Drake’s son Adonis just dropped his first rap single at age six: the For All the Dogs star’s kid sings about iPads and cars on ‘My Man Freestyle’, winning praise from Avril Lavigne and DJ Khaled

Oct 17 , 2023

We already knew Drake’s son Adonis was a basketball lover like his dad – now it seems he’s following in his musical footsteps too. Photo: Getty

Drake’s son Adonis, who the rapper shares with ex Sophie Brussaux, is famous for his love of basketball and can be seen playing with his friends in the new track’s music video

DJ Khaled, Avril Lavigne, Bia and Winnie Harlow have all shown love for the song, in which Adonis sings in a cute sometimes off-beat voice about breaking his iPad and hanging with his dad

For Drake and his six-year-old son Adonis, nothing says father-son bonding like releasing new music just weeks apart.

The “One Dance” rapper dropped Adonis’ first official song “My Man Freestyle” on Monday to celebrate his kid’s sixth birthday. The Grammy-nominated artist also shared the single’s music video, which shows his son playing basketball with friends.

Drake accepts the artist of the decade award as he holds his son Adonis Graham at the Billboard Music Awards in May 2021, at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. Photo: AP

“Happy birthday my son … ‘My Man Freestyle’ out now,” Drake captioned his Instagram post.

The rapper, 36, shares Adonis with French artist Sophie Brussaux, 34.

In the single, Adonis raps simple lyrics that are sometimes off beat with the backing track. “I don’t care which one you want / You can take whatever / I don’t care what you do,” he says. The chorus, “Don’t talk to my man like that / I like it when you like it / My, my, my, my man / My, my, my, my man,” is punchy and easily veers into earworm territory.

The freestyle was first sampled in Drake’s “Daylight”, the fifth track on the new album For All the Dogs, released on October 6. The six-year-old also stars in the “8am in Charlotte” music video and designed the creature on the album cover.

In his nearly three-minute rap, Adonis raps about “driving in the car”, “playing on my iPad and I broke my iPad” and seeing his dad. “I’m saying, ‘Hi,’ to my dad and I have to go change”, he sings.