Drake never shies away from praising his influences – whether it be Aaliyah, Lil Wayne or Jay-Z.
But it appears that Drizzy has made room for a new entry on that list: Winnie the Pooh.
In a recent interview with the UK’s DJ Semtex, the Toronto emcee revealed that he purchased a first edition of Charlotte’s Web and the first four Winnie the Pooh books.
“I bought the first-ever Winnie the Pooh books, like all four Winnie the Pooh books,” said Drake of his purchase. “It cost me a lot of pounds, man. I probably could have bought a small car for that.”
“They were a huge part of my childhood,” he added. “That’s my influence, man, Winnie the Pooh on this next album.”
Drake also admitted that Thank Me Later “was a rushed album,” and that he was unable to revise it as much he wanted. “That’s why my new album is called Take Care – ’cause I get to take my time this go-round.”
Winnie the Pooh? Sounds about right
Dude just makes it too easy…I ain’t even gonna say anything…
Random ass news who the fuck cares now Drake ur not the “it guy” anymore, wiz now has a bigger hype than u, nobody’s goin to be checking it out except a few females. u had ur chances wit ur debut album to show and prove but u sold out and failed and hiphopdx gave u a bad score u decided to try and potray an image that wasn’t u and that was young money and now ur just an average ass rapper that is a lil wayne pawn nicki’s album was pure pop and only females and gay guys copped that and the rest of ym sucks u think Mack Main bout to have a hit single or lil chuckee or twist them niggas suck to be honest wat lil wayne is goin to save u the nigga hasn’t been good since C2, C3 sucked and his last two previous efforts were horrible.My advice to u is get off young money and stop trying to sing cuz it’s not cutting it and switch back to ur old flow cuz when wayne drops the C4 and everybody sees how much of a disappointment it is it’s goin to be a domino affect he loses his fans and following and so do u how long do u really think young money is goin to last it’s only goin to be a short and sweet ride Kanye has G.O.O.D music and Jay-Z has roc nation Eminem has Shady those labels already have a good roster of non gimmick rappers it’s only up to u to decide whether to enjoy a nice short visit in hiphop or be in it for the long run and if u don’t act fast now you’ll just be a memory you’ll be as random of a rapper as Mike Jones
Wiz does not have more hype look at all his new singles that he’s releasing, they’re all rated low as fuck, I like Wiz but everybody’s catching on to the fact that all he does is rap about weed and that shit is getting old. Drake’s not a flash in the pan, he’s got way too many connections to fail, guarantee he’ll work with Jay, Ye, and Em again if not for his next album, their next albums.
Wiz Drake. What’s the difference. They both put out fag rap. Any rapper that sings on a track need they ass whooped.
SMH @ Nilo writing his comment as if drake is actually gonna read it….
who? ;p
Everything but the last 2 sentences in this article is completely useless, pointless information…good thing HipHopDX aint a newspaper…
“…and I’ve taken care of all of my honeys like Pooh Bear”
$5 says those lyrics will be used.
or “i suck honey grease out the beehive,weenie the pooh” cuz you know he too lazy and too much of a fuckin thief (ripping off Big Sean’s flow) to say “like”..
Winnie the pooh goes hard
SMH @ this fag shit…there goes a homo rapper y’all let his ten pedicured toes to be in this Rap Game talkin’ about some youngin’ shit & DX feeds us that diaper crap. I guess Hip Hop is a kindergatten playground nowadays. To Drake & Young Money, hustle hard wit’ gimmick raps & bullshit & get yo dollars but real Rapperz & fans know u ‘r FAKE AS FUCK and u str8 up bunch of fuckin’ bitchiez PERIOD!
Tyga’s the hardest one in YM and gets my respect. seems like wayne just makes jokes the whole time right now he needs to get on his shit
tyga the hardest?are you serious?slap yourself!weak sauce.all of young money is a fuckin joke.nobody but drake and nicki are actually off the 2nd string bench..and they both suck dick.”chucky”?really?a peanut head 9 yr old.lil bow wow?everybody gay ass hell on that saturday morning cartoon label.they should be animated and help scooby doo out on some scooby snack mysteries.faggots!
yeah…
homo thug
Man Flake man. The only wack rapper on Young Money. Him, Kid Cudi, B.o.B and Wiz Khalifa should be sent to jail for destroying hip-hop. We don’t need fags rapping about airplanes, magic, lame stoner songs or winnie the pooh. GUCCI MANE IS REAL HIP HOP! Vinnie Paz is real hip hop. Joell Ortiz is real hip hop. Justin Bieber is real hip hop. Fuck Eminem and Nas those cocksuckers suck for life.
It’s Gucci Time!
PS- If you respond to Scottie Minor, you have no life.
whoa..i agree with everybody you named,EXCEPT wiz khalifa.im not the biggest wiz khalifa fan.i rather listen to Curren$y or Devin the dude (when it comes to get high rap)”the chronic”,lame stoner songs?get the fuck outta here withcho drug free rap.every fuckin rapper has mentioned weed one time or another.who the fuck you listening too?christian rap?
“Justin Bieber is real hip hop” ….well i thought you were serious at first.didnt know it was a joke.my bad
Bitch ass nigga. This puppy puss. A woman need a man thats going to take care of her, not some batty boy that gets hemmed up in his home town, talks about his grandma while crying and cited Winnie the pooh as an influence.
Fuckouttahere
lolol so true, not for nothing, dude can write, but his actions are mad loud, and when i say “loud”, i mean “suspect”, i give him dap for how he puts words together, but duke is a fraud, i don’t see how chicks dig this dude, almost all the females I know that listen to the radio all think he’s lame, and he tries to hard to be someone he’s not, i guess it’s just the industry loving him like that
Winnie the Pooh dog?? You gonna start rapping and singing about Honey now son? That’s whats poppin in the industry right now?
LMAOOOOOOO… thanks man…. I need that this morning!!!
Hahahahaha! Winnie the mufuckin’ Pooh?! Is that what’s hot in the streets now nigga?!
ahahahahaha.
Breast honey… Come out and playee yay!
hoes on my dick ’cause I look like Tigger
winnie the pooh? what’s next, hello kitty!? i’ve always said that young money (and the rest of mainstream hip-hop) is puuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuussy but i never thought it’d stoop down to this level. winnie the pooh, the whole young money collective is beyond soft and ridiculous
HAHAHAHAHAHAH! oh my god! i’m fuckin dyin from laughin 2 hard. winnie da fuckin pooh?! daaaaammmmmmn, diz pussy nigga just turned gayer than b4. wut a softie! fuckin cotton candy azz, marshmallow azz, cloud azz bitch! he shoulda kept dat shit 2 himself and not embarass himself like dat in front of da whole country. fuck cum money, oficialy da gayest group in history.
RNGMB BITCH! no winnie da pooh ova here…
for real do you have a dick? you give me the vibes of a tranny looking bitch. Does RNGMB stand for Real Niggas Grab My Balls?
u stupid fuck. RNGMB standz 4 roc nation/g.o.o.d muzik bilionairez. how long did it take u 2 come up wit dat lame azz acronim bitch?
considering Drake’s cool with Jay-Z, J. Cole, Kanye West, Big Sean, and the rest of that crew, i would say that Winnie the Pooh is over there also. Oh yeah Roc Nation and G.O.O.D Music would never think of something as gay as “RNGMB”, now go back to beating your dick or something.
why are you replacing the “s” in words with a “z”? now THAT is fucking lame, what is the point, the word ass still has 3 letters in it even if you spell it with a “z”. It’s fucking dumb. I know of G.O.O.D Music but i have no idea what G.O.O.D Muzik is.
he better be doing a disney soundtrack… or we taking all his cards
WTF?!?!
The 1st one he aimed 4 the chick’s…. but now it’s nickelodeon time all over again!!!
Fucking insane thing to say that u bein influenced by a cartoon character LOL
Everybody is callin him a bitch or woman for getting some shit that meant something to him as a child. Nobody here liked cartoons as a child? Just e-thugs the second they popped out? He’s just clownin on saying Winnie the Pooh will be on the next album. And when he has kids they can read that shit. But everyone on here is like 13 so they just wanna make fun cause that’s what the kids in school do so they escape and talk shit on the internet.
And hopefully there’s more hip hop on Take Care cause I agree a lot of Thank Me Later songs just seemed thrown together. The main reason I didn’t buy that album.
Peace out e-thugs
Yeah these E-thugs are too sensitive. Oh i guess they were probably out shooting lil kids when they were little. They probably dont know nothing about cartoons huh? Fucking fake gangsters.
Amen.
There’s nothing wrong with being influenced by something from your childhood.
I guess kids these days will do anything to fit in with society.
Totally agree with u guys on this one. LIKE WTF is wrong with him saying he finds inspiration in winnie the pooh, something that gave him inspiration as a child. When u were a child u felt invincible, anything u wanted u went for that and i dont see anything wrong with allowing something to take u back to that place.
agree
Is this the hate on Drake site now? Chris Rock was he said that there was a difference between black people and niggas. Niggas don’t understand the definition of inspiration and how it can come from anywhere…stupid muthafuckas haven’t heard one song from this dude this year and they talking envious already…get a life or a noose niggas. SMH
niggas on this site always hate on drake and praise eminem corny ass
first off i’m not racist…. you white guys are so happy that you are finally accepted in the rap world… u got eminem.. now you think yor black… you think u can put up an arguement with me cause u got one (white rapper)… and we got like a 100,000,000 strong… eminem got all u white boys pumped up… lets say the have a big nationwide event … soldout arena… all the best lyricist… eminem would get crushed.. (nas would crush him) … (styles p would crush him)….. (jay z would crush him)…. (wayne would crush him)….. (kiss would crush him)…. (cassidy would crush him)…. (lupe would crush him)…..thats because eminem really doesn’t have anything to rap about… he raps about killing hiz mom and his girl… man we can’t relate to that charles mansion type shitt i can keep going !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…. oh yeah …. i’m not racist … u got some cool azz white boys out there … i just think some try toooooooooo hard to fit in …. a lot of you say something about eminem having the most record sales … do your research people…. did you kno 90 percent of eminem record sales are brought by white people….. you roll through any hood or any housing project … dem niggazz a bumpin no eminem …. i just had a talk wit this coo azzz white dude on facebook last night about thiz shit……. so i’m not racist…. please dont wear a doo rag and baggy jeans
90% of all albums are bought by white people, not just Eminem’s.
Your right, but Wayne crushing Eminem.
Never.
Eminem would annihilate that clown.
Scotty this is coming from a black dude…. you don’t even look black, you look more like a dirty mexican. I hate when dumb niggas go on a lame spree on who can kill one rapper, that’s just more proof on how dope that rapper is. why else make the list,let alone on an article that oesn’t even mention the rapper in question lmao… you wanna put sum 1 up against em they better be top 5 or better no cass kiss or styles p.
You ARE White rofl you must be in denial.. just kill yourself.
Maaaan, Now this is what I’m talking about. If Thank Me Later had more pooh bear inspiration maybe I’da actually liked dat shit.This is just part of drakes initiation as a blood. You know Wayne and Baby is forcing him to join they fake tv gang. Pooh wears all red! and soon enough drake will too!
drake is for the birds
i’m listening boss thug. the dude is pretty talented hate it or not.
What’s next? Wayne admitting he has a fetish for Cabbage Patch Dolls?
I THOUGHT LIL KIM AKA “KIMBERLY JONES” TOLD YOU CLOWNS IN ‘Black Friday’ THAT YOUNG MONEY WAS A BUNCH OF WEIRDOS? RFLMAO!!! AND THIS RIGHT HERE PROVES IT!!! WAKE THE FUCK UP AND STOP AND START LISTENING…
You got correctional officers rappin’, weird style of raps from a bunch of clowns from the south(Waka Floka & them), some even mentally ill (a-la- Brrrrr), rap cats who be french kissin’ each other in front of cameras(Wayne & the Bird)…it doesn’t get any worse than this. Our Rap & Hip Hop music (shame).
like a fucking freaky ass cat woman now, she has no right to say who’s weird haha. Oh yeah she also needs something called “skills”, she lost that a while back.
Must be a slow news week?
WTH? This is some random ass shit. Young Money has a label full of weirdness.
Ppl on here need to stop acting stupid like they cant remember their favourite books or cartoons from when they were young.
U problem with alot of these dudes is the fact that hate didnt exist as a kid, u didnt know how to just out right hate on something as a kid unless u had some issues. When u were a child u felt invincible, anything u wanted u went for that and i dont see anything wrong with allowing something to take u back to that place.
I remember transformers, thundercats, inspector gadget, ninja turtles…. etc and if u cant remember any of those cartoons and the moments it takes u back to u must either be too young or you are closing yourself off from an important developmental stage in your life.
So now we real Hip Hop fans have to listen to (supposedly) tight cats rappin’ about Winnie the Pooh & Ninja turtles on records. I’d rather take my 11 year old kid brother & my 5 year old son to do a collab in the lab & hear ’em rap to me sponge-bob or scooby doo…Your comment in this site is irrelevant & I don’t think it comes from an old school rap fan. You just another Young Dummy groupie who needs to comment on some Toys ‘R Us commercial or some shit, young gay Bitch!
winne da pooh is the gayest cartoon that was eva made how the fuck does he even admit he spent mad geez on winne da pooh flickz lmao u should of gave dat money to the poor dis is the reason i cant listen
to dis herb ass nigga
Drake sucks… that nigga is straight trash. The only wack ass rapper on Young Money. Drake, Kid Cudi, B.o.B and Wiz Khalifa are the reason why Hip Hop is dead. Go listen to GUCCI MANE! Hip Hop god that inspired real niggaz off the streets.
It’s Gucci Time!
gucci mane is a faggot and you can’t hear what he says. plus, he just got a fcked up tattoo on his face and is in a mental hospital. He’s garbage and a moron.
I dont know how people can hate on drake. they must hate themselves. Drake just does what the fuk he wants and doesnt think twice about what u have to say. sounds like the attitude of a legend…hmmmm..iono…
PS if you like music with a soul check out the website i guarantee you will love the music
ynfmusic.bandcamp.com
ynotflow.blogspot.com
I dont know how people can hate on drake. they must hate themselves. Drake just does what the fuk he wants and doesnt think twice about what u have to say. sounds like the attitude of a legend…hmmmm..iono…
PS if you like music with a soul check out the website i guarantee you will love the music
ynfmusic.bandcamp.com
ynotflow.blogspot.com
drake is trash to me.. all he raps about: a)how dope he is b)bitches.. thats why i dont be checkin dude or his weak ass music.. “if i dont like it, i dont like it, that dont mean that im hatin” (word to a REAL mc..figure it out youngins)he sounds like he has the attitude of a legend?? he has the attitude of a strait stuck up, narcisist… your a bigger joke than drake…
AUBREY LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOOOOOL.
LOL WHAT A FAGIT HOW HE GONA BE A GANGSTA RAPPER IF THE PUSSY LIKES BABY BOOKS AND SHIT LMAO
$10 says you and those dudes had a circle jerk later that night.