Aubrey Is Once Again Believing His Fairytales, Says He Didn't Grow Up Rich.

"People like to build their own story about my life," he told NOW magazine. "I don't know if it makes them feel better, or if it makes it okay for them to not like me, but the last thing I grew up as was rich.

"I had rich friends, but they weren't giving me their money. I'm just not the type of guy to go, 'No, no, no, I'm not rich'. People can say whatever they want about me, though. If they really want to learn them, the facts are out there.

"But I guess it's easier on their hearts if I didn't have to struggle, and makes it easier to not like me. It is what it is."

Drake previously mentioned in the past how his mother "didn't have much money".

He revealed that the concept of his music video for 'HYFR' was inspired by being too poor as a child to throw a proper Bar Mitzvah party.

"When I had a Bar Mitzvah back in the day, my mom really didn't have that much money," he shared. "We kinda just did it in the basement of an Italian restaurant, which I guess is kinda like a faux pas.

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BITCH BYE. Didn't you grow up in Forest Hill? That is one of the richest parts of Toronto. You ain't foolin anyone with your manufactured struggle sis.

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truthisadrug 4th-Aug-2012 08:31 pm (UTC)

don't think you can grow up in forest hill without having a bit of money

mystjade 4th-Aug-2012 09:06 pm (UTC)

Near the outskirts there used to be a fair number of cheaper apartments, and for a long time two of the apartment buildings in Forest Hill Village were falling apart, and extremely reasonable.

pastelstar 4th-Aug-2012 09:21 pm (UTC)

You can on the bits near spadina and eg, avenue 's end by UCC, bits of chaplin

metric_muse 4th-Aug-2012 09:52 pm (UTC)

there are definitely some not-rich people who when to forest hill public

i don't believe he was one of them though.

dropdeadpirate 4th-Aug-2012 08:32 pm (UTC)

no1curr aubrey stop crying

surferxchris 4th-Aug-2012 08:33 pm (UTC)

So he was upper middle class as opposed to rich?

talklikelions 4th-Aug-2012 09:23 pm (UTC)

mte

beatlesluv 4th-Aug-2012 09:25 pm (UTC)

Well technically Forrest Hill is a rich area of Toronto, but there are some home on the outskirts that are dilapidated and need a lot of renovations - aka fixer uppers (or live with'ers lol). Someone will release receipts one way or the other I'm sure.

noahbb 5th-Aug-2012 02:59 am (UTC)

My cousin lives in forest hill (I'm living there now) but they live in the non-multi million mansion areas. When people here "Forest Hill", the first thing they think of are the mansions, but they tend to forget there are average homes there too, much more average homes than mansions.

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fuckyess 5th-Aug-2012 03:02 am (UTC)

seriously. wow how hard for him.

monaes 4th-Aug-2012 08:33 pm (UTC)

now aubrey

kofo4 4th-Aug-2012 08:33 pm (UTC)

fabouluz 4th-Aug-2012 08:44 pm (UTC)

That gif, perfect

chikntetrazzini 4th-Aug-2012 09:07 pm (UTC)

I literally just realized from this gif that Morticia is Anjelica Huston. Holy shit. What is my life?

lovexemity 4th-Aug-2012 09:11 pm (UTC)

Swoon

fuk_q 4th-Aug-2012 09:56 pm (UTC)

I bow down to her beauty

solsty 4th-Aug-2012 10:31 pm (UTC)

Perfect woman.

devetu 4th-Aug-2012 08:33 pm (UTC)

forest hill isn't rich to me. rosedale on the other hand...

i get what he's saying.

velvetunicorn 4th-Aug-2012 08:35 pm (UTC)

Yeah, you can live in a nice neighbourhood and have no money.

devetu 4th-Aug-2012 08:38 pm (UTC)

and canadian tv shows don't have nearly the production/money that american shows do, regardless of popularity, so i don't think he was making any kind of serious bank either. definitely wasn't chump change, but still.

ladypolitik 4th-Aug-2012 10:58 pm (UTC)

Came here to say that. I couldnt care less about anything Drake-related, but everything you said is just a matter of fact.

fakevoices 4th-Aug-2012 08:38 pm (UTC)

ia but i don't believe he grew up in dire situation. he probably grew up in a middle class household

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roxtarrr 5th-Aug-2012 02:58 am (UTC)

MTE

noahbb 5th-Aug-2012 03:00 am (UTC)

iirc, the houses at rosedales are much larger and luxurious, but forest hill residence has the bigger income

phillymademe 4th-Aug-2012 08:33 pm (UTC)

on my long list of things i don't like about you Aubrey, pretending to not be rich isn't one of them.

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itsglenncoco 4th-Aug-2012 08:36 pm (UTC)

Im confused, so you do like that about him?

phillymademe 4th-Aug-2012 08:38 pm (UTC)

i should have said reasons i don't like him.

idk anymore, it made sense in my head lmaoo.

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bodylikemind 4th-Aug-2012 08:33 pm (UTC)

lmao he needs to stop oh never forget him bitching about a sandwich on his degrassi unscripted thing

milewaddraben 4th-Aug-2012 08:51 pm (UTC)

why did they cancel that show :(

myxwill 4th-Aug-2012 08:34 pm (UTC)

ikr! He was the first of his group to get an mp3 player and then Spinner stole it!

helders 4th-Aug-2012 09:05 pm (UTC)

i'll never forget how spinner had an adopted sister and then she disappeared and he was supposed to be super poor

beating_heartss 4th-Aug-2012 10:05 pm (UTC)

lol right

polaroidmoment 4th-Aug-2012 10:10 pm (UTC)

Fucking Spinner. I still can't believe Emma married that moron.

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triniflip 5th-Aug-2012 06:22 am (UTC)

Spinner works at a restaurant near my work! He's pretty chills though

dreamoftheday 4th-Aug-2012 08:34 pm (UTC)

oh Jimmy Brooks

bee_xx3 4th-Aug-2012 08:34 pm (UTC)

I can't ever tell if he was wealthy or not tbh. He's definitely not from the hood, (nor has he ever claimed to be) but I can believe they struggled a bit, with how he's always talking about his mother and grandmother's health problems, and living in his friends basement and dropping out of high school and whatnot. Then I remember he had Degrassi checks coming in...

modern_toilet 4th-Aug-2012 08:54 pm (UTC)

also the health problems maybe took a toll physically and emotionally, but it's canada after all ... it couldn't have been hurting their pockets THAT much

heartbreakingg 4th-Aug-2012 09:04 pm (UTC)

...well, depending on the health conditions, it could be. My medication before coverage (which I only have through my college...once I graduate I pay full price) would cost me, in total, over $200 a month. And that's just for 2 different pills.

I'm not saying that's what his family's situation was, but like...my family lives in a decent neighbourhood where EVERYONE is super rich (except us lol) and we struggle, but if my college fees didn't include health coverage my medication and my sister's combined would leave us pretty fucked.

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helders 4th-Aug-2012 09:07 pm (UTC)

he dropped out of hs because "it wasn't his thing" not like he was dealing with socioeconomic strife

like you said, this kid was on a tv show since he was like 12

ava_adore0 4th-Aug-2012 09:15 pm (UTC)

Based on a lot of things he said in interviews and stuff during the Degrassi years, he seemed well off. There was even a Degrassi special feature that went to his house with his parent/grandmother and it was a pretty good house.
Then on his "When I Was 17.." thing a few years ago he talked about spending all sorts of money on basekball memorabilia on ebay when he was a teenager. He never mentioned dropping out of high school in that show. Wasn;t he still doing Degrassi when he would have been of graduating age anyways?

This kid is full of it. He was still doing Degrassi when his rap career started off (he did Degrassi podcasts talking about working with Lil Wayne), so it's not like he even had a period in between where things got bad.