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"Drake has admitted that he felt like a &amp;quot;lost&amp;quot; teenager after dropping out of high school. In an interview with radio station 106 KMEL, the rap star also insisted that he made many bold and life-altering decisions in his youth that worked out in his favor because he followed his &amp;quot;passion&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;At one point in my life, I was a kid who was lost. I knew I wanted to do music, but, I dropped out of high school against my mother&amp;#039;s wishes, who happens to be a retired teacher. A lot of people told me it was the wrong decision, that leaving acting was the wrong decision. A lot of the things I was doing was not the smartest choices but passion is what drove me, the 23-year-old said. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not advising you to drop out of school, I&amp;#039;m just advising you to follow your heart and if you really believe in something and you project that, I believe that it does come back to you, so, I aligned myself with great people which I feel like is the key to success and here I am.&amp;quot; Drake recently joked that he is looking forward to hugging Angelina Jolie and Alicia Keys if they attend the VMAs.  The MTV Video Music Awards hosted by Chelsea Handler air this Sunday on MTV. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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