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After deleting a series of tweets on Thursday that caused him more headaches than they were worth, Drake took to his blog early Friday morning to explain his side of the story.

"I completely support and agree with Rolling Stone replacing me on the cover with the legendary Phillip [sic] Seymour Hoffman. He is one of the most incredible actors of our time and a man that deserves to be immortalized by this publication," Drake said, in response to many media outlets assuming on Thursday that he was whining about Hoffman taking his cover. "My frustration stemmed from the way it was executed. The circumstances at hand are completely justifiable (on the magazines [sic] behalf), but I was not able to salvage my story or my photos and that was devastating. They ran the issue without giving me a choice to be in it or not. I would have waited until it was my time because I understand the magnitude of the cover they chose but I just wasn’t given that option and that made me feel violated."

He went on to say: I apologize to anybody who took my initial comments out of context because in no way would I ever want to offend the Hoffman family or see myself as bigger than that moment ... Today I was forced out of my character and felt the need to react swiftly. These days are the worst ones. Waking up after a great night in the studio and it’s your day to be picked apart. After dwelling on it for a few hours or days you will come to the conclusion that you brought it on yourself almost every time ... I respect Rolling Stone for being willing to give a kid from Toronto a shot at the cover. I guess this is a day to learn and grow."

Of course, most of the events from Thursday were probably just the result of poor word choice and Twitter's 140-character limit. But certain media outlets sure got a kick out of it for the day. It's also nice of him to slip in the fact that he's been in the studio this week.

Read Drake's full letter here.