Trending News|September 10, 2014 09:36 EDT
Rihanna and Drake Dating News: Jhene Aiko and Drake Romance Never Happened, Tell-All Interview
Rihanna and Drake may not really be dating, but multiple rumors hint otherwise. Nevertheless, RiRi could be watching out for "possible" competitors for her alleged beau, such as Jhene Aiko.
There were rumors that stated Aiko got close with Drake while they were on the tour this year, but "The Worst" singer denied all allegations. She also said that she did not date Childish Gambino, which is something that's been floating around. In an interview with Hot 97, Aiko shared details about her relationship with the two artists.
She said that she met Gambino after her appearance on Jimmy Kimmel with Big Sean since they have the same publisher.
"His close friend and business partner was really close friends with my brother. He basically set up that we would have dinner. But it was like a dinner after Kimmel, everyone that was there came. We just met and talked about working together on music. I needed a verse for 'Bed Peace' and no one was sending me verses back. I was like, 'I actually have a song.' I wasn't really well versed in his music but my oldest sister is a fan," she said.
After they worked for her "Bed Peace," she said Gambino was "super willing to understand the music. He was so into it. His creative mind is something I can respect. He directed my new video, 'The Pressure.' I'm in his new video that is not out yet, 'Telegraph.' We come up with really creative things together. He has an interesting mind."
Meanwhile, she and Drake met via Jas Prince.
"He ended up wanting to work with me on the mixtape, 'So Far Gone'. I knew him from Degrassi because my boyfriend at the time, his little sister watched it. They're like, 'Yeah, he's a rapper now.' I'm like, 'Okay, cool.' I went in, I was pregnant at the time, but I wasn't letting anyone know. My friend came in to write for me 'cause at the time I wasn't really giving my energy into other people's music. If it was like a feature, I was like, 'Okay, someone else can write it 'cause I have to save the good stuff for myself.'"
She went on to say, "That's how I was looking at it but now I don't look at it like that. In that session he heard a song called 'July.' He decided to take the verses off and just leave my hook...Fast forward to him working on 'Nothing Was The Same', he DM'ed like, 'We should work on a song together for real' since he heard the mixtape. We got in the studio. Me, him, and 40 picked out a track, I took it home, wrote to it, sent it. Then he wrote to it."
So it seems as though Aiko and Drake are just business partners, no more no less.