Drake is a bleeding heart. No matter how many grade-A diss tracks he drops or how much he sheds his softer aesthetic for a harder, cynical, tough-guy edge on projects like If You're Reading This, It's Too Late, he will always have a reputation for simping on wax. It's hard to shake drunk-dialing an ex on record, fam. With that said, of course his stabs at romance graduated from various women across the map, from Toronto to Houston to Courtney at Hooters on Peachtree to women that match or even outpace his celebrity. He's lusted after labelmate Nicki Minaj since his formal introduction to the game. He's probably dating Serena Williams now. And then there is Rihanna, the great One That Got Away turned reliably off-and-on partner. They're two emotional maelstroms that inevitably collide every now and then, getting the shippers' hopes up for a successor-couple to Jay and Bey before they drift apart again.
But since he's gotten hip to the game, Drake's dialed back on his transparency, instead referencing Rih and the other two women in his life in a slightly more subtle fashion. But now that Serena's in the picture, it throws newer verses into question. Before we always assumed Rihanna, and for the time being, we'll assume Serena. But it may not always be that cut and dry. So let's break down Drake's biggest references and assign it to the proper girls in question.
"Fireworks" (2010)
"Miss Me" (2010)
Rick Ross f/ Drake "Made Men" (2011)
"Days in the East" (2014)
"Views From the 6" (2014)
"Energy" (2015)
"You & the 6" (2015)
Majid Jordan f/ Drake "My Love" (2015)
"Charged Up" (2015)
"Tell Your Friends (Remix)" (2015)
