Drake has opened up about planning his first steps toward hanging up his mic and making a “graceful” exit from the music industry.
The 6 God recently sat down for a picturesque interview with Lil Yachty on the beach where he teased having retirement on his mind.
“I think I’m at the point now where I just wanna like — I feel like maybe we talked about this the other day. I feel like I’m kinda introducing the concept in my mind of a graceful exit,” he said in the first clip from their chat shared on Thursday (February 23).
Once upon a time, Drake said he wanted to retire by 35 in the early stages of his career. However, that age came and went with the 6 God turning 37 later this year.
The OVO boss has been reluctant in recent years to embrace the idea of ever walking away from music and retirement talk.
Drake joined an episode of Nicki Minaj’s Queen Radio in August 2022 where he said he wasn’t ready to hang it up just yet.
“I’m not at that point where I even consider that being an option,” Drake explained to Nicki. “One of the best feelings I have in my life is completing a song or project. And by the way, those things are painful as well. A lot of nerves, a lot of confidence wavering.
“But I feel like I’m reaching a new level of fun. I’ve reached a new level of comfortability where I want to try things. Like this last album, I put out something I wanted to do to challenge myself.”
The rest of the interview with Lil Yachty arrives on Friday (February 24) in support of Lil Boat’s new sunglasses company, Future Mood.
Based on his recent output, it doesn’t appear as if Drake’s slowing down any time soon.
He unleashed a pair of projects in 2022 with the house-leaning Honestly, Nevermind and he joined forces with 21 Savage for Her Loss later into the year, both of which debuted atop the Billboard 200.
The greatest impact Drake could have in the history of music is to retire. So tired of his trash/mid at best albums being praised by simps and white girls. Dude inspired an entire generation of horrible artist trying to be like him. His mom should’ve got an abortion
I’d agree, but it’s comical when people say it’s “trash” he’s the biggest hip hop artist there is, so the past how many years? so his music is obviously resonating with quite alot of people, it’s not your cup of tea, but honestly no one gives a F***, you’re probably a chedder bob anyway, and no, i’m not a drake fan, i just leave my emotions out of opinions and base my thoughts on facts.
Fuck u, he’s the GOAT
When will people realize that just because you’re super successful doesn’t mean you’re talented? Drake doesn’t even write his own lyrics and even his ghostwriters’ lyrics are awful. That in itself makes you trash and not to ever be mentioned in top 5 conversations or at all for that matter. So if you only go by sales… Taylor Swift must be one of the most talented artists out there right now right? Also that means you’re saying Eminem is the GOAT because he’s sold way more than Drake right? The only talent involved was from the business side of things. Not musical talent. Drake’s team has been smart to target the right audience(teenage girls). That’s where the money is at. Drake is basically a girl himself so he fit right into their mold. He is a fake manufactured “entertainer”. Nobody other than his teenage girl fanbase takes him serious. Drake has cemented himself in the hip hop hall of cornball. Made probably the biggest collection of bad music by one rapper of all time.
The best thing to happen to him is to get shot and killed before he retires and that rag doll of a kid Adidon or Adonis left to that porn star mother of his stuck with father issues for life.
Yeah yeah, rap-retirement
FOH
Or in the words of DJ Invalid: Another one