{"id":2417599,"date":"2026-05-15T06:10:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2417599"},"modified":"2026-05-15T06:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:10:17","slug":"drake-reveals-that-his-father-has-cancer-on-iceman-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/drake-reveals-that-his-father-has-cancer-on-iceman-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Reveals That His Father Has Cancer on &#8216;Iceman&#8217; Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"auto-tag_drake\" href=\"http:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/t\/drake\/\" data-tag=\"drake\" target=\"_blank\">Drake<\/a> unveiled his long-awaited album, <em>Iceman<\/em>, on Friday. While the LP \u2014 which dropped alongside <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/drake-iceman-three-albums-habibti-maid-of-honour-1235563246\/\" target=\"_blank\">surprise albums <em>Habibti<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Maid Of Honour<\/em><\/a> \u2014\u00a0sees the rapper offer fans a window into how he felt about the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/drake-kendrick-lamar-beef-explained-1235015540\/\" target=\"_blank\">highly publicised feud<\/a> with Kendrick Lamar, it also delves into other personal matters close to the heart.<\/p>\n<p>On \u201cMake Them Cry,\u201d the opening track of <em>Iceman<\/em>, Drake delves into the pressures of fame, money, expectations, and family matters, rapping at one point, \u201cI don\u2019t do psychedelics because I\u2019m too scared of unpacking\/ Sometimes I only see myself in my therapist\u2019s glasses.\u201d At the end of the introspective song, he reveals that his father Dennis Graham, who he raps about in the opening verse, has cancer: \u201cMy dad got cancer right now, we battling stages\/Trust me when I say there\u2019s plenty things I\u2019d rather be facing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Make Them Cry\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"400\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/55wlsNYqcfiQsHuX8l0jmF?si=594405a620494f81&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p>In the past, Drake and his father have had a complicated and fraught relationship that in recent years, appears to have reached a public reconciliation. Drake\u2019s mother, Sandi Graham, and father divorced when he young and the artist has been open about how his parents have impacted his childhood and music.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere on <em>Iceman<\/em>, the LP features production from longtime collaborator Noah \u201c40\u201d Shebib as well as a host of names including Overkst, OK, and more. The record also includes collaborations with Future and rising star Molly Santana and is Drake\u2019s ninth solo studio album \u2014 his first since his now infamous war of words with Kendrick Lamar. The album follows his joint R&amp;B project with Partnextdoor\u00a0from last year,\u00a0<em>$ome $exy $ongs 4 U<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>From <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/drake-iceman-album-father-cancer-1235563275\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rolling Stone US<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form justify-content-center my-3 p-0 d-flex align-items-stretch bg-dark text-white\">\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form-info p-3\" style=\"justify-content: start;\">\n<h2 class=\"h5 mb-0 observer-title\">Love Music?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"observer-desc mb-2\"> Get your daily dose of everything happening in Australian\/New Zealand music and globally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spinner d-none\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','243859349395737');fbq('track','PageView');fbq.disablePushState=true;<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source au.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drake unveiled his long-awaited album, Iceman, on Friday. While the LP \u2014 which dropped alongside surprise albums Habibti\u00a0and\u00a0Maid Of Honour \u2014\u00a0sees the rapper offer fans a window into how he felt about the highly publicised feud with Kendrick Lamar, it also delves into other personal matters close to the heart. 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