“It’s just a gift I want to give my husband. But please understand this journey has been hard. There’s virgins out there and I want to let them know that it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. Harder than training for the Olympics. Harder than graduating from college has been to stay a virgin before marriage. I’ve been tempted, I’ve had plenty of opportunities.”

There’s not enough role models like Lolo in the mainstream media. I am so glad someone with her morals is getting major attention. However, I’d love to see someone with her strong will dating in Hollywood. I believe that it would show young girls out there looking for someone to emulate, that you don’t have to be raunchy, overtly sexy or even suggestive towards the opposite sex to be appealing. So I’ve come up with a list of boyfriends for the virgin athlete to take her pick from.

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Rihanna and Drake dated once, but that means nothing to Ora who clearly took Rihanna 101 in college.

A source says: “Rita and Drake have been good friends for a while now but things seemed more serious this week.

“They were all over each other backstage at the gig on Monday and weren’t trying to hide it.”

Besides canoodling with Ri Ri’s ex, Rita also borrowed some of Rihanna’s style and covered her hit song “We Found Love…”

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“This is going to change someone’s life,” said Derrick Brown, Vice President of Business Development at OurStage. “There are artists who scratch and claw their whole career and never get a chance to share the stage with a platinum-selling artist like Drake.”

All you have to do is submit an original song HERE between Monday April 16th at 12:00 pm EDT-Monday April 30th at 12:00 pm EDT. Fans get to choose the winner after April 30th-May 2nd. The winning song is selected from the top 100 tracks, voted on by the fans, with the approval of Drake, Ourstage and Real Hip Hop Network.

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Along with winning an opening spot on Drake’s 27-city tour, the winner also gets to live like a king or queen. They will ride from each tour stop on a branded, private tour bus. The U.S. tour begins May 7th in Concord, CA and will make its final stop on June 17th in Mansfield, MA. The full list of tour dates can be found here.

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“Rihanna and Chris were great together, they were like soul mates, but it’s a very sensitive subject – I just blank it out and I think she blanks it out, too.”

“Rihanna doesn’t have a boyfriend right now. Drake and Rihanna used to be together – and he’s a pretty cool dude. ‘I was in a club in LA, and he saw me and came over. I was nearly his brother-in-law, but I didn’t know him so well, so I was touched by that.”

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On his recent ordeal with Vibe:
I didn’t like the way I was treated. They ran this story about how I’m the most bitter guy, and my life is in turmoil. And I’m, like, a very happy 25-year-old kid living an amazing life. They tried to put a damper on my character, I guess because I didn’t play according to their rules.

On negative comments from his critics:
“I can’t lie to you. I read what they have to say and it’s … character-building. There have been times when a negative comment about me would be the be all and end all, and I’d wonder, Why do you hate me so much? Why would you tell me that you want to kill my mom or see me dead? It’s scary for me to say this on record, but artists are only human, and we seek validation like everyone else. You just have to come to the conclusion that it’s OK, there are going to be people who like you and people who don’t. Luckily there are millions of people who love me and a few who don’t. No one ever says anything to me in person. I mean, I’ve had it happen to me before but it’s just silly, like, ‘Oh Drake, you’re a pussy!’ and then they drive off really fast. But I get it, man. It’s being young. It’s funny. If I wasn’t in this position, would I do dumb sh*t? Maybe.”

On people hating on his showing of emotions:
“There are people who really hate me and everything I stand for, like, ‘He’s so soft’. But I’m not soft. I’m just not one of those people who’s closed off emotionally. I went through too much with my father and my mother, watching her go through her shit and be hurt … I’ve seen too many people cry. Plus, I’ve had too many girls to ever feel uncomfortable about the man that I am.”

On his rumored drug use:
“Have I sipped codeine before? Yeah, of course. Have I smoked weed? Yes. Do I drink wine? Yes. But do I do it excessively? No. I’m not a reckless guy. I do it all within moderation. I’m not into drugs.” He realizes what he has just said, and bursts out laughing, as do his crew. “I mean any outside the ones I just mentioned. Nah, that’s not me. I care too much about what I have. I’m not going to throw it away for that.”

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Drake featured Aaliyah’s vocals on his debut album Thank Me Later and the song was an instant hit. When asked about rumors of the collaboration, Drake replied:

“Just some special things, you know. Great things for music, period.”

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On his father: “Me and my dad are friends. We’re cool. I’ll never be disappointed again, because I don’t expect anything anymore from him. I just let him exist, and that’s how we get along. We laugh. We have drinks together. But I spent too many nights looking by the window, seeing if the car was going to pull up. And the car never came.”

On the changing mood of the music industry: “Rap now is just being young and fly and having your shit together,” he says. “The mood of rap has changed. Some of my favorite rappers, some of my heroes”—DJ Screw, Aaliyah—”there might be like 200 pictures of them because there was no Internet,” he says. “Whereas with us, it’s like every moment is documented.”

On his feelings for women: “I’m trying to find the same feelings that I had for women when I had very little going on, which is tough,” he says. “When I was in my mom’s house, I had nowhere to go, no real obligations. My girlfriend at the time, if she was mad at me, my day was all fucked-up. I didn’t have anything else. And that made for some of the best music, I think, to date. Records where I felt small. That feeling is hard to capture when you’re sitting out here in a space like this.” He gestures to the pool, the tennis court, the volleyball court, the stables. “It’s really difficult for me to find something that makes me feel small.”

On the fifteen minutes after orgasm: “There’s just a time where it was like, just getting pussy. Where I was in that sort of ‘I’m young, I’m going to disconnect from my emotions and just do what everyone else tells me I should do and just be a rapper and have my fun.’ And for me as a person, it just doesn’t work. I just need something else. The seconds after a man reaches climax, that’s like the realest moment of your life. If I don’t want you next to me in that fifteen, twenty seconds, then there’s something wrong.”

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Drake is not stranger to tapping into his emotions, which is a refreshing quality for a lyricist because it allows us to truly connect to his lyrics, but hip-hop critics (read: purists) call him “soft” and complain about Drake for reliving heartbreak and relationship’s disappointments. So do his exes. Drake’s love interests are always big interest for gossip bloggers (we’re no different; well, maybe a little).

Instead of nitpicking who Drake’s dating–and since his lyrics are so telling of what he does in relationships–I decided to take some of his lyrics and decipher exactly what Drake has done wrong in his relationships–and what he could do better.

1. “Thrill Is Gone” from Room For Improvement

I Guess In My Southern Eyes That She Decent Maybe
Well Second Thought If We Have It Then She Can Keep The Baby
Cuz She Ain’t Give Me The Butterflies That Alicia Gave Me
It’s Like I’m Using Some Bread To Sop Up Some Decent Gravy
Now I’m Out Of Both And I’ve Been Thinking Of Alicia Lately
I’m All Alone, I Got A Feeling It’s On
Cuz Nowadays Most Of The Thrill Of Chillin’ Is Gone

Ever notice how men seem to move on from a failed relationship a lot quicker than women? Most times women need to heal emotionally before starting something new and men need a distraction from their feelings. Drake used the “decent” chick to get over Alicia.

Lesson to learn: Take some time to get over your ex before moving on to the next. No one ends up with the rebound.

2. “Video Girl” from Room For Improvement

And She Simply A New Model
Stay Spendin’ Dollars
But She Got Less Sense Than A Empty Perfume Bottle
At Times She A Solid Chick
And I’m A Sucka For The Cuties
So She Always Lookin’ Good When My Wallets Thick

If rappers, actors and the like didn’t fall for the Superhead type, there’d be no Superhead to reference. So, of course it happens. Drake even found himself with his own video girl/reality star–Cat Washington and he’s proven that he loves to go for the types that are after his wallet.

Lesson to Learn: It shouldn’t ever be only about the physical. Of course we have to be attracted to our mate, but there should be something between you beyond the surface.

3. “Closer” from Comeback Season

Ex girl strippin’
I can’t stop her
New girl trippin’ but I can’t drop her
‘Cause I need somethin’ to balance out the fact
That it’s hard to find a woman when you talented and black

It seems like Drake just chooses the wrong girls, no? Strippers don’t make good girlfriends. Point. Blank. Period.

Lesson to learn: Don’t assume just because you are on a higher level than most that you can’t find quality, but also realize that because of who you are and what you have, part of them will be attracted to you because of that.

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4. “Replacement Girl” from Comeback Season

I’m far from the man that I used to be
And I don’t ever really kick game,
And I know you find it impressing when you’re introduced to me

Confidence in oneself is necessary, but that thin line between confidence and cockiness is virtually invisible and cocky doesn’t work for many women. (Correction–yes it does).

Lesson to learn: Don’t ever think you’re too fly to have to try with women. We love romance and if we see your effort, you’re golden. You get nowhere if you don’t try.

5. “Don’t You Have a Man” from Comeback Season

Well, I’ma give it to you, honeybunches
You feel it all under ya ribs like some tummy crunches
All my other girls all up on that subtle shit
They don’t wanna cut it, they wanna wrap it and cuddle with

Men and sex may as well be synonymous. They think about it all the time. It’s the “thing” your mom warned you they’d always be after. Some women don’t mind being their sexual object, but most women want you to want them to go deeper than what’s between our legs.

Lesson to learn: Women are more than sexual objects and if you make an effort to care about the things they care about, you’d probably get a lot farther than ever before. Also, it doesn’t hurt to cuddle.

6. “Missin’ You” from Comeback Season

I’m scared that every girl I care for
Will find a better man and end up happier in the long run

Lesson to learn: You can’t be in a relationship if you’re worried about the next man. That will give her ammunition to fight and a reason to leave you. You’ve got to enjoy the hear and now.

7. “Bria’s Interlude” from So Far Gone

I`m aware that we just met,
I don`t wanna leave you yet,
Promise that I won`t forget,

Don’t get confused, although women love the romance, we typically ignore the guy that’s clinging upon first sight.

Lesson to learn: Giving a woman all of your attention is the quickest way to lose her attention.

8. “Fireworks” from Thank Me Later

You could have been the one but it wasn’t that serious
There was smoke in the air before now its me clearing it
That felt good, all and all I learned a lesson from it though
You never see it coming you just get to see it go

Drake’s pride seems to always get the best of him. How, in one breath, could someone be the one, then not that serious? You really liked her, it didn’t work out, but don’t come back with, “It wasn’t that serious” when you knew it was.

Lesson to learn: Drake says he’s learned his lesson from this one, so does that mean we can count on him not to reflect negatively when relationships don’t work out?

9. “Karaoke” from Thank Me Later

I know they say the first love is the sweetest
But that first cut is the deepest
I tried to keep us together you were busy keeping secrets
Secrets you were telling everybody but me

Relationships are built on trust and if you can’t trust the person you’re with, what are you doing with them?

Lesson to learn: Don’t stay somewhere when you know the person you’re with doesn’t have qualities you like, especially when it’s something basic like honesty.

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10. “The Real Her” featuring Andre 3000 and Lil’ Wayne

You got your guards up, I do too. There’s things we might discover
Cause you got a path and I do too, we’re perfect for each other

We all start relationships with our guards up, but if we are to open up to our mate, we have to put them down. Drake’s right on with this one, however, there is a lesson here.

Lesson to learn: Never assume someone is perfect for you before they’ve let their guard down.

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