Who has Keshia Chanté dated? What we know as Drake denies he is the father of singer’s child

Keshia Chanté is making headlines. On Tuesday, a representative for Canadian rapper Drake, who is thirty-nine years old, shut down speculation that he had fathered a child with the fellow Canadian musician. "It's false," the spokesperson confirmed to People.

Earlier Chanté, who is thirty-eight years old, had announced her pregnancy via social media, followed by an interview with Hello! Canada. The singer, who is seven months pregnant with a baby boy, told the outlet she was "unavailable" when asked about her relationship status. She did not reveal the name of her child's father, though she did share that

"He's brilliant and super creative and just constantly doing things that I'm inspired by."

Keshia Chanté added that she hoped her son would inherit his father's

"mannerisms and his swag."

Chanté is no stranger to high-profile relationships. She previously dated Drake, and is widely known as the inspiration behind the line "Kiki, do you love me?" from his 2018 hit In My Feelings. She also previously dated former NHL player Ray Emery. Drake is already a father to eight-year-old son Adonis Graham, whom he shares with French artist Sophie Brussaux.

Keshia Chanté shares her excitement over baby boy:

Keshia Chanté had fully expected pink everything. In her interview with Hello! Canada, she revealed that the gender reveal caught her completely off guard.

"I'm such a girlie girl. I'm always in pink. Everything is pink and pink and pink. So I thought I was gonna have a girl, but it's a boy! I'm so excited for all the boy fashion!" she shared.

The first trimester, though, was brutal. Chanté lost fourteen pounds and could barely keep water down.

"Everything, every scent, every sound, everything, was overwhelming. I pretty much locked myself in my room for two months," she explained.

She's in a very different place now. Rihanna has been one of her go-to maternity style inspirations, and her mind has been drifting toward the kind of mother she wants to be.

"I just have this idea of being the mom who decorates the home and celebrates every holiday, and puts notes in his lunch box. I imagine myself being some sort of Disney mom," she shared.

Post-birth, sushi is first on the list. Lying on her stomach again is a close second. Beyond that, she has a simple dream for her and her son.

"My dream is to just be in the pool in a floaty with my kid and listening to music and vibing, and I hope he's just a little water baby," she said.

"I'm looking forward to all the little moments, like when they coo and the first smile and the first step and the first laugh. I'm excited to take him to a music studio, take him to the beach. I want to be in my mommy-mogul era, we will see when that activates. I want my son to see his mom busy and doing what she loves," she added.

Keshia Chanté reflected on her relationship with the late Ray Emery and the side of him very few people got to see:

Ray Emery drowned on July 15, 2018, at thirty-five years old. As per a report shared by The Athletic, the former NHL player had been diagnosed with avascular necrosis before his passing, a degenerative hip disorder that threatened not only his career but his ability to walk. He underwent surgery that summer, spent more than a month bedridden in excruciating pain, and eventually ended up at a cottage, stuck in a cast and getting around on a golf cart.

That was where Keshia Chanté came into the picture. She visited him and was struck by how dynamic he was despite everything he was going through. Music was their common ground. He knew every genre inside out, from country to hip hop, and his all-time favourite was Into the Mystic by Van Morrison. He even wrote his own lyrics and had considered studying to become a producer.

But what really bonded them ran deeper than music. Keshia Chanté found they understood each other in ways others simply couldn't.

"We related because we both didn't really know where we belonged in the world. That happens to a lot of people who are biracial: You're never really black enough for black people, and you never really feel like you belong in a white crowd. But he struggled with that," she shared.

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Keshia Chanté also opened up about the version of Ray that most people never got to see.

"He gave everybody certain layers of himself, but nobody got to know him fully, the way that I got to know him. But the Ray that I got to see, he was complicated and he was dynamic. But he was so loving. He was affectionate. He was so passionate," she added.

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