Drake vs. The Internet

Drake has finally shared photos of his son with the world. Adonis Graham is now two years old and this is the first time we’ve seen the adorable toddler. Adonis’ mother, Sophie Brussaux, has also refrained from posting pictures of the child up until now.

Many people believed this was because Drake was embarrassed he had only met Sophie, a former adult film star, a handful of times (twice to be exact) before she became pregnant with their child. Others criticized Drake’s parenting all together for never seeing him interact with his son.

But can you really blame Drizzy for keeping his son’s growth and major milestones off the radar after we’ve now seen the world’s reaction? Perhaps foreshadowing the events to come was Drake’s lyric on his 2018 track from Scorpion. “Emotionless” seemed to hint at the opinions he knew were inevitable in the future regarding Adonis.

“I wasn’t hiding my kid from the world, I was hiding the world from my kid.”

Adonis is an angel. With his curly blonde locks, blue eyes and rosy cheeks, he actually shares a striking resemblance to Drake’s own mother, Sandi.

Unfortunately, many comments online, quite a few cruel and insensitive, revolved around Adonis’ appearance. Opinions about the child’s light skin tone and blonde hair flooded the Internet instantly.

Of course, internet haters will always thrive behind their keyboards with nasty opinions, but to comment negatively on a child’s appearance in any way is absolutely disgusting.

I can definitely understand Drake’s reluctance to expose his son to the scrutiny of the Internet. While the web can be a wonderful tool to share information and ideas, it simultaneously gives trolls a platform to attack anyone and anything, even innocent children.

I completely agree with Drizzy’s decision to keep his family life almost entirely private. It doesn’t mean he’s “embarrassed” or an “absentee father” to rarely post his son. Adonis didn’t sign up for a life of judgment and I fully understand Drake’s hopes to shield his son as much as possible from the vultures of the Internet.