Los Angeles songstress Jhene Aiko recently set straight rumors regarding her relationship with Drake as well as Stone Mountain, Georgia rapper Childish Gambino in her new Complex magazine cover story.
While speaking on Drake, Jhene recalled first meeting the Young Money artist during a recording session she attended through a mutual friend. She later revealed that Drake is an artist she looks up to, before rattling down a list of similarities between the two musicians.
“I had just found out I was pregnant,” she said. “No one else knew and I was still just recording. I was feeling my way around, seeing who I wanted to work with and what I wanted to write about. I went into a session to meet him through a mutual friend. That’s how that relationship formed. I knew him from ‘Degrassi’ because some of my younger family members watched it. When I saw him I was like, ‘Oh. He’s that guy from that show.’ He was nowhere near who he is today, even though the underground music people were like, ‘He’s next!’
“I look up to Drake,” the singer added. “Everything in his whole career is commendable. He can act, he can rap, he can sing. I can relate to him. He’s mixed; I’m mixed. Everything he does, I take note because I feel like he’s doing a really good job of being, like, well-rounded. And not only that, he’s really talented. I’m always asking him for advice with stuff and trying to figure out how he deals with being such a big celebrity.”
Jhene also addressed her January appearance on “Saturday Night Live” alongside Drake, and the moment towards the closing of the show, which resulted in heightened rumors surrounding her relationship with Drake and a GIF that quickly made its way across social media.
In the clip from “Saturday Night Live,” Drake can be seen approaching Jhene who quickly turns around to hug a “SNL” cast member.
“We’re all standing there, and he’s the only person I know on the stage,” Jhene said. “The whole time I’m at ‘SNL’ I’m nervous. Everybody starts hugging each other and I’m just standing there. Right when I turned around, he goes to hug me and it looks like I totally dissed him. I don’t want him to think that he brought me on ‘SNL’ and I’m like, ‘Anyway…’”
Lastly, the Sail Out chanteuse spoke on her relationship with Childish Gambino who she says she was able to connect with thanks to their sense of humor and knack for creativity.
“We have the same publisher,” Jhene said. “One of his best friends, Fam, went to school with my brother who passed away. We have the same sense of humor, very sarcastic and dry. It was automatically like, ‘I like you! We can be friends.’ He’s an actor. We’re both creative people. We are friends and we hang out. We’re just friends but I’m also single, so you never know what friendships can develop into. We like each other as people, so you know, who knows?”
Jhene’s interview with Complex magazine comes several months after the singer released her Sail Out EP. During an interview with Vibe magazine at the top this year, she hinted at a May 2014 release for her studio album, Souled Out.
“Before the album, I’m going to be putting out more visuals from the EP…May 2014. Souled Out,” she said during her January interview with Vibe.
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“We are friends and we hang out. Were just friends but Im also single, so you never know what friendships can develop into. We like each other as people, so you know, who knows?”
The fuck she mean? hell naw she just put my nigga Troy in the friendzone.
not cool NOT COOL COOL COOL!
Its too late, she was being nice. Moment of silence for our brother in the friendzone
oh well, FRIEND-ZONE…hasta maana, broheim Gambino. Pink Toes just don’t do it no more these days, I guess…he can settle for some BED PEACE, I guess
Were just friends but Im also single, so you never know what friendships can develop into. We like each other as people, so you know, who knows?
Oh boy, she wants gambino. if he dont go after that now then hes a punk LOL!
Guess mixed bitches really need each other then
Surely she knows Drake is homosexual
ill hit
Black Nerds, globally, regained hope when we learned that CG talks to Jhene lol. Can’t wait for that LP!
Drake sings and gets Pussy, 50 sings and gets penis. Bow down to the almighty YMCMB before Stunna put money on ya head and have you marked out!
50 made Get Rich or Die Tryin. Drake got no classic album. #facts
LOL, Drake actually has a boyfriend though, you can’t say that’s not 100% homo, HE HAS A BOYFRIEND!!!
50 is a bisexual snitch, so who cares about the album over a decade old. Get some new hits.
Their Chins are so symmetrical
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o goody
Drake haters!! Drake is the best rapper alive!! Fuck you HATERS!!
I know, me & my partner had a bunch of pals over & we had a dance off to Drakes new album, those things can get so hot, a room full of beefcakes & the night just got interesting, lol.
He is the best rapper under 30 years of age. Even though you trying to hate on the low.
thats a very nice one. He’s the Underground King, well-said
yo since no one cares about this isn right here let me drop some relevant flavor in your ear:
Who would win in a rap battle, Chingy or Lord Jamar (AKA someone ar Hiphopdx’s cousin)
I remind you that Chingy may well be the G.O.A.T. but you know dis.
RESPOND BELOW. aight, lil Pootiw out
Hmmm, tough one there, I’d have to go Chingy though.
Jhene Aiko has Childish Gambino whipped, Gambino admitted himself that he likes girls that don’t want him. You can tell by Gambino’s music that he’s in love with her, but she doesnt want it.
This chick is using people like Orion, Kendrick Lamar, School Boy Q, Childish Gambino and Drake to get to the top, just like her sisters used Marcus Houston lol.
Fuck this mutt ass bitch, she can’t even tell if he she black or asian lmao
so why comment dickface
Yea, I love all her songs especially lying king..lol..she’s the best