Hip-hop star Drake turned to marijuana and prescription pain medication to cope with the pressures of fame.
The Best I Ever Had hitmaker was thrust into the spotlight in 2010 after releasing his Grammy Award-nominated debut album Thank Me Later, and now Drake confesses he began smoking pot and sipping codeine to keep himself relaxed as he tried to balance the demands of his career.
He tells Britain's Guardian newspaper, "You get artists in this position who go crazy and don't know how to handle it. There are people who have killed themselves. There's the overwhelming stress, how tired you are, the weight on your shoulders of going out there and giving 18,000 people entertainment... it's a lot of pressure."
But Drake insists he was never taken his relaxation 'fixes' too far: "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...
"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."
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