ABC News’ Darius Brown recently sat down with new rapper Drake to tackle the rumors; is he dating Rihanna, does he feel pressure and why he thinks he can relate to the ‘hood?’ Also, for the first time Drake opens up about his upbringing and tough times with his father.

Drake spoke about his Mom being Canadian and his Dad being from Memphis, Tenn (wassup Memph-Town!) as well as the tough decisions he made in the music industry. I give mad props to Darius for asking the good questions and for showing us baby drake:

Great job!

Check out the full interview below:

Shouts out to Alicia from ABCnews.com for the video