Drake apologizes for lashing out at Rolling Stone, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Remember just yesterday when Drake lashed out at Rolling Stone on Twitter for bumping him from the magazine's cover, instead opting for the recently deceased, celebrated actor Philip Seymour Hoffman?

In case you forget, he wrote that Rolling Stone took comments he said about Kanye West's Yeezus out of context and that "they also took my cover from me last minute and ran the issue."

"I'm disgusted with that. RIP to Phillip [sic] Seymour Hoffman. All respect due. But the press is evil," he wrote in a now-deleted tweet.

Well, after a "tough day at the office," hip-hop's most sensitive son has now issued an apology to Rolling Stone and Hoffman's family, stating that he would have been happy to have his cover story put on hold, but he was never given that option.

"They ran the issue without giving me a choice to be in it or not. I would have waited until it was my time because I understand the magnitude of the cover they chose but I just wasn't given that option and that made me feel violated," he wrote on his OVO Blog (on the fifth anniversary of his So Far Gone mixtape).

Because he's inherently a nice guy, Drake then said he never meant for his statements to be taken out of context and that he understood the magnitude of Hoffman's story.

However, it seems like the Rolling Stone debacle still left a sour taste in his mouth. Drake has yet to rescind his comments about being done with magazine interviews for good.

Read Drake's full apologetic blog post below:

Tough Day At The Office

With today being the 5th anniversary of So Far Gone I figured it's fitting to return to it's place of its origin in order to clear the air about an extremely emotional day. I completely support and agree with Rolling Stone replacing me on the cover with the legendary Phillip Seymour Hoffman. He is one of the most incredible actors of our time and a man that deserves to be immortalized by this publication. My frustration stemmed from the way it was executed. The circumstances at hand are completely justifiable (on the magazines behalf), but I was not able to salvage my story or my photos and that was devastating. They ran the issue without giving me a choice to be in it or not. I would have waited until it was my time because I understand the magnitude of the cover they chose but I just wasn't given that option and that made me feel violated. I apologize to anybody who took my initial comments out of context because in no way would I ever want to offend the Hoffman family or see myself as bigger than that moment. I am still the same person. Today I was forced out of my character and felt the need to react swiftly. These days are the worst ones. Waking up after a great night in the studio and it's your day to be picked apart. After dwelling on it for a few hours or days you will come to the conclusion that you brought it on yourself almost every time. So here I am having that moment. I once again apologize to everybody who took my cover comments the wrong way. I respect Rolling Stone for being willing to give a kid from Toronto a shot at the cover. I guess this is a day to learn and grow.

Sincerely,

The Boy

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