{"id":139484,"date":"2024-01-16T07:49:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T07:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/16\/drakes-father-back-in-canada-after-a-15-year-ban\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T07:49:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T07:49:53","slug":"drakes-father-back-in-canada-after-a-15-year-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/16\/drakes-father-back-in-canada-after-a-15-year-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake&#8217;s father back in Canada after a 15-year ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Father of internationally acclaimed rapper Drake, Dennis Graham has been allowed to enter Canada after over 15 years<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cFirst time in over 15 years they let the OG back into Canada,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThank you to everyone who helped us out,\u201d Drake revealed on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In an interview with The Fader, Dennis recalls he and Drake taking road trips from Toronto to Memphis in the summer, starting when his son was five years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">These trips happened until he turned 17. The last time stands out to Graham because his son took the wheel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1009099  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Drake-and-father-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"372\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Drake, who is now 37 years old, has not been able to have his father visit him in Canada for, at least, 15 years, presumably over a legal matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Dennis praised his son\u2019s latest album For All the Dogs, calling the project \u201csome of the best music that I\u2019ve heard him do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThanks Dad\u2026 \u201cI was so happy you loved it,\u201d Drake responded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Graham has also been known to have a little fun at Drake\u2019s expense by gifting him a comically large bra on stage on the final night of the Inglewood run of the \u2018It\u2019s All a Blur Tour.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Father of internationally acclaimed rapper Drake, Dennis Graham has been allowed to enter Canada after over 15 years \u201cFirst time in over 15 years they let the OG back into Canada,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThank you to everyone who helped us out,\u201d Drake revealed on Instagram. 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