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Drake’s Dad Dennis Graham May Be Starring in His Own Reality Dating Show

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Back in May, Drake‘s dad Dennis Graham said he began shooting a pilot for a show that would focus on family, and that viewers would get to see him visit family-run mom-and-pop stores.

As of now, there’s no word if that show was ever picked up, but it’s been announced that Graham is having discussions about an entirely different TV project, a reality dating show.

TMZ reports that the famous father, his business partner and reality producer David Weintraub, are in serious talks with at least two TV networks, and Vice, as well as We TV are extremely interested.

It appears the show will be in the same vein as the now defunct “Flavor of Love” and its spinoff “I Love New York.”

Besides Graham looking for love, the series will also show his life as Drake’s dad. And if the show goes forward, viewers will see Graham going to clubs, driving exotic vehicles and living a luxurious lifestyle.

News of the reality series comes about a month and a half after Drake said he was hurt because his father denied being absent from his childhood during an interview on Nick Cannon‘s radio show.

The Canadian artist said in the past that his father was barely around after he left his mother, but Graham said Drake only said that to sell records.

“Woke today so hurt man,” the rapper wrote on Instagram. “It’s sad when family gets like this but what can we really do that’s the people we are stuck with . . . Every bar I ever spit was the truth and the truth is hard for some people to accept.”

But it seems the two men have patched things up, at least according to a Halloween photo that showed Drake dressing up like his dad.

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