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Nardos Haile

Why Drake's lover boy persona is a sham

Drake is a self-proclaimed resident lover boy. His 2021 album "Certified Lover Boy" is one example of how the former Degrassi child star has spent the better part of a decade coaxing the public, his listeners and his biggest fans into thinking that he is a sensitive rapper who is soft. He is emotional and not afraid of crooning about love's failures, but most importantly, we can't forget all the villainous women who have broken his delicate, vulnerable bleeding heart (or all the harem of 23 women he married in his "Falling Back" music video).

In his eighth album "For All The Dogs," which was released on Oct. 6 and is his fourth consecutive album since 2021, the artist hits a career low in an exhausting diatribe against women ("Tried Our Best"). The album is aptly named for "the dogs" and or, as Drake means, for boys only — already alienating his large female listeners.

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