Drake Offers Explanation For 'BlackFace' Photo

Pusha T broke the internet this week with the release of "The Story of Adidon." It's a scathing diss record aimed at Drake. What almost shook fans up more was the accompanying cover, which showed Drake in blackface.

There were lots of questions as to why Drake would pose for such a photo. The chatter got so loud the Toronto rapper has decided to offer an explanation.

"I know everyone is enjoying the circus but I want to clarify this image in question," he wrote in an Instagram post. "This was not from a clothing brand shoot or my music career. This picture is from 2007, a time in my life where I was an actor and I was working on a project that was about young black actors struggling to get roles, being stereotyped and typecast. The photos represented how African Americans were once wrongfully portrayed in entertainment.

"Me an my best friend at the time Mazin Elsadig who is also an actor from Sudan were attempting to use our voice to bring awareness to the issues we dealt with all the time as black actors at auditions," Drake continued. "This was to highlight and raise our frustrations with not always getting a fair chance in the industry and to make a point that the struggle for black actors had not changed much."

Please stop referring to this picture as “artwork”...I’m not an internet baby, I don’t edit images...this is a REAL picture...these are his truths, see for yourself https://t.co/gd6vRS3HM8 pic.twitter.com/2el58HEZ8F
— King Push (@PUSHA_T) May 30, 2018