Drake: No Rihanna Romance

05/22/09 11:56am

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Canadian rapper and former Degrassi: The Next Generation actor Aubrey "Drake" Graham has denied he and Rihanna are an item.

The New York Post newspaper reported Drake and Rihanna were spotted at a New York City bowling alley where they spent most of the night making out.

But Drake told New York's Hot 97 FM that while he and Rihanna had been in the same place that night, there's nothing going on between them.

"It's not like that at all. I'm being honest. [She's] just a friend, that's all. A great artist.

"[There's] nothing [romantic] at all. I have the most respect for her. I think she's so talented."

Rihanna is in the video for Kanye West's "Paranoid," which debuted on Wednesday night at a Def Jam Records event. Here's a bootleg clip of it:

You can see Drake today (Friday) at the ASU Fox Theater in San Bernardino, Calif. and tomorrow at Los Angeles' Luckman Fine Arts Complex with Fabolous.