Drake clears up Tupac 'Fear' name drop

Drake has reportedly insisted that his song 'Fear' is not an insult to late rapper Tupac Shakur.

The former Degrassi star has clarified that the Tupac name drop on the song 'Fear' is being taken out of context. Drake has revealed that his reason for not being emotional when the rapper passed away in 1996 was because he was just a nine-year-old child at the time.

The 22-year-old told MTV: "A lot of people also sort of don't understand the meaning of that line. It's not necessarily that I don't love West Coast hip-hop or that I don't love 'Pac now that I'm 22, but that line was just said to show how new I am to hip-hop.

"And like I said, I was 9 when that happened, so it didn't really affect me. But that song in general was just one of those things that took awhile to finish because it was an opportunity to say a lot of the things on my mind. That always feels good as a rapper, when you can get your thoughts out."