drake talks about sick mom

Drake is talking about cancelling his European tour because of his sick mom. I feel for him, because, through some of his lyrics, it has shown that he drew a lot of inspiration from her; like she really helped him in becoming who he really is. A lot of tuff/gangstar type rappers (tupac,nas...) have made song about the role of their mom's in their life, so if a rapper like drake wants to talk about his mom, and her health it is more than okay.

I am just saying this because i read comments of some bloggers that are saying he is bringing up the case now, because his album is not doing so good, so he is using this story to distract people from the criticism that he is anticipating. I don't think that is the case, but nothing is impossible in this world, i wouldn't think he would take it that far though, just for his career.

I would like to analyse his sales so far; his "thank me album" debuted last week with 447,000 copies, and has sold and then 157,000 copies this week; i think the sales is not looking too good. Maybe if he had sold like 230k this week, it would have been good. The rate he is going, he might struggle to reach platinum. He has sold a total of 604k copies, and the way sales do, he is going to keep dropping, and in like 6 weeks, he would be at like 850k, and selling like 50k a week...well, maybe he would go platinum, but double platinum would be hard to achieve; and it is funny that LIL WAYNE thought the "thank me later" album would sell 2 million in its first week.

Well, i wish him well, with his album and his mom; check out his album here Thank Me Later [Explicit]


Below is what DRAKE had to say about the issue:
"Despite my best hopes, it is apparent that my mother will need surgery earlier than anticipated. In light of this news, I have made the difficult decision to cancel my European tour in order to support her during her recovery, just as she supported me through the years. I cannot thank my European fans enough and look forward to performing abroad soon. I ask everyone to please respect my family's privacy during this time." (Statement)