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Drake has been forced to apologise after posting disrespectful tweets regarding Rolling Stone Magazine's decision to pull his cover and replace it with a picture of the recently deceased Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The Grammy award winning Toronto rapper promptly removed the two tweets on Thursday after facing intense backlash, having complained that his cover on Rolling Stone had been pulled and replaces with PSH instead.
His reasoning was that he was not informed of the switch beforehand and felt that he should have been consulted.
The tweets read, "They also took my cover from me last minute and ran the issue," and "I'm disgusted with that. RIP to Philip Seymour Hoffman. All respects due. But the press is evil," but were promptly deleted. Unfortunately for him, the internet saw before he deleted the posts and the 27 year old was forced to make an apology statement .
Writing on his blog, October's Very Own, he said;
"I completely support and agree with Rolling Stone replacing me on the cover with the legendary Phillip [sic] Seymour Hoffman. He is one of the most incredible actors of our time and a man that deserves to be immortalized by this publication."
The move was meant as a sign of respect to the Oscar winning actor and a testament to his skill and value to the industry, after he was tragically found dead in his New York apartment earlier this month. He was aged 46 and died of an apparent accidental drug overdose, leaving a partner of 15 years and three young children.
The 'Started From The Bottom' rapper continued on the post; "I was not able to salvage my story or my photos and that was devastating. They ran the issue without giving me a choice to be in it or not. I would have waited until it was my time because I understand the magnitude of the cover they chose but I just wasn't given that option and that made me feel violated. I apologize to anybody who took my initial comments out of context because in no way would I ever want to offend the Hoffman family or see myself as bigger than that moment."
The musician has faced criticism before regarding his behaviour and the lyrics of some of his songs. He was forced to remove a lyric that offended autism last year.
Gemma Clark