some quality father-son time together. The Canadian rapper’s father has been spotted throughout the It’s All A Blur tour, posted in the stands as his son delivers impeccable performances night after night. However, it looks like the two managed to squeeze in some hangs following Drizzy’s latest performance in Los Angeles where he performed three nights at the Crypto.com, home of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Following the performance, it appears that Drake and his father locked at the club. As per usual, Drake used the moment to preview some new bars for his fans. “I heard ur playing games on my turf. Rather go to Turks than go to church. Say you’re in your bag but expect a purse. Want me to be patient but you’re not a nurse. The gift was the purse. Then I manifested the worst and put you in a verse. SMH talk about the gift and the curse,” he wrote.

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A Father-Son Moment

Dennis Graham’s made his presence felt throughout the It’s All A Blur tour on a few occasions. Besides his hilarious reaction to Winnie Harlow’s dance moves, Graham pranked his son with an outrageously large bra. Since the beginning of the tour, Drake’s found himself getting bombarded with an assortment of bras, eventually building up to a challenge of the biggest one. However, Dennis Graham’s gift to his son was accompanied with a handwritten note that undoubtedly caught the 6 God off-guard.

“This might be the end of the saga right here. This might be the end of the road,” Drake told the audience. ‘I don’t know if I even wanna see it, ’cause then I’ll believe that aliens exist.” Then, he read the letter attached to it. “Dad’s wishing ‘BIG’ things for you. I love you and making sure you’re breastfed correctly!” Drake read, startled. Evidently, the two are having tons of fun on the tour right now.

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Drake’s Dad Catches Winnie Harlow Dancing In Viral Clip

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Drake’s Dad looked impressed as he caught Winnie Harlow dancing during one of his son’s latest tour stops in Los Angeles. In a video circulating on social media, Dennis Graham appears to be taken aback as he stumbles passed Harlow dancing to Drake’s performance of his 2016 song, “Childs Play,” from Views.

“N***a popped up like the Wooopsy dude from Mortal Kombat,” one fan commented on Instagram when the clip was shared by 2Cool2Blog. “No drake song requires you to dance this hard,” another joked. One more user compared her behavior at the show to her reaction when Usher tried serenading her in Las Vegas, earlier this year. “But was the perfect gf when Usher ran up on her,” they wrote with laughing emojis.

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Drake & His Father At The Billboard Music Awards

LAS VEGAS, NV – MAY 21: Recording artist Drake (L) accepts the Top Artist award onstage with his father Dennis Graham during the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Harlow is currently dating Washington Wizards power forward Kyle Kuzma. After attending the Drake show, she met up with Kuzma for an after-party at H.Wood Group’s new private members-only club, The Bird Streets Club, in West Hollywood according to the Daily Mail. She rocked a shawl top over a matching white bikini, complimented by camouflage cargo pants and large white sunglasses. Kuzma, on the other hand, wore a black Maison Margiela T-shirt with grey jeans and sneakers. Kuzma and Harlow have been on and off together for years at this point. Speaking with Highsnobiety, earlier this month, Harlow explained: “Being in the pandemic, you had time to learn about somebody and get to know someone more than you did in regular life, when we have work and so many things pulling us in different directions.”

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Drake is performing a total of 56 concerts for his It’s All a Blur tour. His Her Loss collaborator, 21 Savage, has been joining him on the road. The tour will run through October 9, 2023.

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Police Are Investigating After Drake’s Dad Dennis Graham Received Disturbing Phone Calls

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Police are investigating an incident of an unknown caller contacting Drake’s father, Dennis Graham, and making disturbing comments, according to TMZ. On Wednesday night (July 12), police say someone called and texted Graham repeatedly over the course of 15 minutes, and when Dennis answered, went on a rant about the Freemasons and Drake. The police took a report, but haven’t announced any leads for who might have called Graham or what they wanted.

It isn’t the first time Drake’s had to deal with stalkers. Last spring, a woman named Mesha Collins, who had previously broken into Drake’s house in LA and helped herself to sodas from his fridge, tried to sue Drake for invasion of privacy (to the tune of a whopping $4 billion — which he does not have, by the way) and filed a restraining order against him. If that seems backwards, well, Drake righted the ship a month later, seeking his own restraining order against her for constantly visiting his home and sending threatening emails. In one, she encourage him to shoot himself in the head.

Drake and his dad seem like they are friendly, if not close, with Drake joking with his pops about an ancestry test Dennis took. With his dad’s 30% Nigerian heritage, Drake cheekily wondered if “I’m a Naija man.”

Drake Shares Dad’s Ancestry Results: “I’m A Naija Man”

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Drake says that his father took an ancestry test, revealing that he’s Nigerian. The Toronto rapper shared the results of the test on Instagram, Sunday night. “This is my dad’s results, does this mean I’m a Naija man finally?” Drake asked his followers. The results show Dennis Graham with 30% for Nigeria, 28% for Cameroon, Congo, & Western Bantu Peoples, 11% for Ivory Coast & Ghana, another 8% for England & Northwestern Europe, and other small percentages for Scotland, Mali, Benin & Togo, and Germanic Europe.

When NoJumper shared the results on their Instagram page, fans had plenty of jokes in response. “Drake seem like the type to really start acting Nigerian now,” one user commented. “Ahh there goes another culture,” another joked. Some fans doubted the validity of the results. One remarked, “That’s site is a scam! It says I’m 33% Nigerian and the rest is pretty much the same as drakes findings.”

Drake With His Dad

LAS VEGAS, NV – MAY 21: (L-R) Rappers Nicki Minaj and Lil’ Wayne look on as recording artist Drake accepts the Top Artist award onstage with his father Dennis Graham during the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

As for music, Drake is set to embark on his It’s All A Blur Tour with 21 Savage later this year. The two will be traveling to New Orleans, Nashville, Houston, Dallas, Toronto, Brooklyn, Inglewood, Memphis, Milwaukee, and many more cities across 54 dates. The concerts will span from June through October 2023. The tour comes after the release of Drake and 21 Savage’s collaborative album, Her Loss, which arrived in November and includes a feature from Travis Scott. The project moved 400,000 album-equivalent units in its first week and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart.

Drake also made headlines, last week, by putting his Beverly Hills mansion on the market for $88 million. He previously purchased the property for $75 million from British musician Robbie Williams. The listing describes the house as being “perfectly suited for grand-scale entertaining and showcasing world-class art collections.” Check out the results of Drake’s father’s ancestry test on Instagram below.

Drake’s Ancestry Results

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