{"id":4506006,"date":"2021-09-03T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=4506006"},"modified":"2022-12-05T12:23:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T17:23:24","slug":"drake-you-only-live-twice-adonis-reference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/09\/03\/drake-you-only-live-twice-adonis-reference\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Raps About Getting With &#8216;A Lot Of Girls&#8217; Before Getting A &#8216;Kid Like&#8217; Adonis On New Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Drake has finally dropped \u2018Certified Lover Boy,\u2019 and he raps about his son, Adonis Graham, on the track &#8216;You Only Live Twice.&#8217; Drake gets a little cheeky when referencing his son.<\/h3>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\">Months after <strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/drake\/\"  >Drake<\/a> <\/strong>first promised <em><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/drake-new-album-4401383\/\"  >Certified Lover Boy<\/a> <\/em>would hit your favorite streaming service, his new album \u2013 the first since 2018\u2019s <em>Scorpion<\/em>\u2014finally arrived on Sept. 3. And much like <em>Scorpion<\/em>, Drake, 34, referenced his son, <strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/05\/04\/drake-son-adonis-lebron-james-basketball-skills-watch\/\"  >Adonis Graham<\/a><\/strong>, in his new music. The song &#8220;You Only Live Twice&#8221; gives a clear shoutout to Adonis, but not in the way you&#8217;d expect.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">&#8220;I had to f**k a lot of girls to get a kid like this,&#8221; Drake raps on the track, which also features <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/lil-wayne\/\"  ><strong>Lil Wayne<\/strong><\/a> and <strong>Rick Ross<\/strong>. Drake doesn&#8217;t mention Adonis by name in &#8220;You Only Live Twice,&#8221; but he&#8217;s only got one kid! The rapper references his playboy past in this verse, which ultimately gifted him with his son.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4506176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4506176\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4506176 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Drake-adonis-shutter-embed.jpg?resize=620%2C896\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"896\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4506176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drake and Adonis in 2021 (Cassy Athena\/London Entertainment\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">The story of Adonis \u2013 who turns 4 years old in October \u2013 is deeply tied to music. Prior to <em>Scorpion<\/em>\u2019s release, <strong>Pusha T <\/strong>released \u201cThe Story of Adidon,\u201d a song that reused the instrumental from <strong>Jay-Z<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cThe Story of OJ. On the track, Pusha claimed Drake was \u201chiding a child\u201d and a relationship with <strong>Sophie Brussaux<\/strong>, an artist and former adult entertainment star. \u201cA baby&#8217;s involved, it&#8217;s deeper than rap \/We talkin&#8217; character, let me keep with the facts,\u201d Pusha rapped on the song, per <em><a  href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Pusha-t-the-story-of-adidon-lyrics\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  >Genius<\/a><\/em>. Pusha later told <em>The Breakfast Club <\/em>the origin of \u201cAdidon,\u201d saying that allegedly, Drake\u2019s new line on Adidas, is called Adidon, which is named after Adonis, his son, But we couldn\u2019t know about your child until you start selling sweatsuits and sneakers?\u201d (per <em><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2018\/05\/pusha-t-adidon-meaning-explanation\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  >Spin<\/a><\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">\u201cThe Story Of Adidon\u201d was released on May 29, 2018. A month later, on June 29, 2018, Drake responded with <em>Scorpion<\/em>. Drake refer to Adonis and Sophie throughout the album, per <em><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/2018\/06\/drake-new-album-scorpion-son-lyrics.html\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  >The Cut<\/a><\/em>: on \u201cEmotionless\u201d) (\u201cI wasn\u2019t hiding my kid from the world, I was <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/05\/23\/drake-son-billboard-awards-2021-photos\/\"  >hiding the world<\/a> from my kid \/ From empty souls who just up and look to debate \/ Until you staring at your seed, you could never relate\u201d); on \u201cMarch 14\u201d (\u201cYesterday morning was crazy \/ I had to come to terms with the fact that it\u2019s not a maybe \/ That shit is in stone, sealed and signed \/ She\u2019s not my lover like Billie Jean, but the kid is mine\u201d), and on \u201c8 Out of 10\u201d (\u201cIt\u2019s not a matter of could I or should I \/ Kiss my son on the forehead, then kiss your ass goodbye \/ As luck would have it \/ I\u2019ve settled into my role as the good guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Drake also seemingly referenced Sophie and Adonis on \u201c<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2020\/07\/17\/drake-sophie-brussaux-greece-song-dj-khaled-listen\/\"  >Greece<\/a>,\u201d one of the songs off of <strong>DJ Khaled<\/strong>\u2019s 2021 album, <em>Khaled Khaled<\/em>. \u201cSpeedboats, baby, in Nikki Beach,\u201d he sang, referring to Nikki Beach Worldwide \u2014 a luxury beach club brand that has locations worldwide, including in Greece. It\u2019s also a frequent spot for Sophie, so this line could be taken as about her. Drake even included a bit of French. Sophie is French, and in a June 2020 video, Adonis spoke in English <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2020\/06\/22\/adonis-graham-french-accent-talking-drake-son-fathers-day-video\/\"  >with a French accent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4508813\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4508813\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4508813\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/drake-and-adonis-shutterstock-embed.jpg?resize=620%2C413\" alt=\"Drake Adonis\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4508813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drake and Adonis at the Billboard Music Awards. (Rob Latour\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\"><em>Certified Lover Boy <\/em>arrives after an eight-month delay. In April 2020, Drake first teased that he was dropping a new album that summer. In October, after the summer came and went without new music, Drake revealed the album\u2019s name along with a January 2021 deadline. However, surgery and rehab delayed <em>CLB<\/em>\u2019s release. In August 2021, Drake confirmed the release date \u2013 which was initially the same day that <strong>Kanye West<\/strong>\u2019s <em>DONDA <\/em>was supposed to drop, but someone released Ye\u2019s album on Sunday, Aug. 29, instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drake has finally dropped \u2018Certified Lover Boy,\u2019 and he raps about his son, Adonis Graham, on the track &#8216;You Only Live Twice.&#8217; Drake gets a little cheeky when referencing his son.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81910789,"featured_media":4506174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exclude_post_from_river":false,"_cr_original_post":"","_cr_replace_post_id":"","_cr_replacing_post_id":"","mt_seo_title":"Drake's 'You Only Live Twice': Makes Reference To Son Adonis In Song","mt_seo_description":"Drake makes a reference to his son, Adonis, in the song 'You Only Live Twice' on his new album.","_pmc_canonical_override":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2021-09-03T12:00:36Z","apple_news_api_id":"0dd8cb43-6235-4a94-ac46-721d8ee3263f","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2021-09-03T18:32:07Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQ==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ADdjLQ2I1SpSsRnIdjuMmPw","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[378004978,378004922],"tags":[714470],"_post-options":[],"coauthors":[378005584],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Drake-adonis-shutter-ftr.jpg?fit=620%2C350","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc8i1J-iUdw","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4506006"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81910789"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4506006"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4506006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4944044,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4506006\/revisions\/4944044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4506174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4506006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4506006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4506006"},{"taxonomy":"_post-options","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_post-options?post=4506006"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4506006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}