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During an interview with GQ Magazine, Drake talks everything from music to his personal fashion. With the release of his Sophomore album, Take Care, on the horizon everyone seems to be buzzing about the young Toronto rapper and the emotional vulnerability in his music. Drake shares the concept behind “Marvin’s Room” and what he thinks of his critics. Excerpts from the interview below.

GQ: The next lyric is from “Marvin’s Room.” Everyone with vocal cords uploaded their own version of your song to YouTube. Whose version was your favorite?

Drake: I mean everybody says JoJo’s but you know I don’t really have a favorite. Actually, my version is my favorite and I never say stuff like that. But really though, my version is my favorite because there is such a story behind it.

GQ: Let’s get into the story. “The woman that I would try, is happy with a good guy.” Who’s the girl you’re talking about?

Drake: It’s not about one particular female. It’s just an emotion that I’ve experienced. I’ve texted girls late at night saying, “I miss you,” and she’ll be like, “I’m out on a date.” She is happy, somewhere else.

GQ: People talk a lot of #%!@, anything you wish they’d stop saying?

Drake: That’s tough. I wish that we lived in a time and a generation where people would stop viewing my honesty as overly emotional. People always act like I spend my life crying in a dark room. I don’t, I’m good. I’m a man. I want to be remembered as an artist that gave you a piece of me, as opposed to some surface BS. I don’t think people realize that we die, we leave here, and either they forget about you or remember you. And how they remember you is up to you. I just want to be remembered as a poet that was open and honest because I wake up every morning.

Source: globalgrind.com