DRAKE DISAPPOINTED BY SADE SNUB
Rapper DRAKE has brushed off a snub from SADE - he is disappointed the si nger has refused to collaborate with him, but understands she has to "pro tect her brand".
The hip-hop star approached the Smooth Operator hitmaker last year (09) about plans for a duet, insisting he was hopeful of hitting the studio w ith his music idol.
He told WENN, "There are conversations going on (between the two star’s camps). I haven’t spoken to her personally yet but my management is talk ing to hers and it’s looking more yes than no right now, so I’m hoping we can get it done." But Sade turned down his offer, revealing she doesn’t like to work "out side of her safety zone." And although Drake is upset by the decision, he can understand her reas ons.
He tells MTV.com, "Her brand is always protected. That’s why (she turne d it down), other people’s visuals, other people’s songs, stepping outsid e your zone can jeopardise your brand. It can bring you down as opposed t o bring you up.
"I personally feel we could have done something amazing. But I don’t th ink she really knows who I am, really, my genre of music. I put it out th ere. It was more of a hopeful thing. It was a very early stage where I wa s at when I said that I was hoping."
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