section_path: Personal life/Family and relationships
section_name: Family and relationships
paragraph_text: Family and relationships
  
  Drake's paternal uncles are musicians Larry Graham and Teenie Hodges. Larry Graham was a member of Sly and the Family Stone, while Hodges contributed to songs for Al Green, including " Love and Happiness ", " Here I Am (Come and Take Me) ", and " Take Me to the River ".
  
  He dated SZA between 2008 and 2009, and in 2011 reports emerged that he was dating Serena Williams.
  
  Drake was in an on-again, off-again relationship with Rihanna from 2009 to 2016. He has mentioned the relationship in every one of his studio albums, and when presenting Rihanna with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award in 2016, he said "she's a woman I've been in love with since I was 22 years old". On his relationship with her, he said on the talk show The Shop:
  
  As life takes shape and teaches you your own lessons, I end up in this situation where I don't have the fairy tale 'Drake started a family with Rihanna, so perfect'. It looks so good on paper I wanted it too at one time.
  
  Drake is a father to a son, who was born on October 11, 2017, to French painter and former model Sophie Brussaux. Brussaux's pregnancy was the subject of several rumours after featuring in a TMZ article in early 2017. After the nature of the pair's relationship was discussed in Pusha T 's " The Story of Adidon ", Drake confirmed his fatherhood on the album Scorpion in 2018.
  
  Drake's paternal uncles are musicians Larry Graham and Teenie Hodges. Larry Graham was a member of Sly and the Family Stone, while Hodges contributed to songs for Al Green, including " Love and Happiness ", " Here I Am (Come and Take Me) ", and " Take Me to the River ".
  
  He dated SZA between 2008 and 2009, and in 2011 reports emerged that he was dating Serena Williams.
  
  Drake was in an on-again, off-again relationship with Rihanna from 2009 to 2016. He has mentioned the relationship in every one of his studio albums, and when presenting Rihanna with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award in 2016, he said "she's a woman I've been in love with since I was 22 years old". On his relationship with her, he said on the talk show The Shop:
  
  As life takes shape and teaches you your own lessons, I end up in this situation where I don't have the fairy tale 'Drake started a family with Rihanna, so perfect'. It looks so good on paper I wanted it too at one time.
  
  Drake is a father to a son, who was born on October 11, 2017, to French painter and former model Sophie Brussaux. Brussaux's pregnancy was the subject of several rumours after featuring in a TMZ article in early 2017. After the nature of the pair's relationship was discussed in Pusha T 's " The Story of Adidon ", Drake confirmed his fatherhood on the album Scorpion in 2018.