What's it like being a lady friend of Drizzy Drake? Thank goodness VIBE.com got nosy with his new beau Maliah Michel because she definitely opened up a few windows into his crazy world. Maliah is a stripper who caught Drake's eye very quickly. Her amazing assets landed herself a gig as the lead girl in his video "Find Your Love." She was once engaged to a crackhead and she also met Drake's mom.
Her story is quite interesting. You should read the whole interview by clicking here, but check out the snippets below in the mean time.
How were you supporting yourself?
I was in this program called Americorps which was like an assisted living program, but it wasn’t much. My sister and I stayed in a one bedroom apartment with her two kids. We were basically just sharing everything we had and holding each other down the best we could. But when I turned eighteen — I went to the strip club and that’s when I started making my own money. I got my first gig at a club in Beverly Hills.
Did you continue dance while you were going to school?
Yea, I started working at a black club, and I was making five-hundred dollars a night, easy. And when you’re nineteen —that’s great money, but it was a pretty rough environment, girls had pimps, there was constant fighting and drugs were always around. I think a big part of what saved me was that my brothers were really known and had a reputation. So nobody really messed with me at all. Everybody just treated me like their little sister.
So when did you stop dancing?
Actually, I still do dance. I quit for about two years though. I saved a lot of money and I bought a house in Vegas. Really, I tried to settle down and get married. I ended up getting engaged but my fiance got addicted to crack and heroin and everything went in a downward spiral. I lost everything… my house, all my money. That’s when I really buried myself in church. I was going door to door witnessing with the church —I wasn’t dancing or modeling for a while.
Well, you certainly have made a name for yourself. Recently, your part in Drake’s “Find Your Love” really caught people’s attention. How’d you link with Aubrey?
Drake had actually come to the club where I work at in Houston called Dreams. I think that’s where he first saw me. I didn’t even get to speak to him that night and like a week later everybody started telling me Drake shouted me out in a song. I thought that it was so cool because I hadn’t even talked to him before. I mean, obviously he saw something he liked [laughs].
So prior to Drake name dropping you on “Miss Me”, you guys never even shared a conversation?
Yup, I was so flattered, too —especially with me being used to the strip club environment, where guys are always just… thirsty and on you. This guy didn’t even say anything but gave me props on a song.
So are you dating Drake?
Um… Drake and I are good friends, and we like hanging out… having fun together. That’s all that anyone needs to know at this point.
But it’s safe to say that you guys stay in constant contact with each other, right?
Um.. yea we’re close friends.
He seems to have his mom around a lot. Have you met her yet?
[Giggles] oh lord…
I mean she’s a huge part of his life, you must have bumped into momma Drake somewhere…
Yea, she’s amazing… a really beautiful person. His mother really gave me a whole other opinion of him, even though my opinion was very high. He’s just amazing as far the respect level and his mother helped me to see that it wasn’t an act. That’s all I’ll say.
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