--- title: Drake Wanted to Marry Rihanna and Have 'Perfect' Family description: Drake revealed during an appearance on LeBron James' 'The Shop,' that he wanted to marry Rihanna and have a 'perfect' family with her. canonical: https://time.com/5424937/drake-on-rihanna/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-15T18:14:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:27.853Z og:title: Drake Wanted to Marry Rihanna and Have 'Perfect' Family og:description: In his feelings (at one point) og:url: https://time.com/5424937/drake-on-rihanna/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a2f297f2d89682c/69893ca7656a3f935dbd5b69/drake-wanted-to-marry-rihanna-have-perfect-family.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 2016 MTV Video Music Awards - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Drake Wanted to Marry Rihanna and Have 'Perfect' Family twitter:description: In his feelings (at one point) twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a2f297f2d89682c/69893ca7656a3f935dbd5b69/drake-wanted-to-marry-rihanna-have-perfect-family.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'In His Feelings.' 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 15, 2018 6:14 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 28: Rihanna and Drake pose together during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/FilmMagic) NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 28: Rihanna and Drake pose together during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/FilmMagic) Noam Galai—FilmMagic  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 15, 2018 6:14 PM UTC [Drake](http://time.com/5201151/drake-fortnite-livestream/) revealed in a interview on LeBron James’ _The Shop_ that he once wanted to marry Rihanna and have a “perfect” family with her. The “In My Feelings” rapper has [a long history with the bad gal](http://time.com/4465225/drake-rihanna-relationship/), with whom he’s had many musical collaborations and once [famously professed his love for on stage at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards](http://time.com/4470474/mtv-vmas-2016-rihanna-drake/) while presenting her with the Video Vanguard Award. “As life takes shape and teaches you your own lessons, I end up in this situation where I don’t have the fairy tale, like, ‘Oh, Drake started a family with Rihanna and this is like so perfect,’” he said. “It looks so good on paper. By the way, I wanted that too at one time.” Drake also discussed his feelings about his son, [Adonis](http://time.com/5326409/drake-scorpion-album-review/). “I do want to be able to explain to my son what happened,” he said. “But I don’t have any desire for him to like not love his mother or I don’t want like, I don’t ever want the world to be angry at his mother. We have found ourselves in a situation and we are both equally responsible and now, like, I’m just really excited to be a great father.” Watch the clip below. > [](https://twitter.com/MrVezzy/status/1051051396953456640) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5424937/drake-on-rihanna/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5424937/drake-on-rihanna/"},"headline":"'In His Feelings.' 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