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In an interview with GQ from 2013, Drake said that after a conversation with Will Smith, he realized that he hadn’t really known love before:

He said something profound. He said love is when you become one and you need that person. It’s not about wanting anymore, you need that person. Hearing that, I don’t know if I’ve ever felt that way. I’ve held women in very high regard almost to the point where I felt like I needed them for a very long time, but I don’t know if I comprehend it yet, and I’m okay with that.

Is he though? Because that hasn’t stopped Aubrey “Drake” Graham from saying he loves a whole host of women over the years. From women he’s close with to women he never met, here are all of the ladies Drake has publicly professed his love for.

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Nicki Minaj

On his hit song “Miss Me” in 2010, Drake initially made it clear that Minaj was the apple of his eye:

“I love Nicki Minaj, I told her I’d admit it, I hope one day we get married just to say we f–king did it/And girl I’m f–king serious, I’m with it if you with it/’Cause your verses turn me on and your pants are mighty fitted.”

After making up with Minaj following a rift created while she dated Meek Mill, he said, “I got the love of my life up here too” when speaking about her at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday.

Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones

Remember that Complex interview we told you about in reference to Serena Williams? Well, minutes after talking about Williams he admitted that he was once in love with Quincy Jones’s daughter. “I was, like, in love with Rashida,” Drake said. “I love funny women and I love beautiful women and I love women that have great taste in music and Rashida is all those things.”

Doris Burke

Last November, Drake called NBA commentator Doris Burke “my inspiration,” a “stunning” woman, asked her out to dinner, and said “I love Doris with all my heart.” Before then, he dropped some obvious hints her way during the NBA finals last summer.

“I just could not believe this happened. Drake turned around—my seat at game six was right behind him—makes a heart shape [with his hands] and points at me,” Burke recounted. “I’m looking around behind me to see who’s there, turn back to him and then he points and he does it again. I texted my daughter and said, ‘You need to know Drake just did this to me.’”

Sade Adu

Sade

You know the love is real when Drake gets a tattoo of your face on his body. When Sade checked out his show in London earlier this year, meeting the rapper backstage, he shared an image of them together, calling her one of “two important ladies in my life” when snapped next to his mother.

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A source from Drake’s camp said about the meeting, “He doesn’t like her, he adores her. He thinks she’s a legend and not only does he respect her, he worships the ground she walks on.”

Always coming on as strong as possible.

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Skylar Diggins

Drake  couldn’t say he loved WNBA star Skylar Diggins because she was in a relationship. But he “appreciated” Diggins so much on social media that at a point, her real-life boyfriend (now husband) ended up getting upset. But that didn’t stop the rapper from reciting a poem called “Can I Diggin?” for her when he hosted the ESPYs in 2014.

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