Canadian rapper Drake surprised his supporters with the announcement that will retire from the stage for at least one year take care of a health problem which has been affecting him for several years.
“I probably won't be doing music for a while. I need to focus on my health first and foremost, and I'll talk about that soon,” the singer said on his SiriusXM show, “Table for One.”
The award-winning artist also noted that he “had the craziest stomach problems. āIām just saying it like it is.ā
“So I have to focus on my health and I have to do it well, and I'm going to do it. I have a lot of other things that I would like to focus on,” the artist told his audience, who He did not give further details about his illness.
He also told them in his surprise announcement: “I'm going to lock the studio door for a while. I don't even know (for how long). Maybe a year or so, maybe a little more.”
The singer's announcement comes at a time when his 8th album “For all dogs” which contains 23 songs that he performs alongside guest artists such as Bad Bunny, Sza, 21 Savage, Chief Kee and Sexxy Red, among others.
Also after last Thursday, he featured his son Adonis, 5, in the music video for his new song “8AM in Charlotte,” the second single from Drake's eighth studio album, which bought Tupac's ring last July, Shakur sold it at auction for over a million dollars.
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