Drake says he isn’t a ‘bandwagon fan’ when asked if Cleveland his now his favorite sports city

Rapper Drake has been criticized for being a band wagon fan for a long time. He is routinely the butt of jokes on the internet that show him in a wide variety of team apparel.

Now that his BFF Johnny Manziel is with the Cleveland Browns and LeBron James is returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers, you have to wonder if Drake is now on the Cleveland bandwagon. When asked if Cleveland is now his favorite sports city, Drake spoke out against being labeled as a “bandwagon fan” and defended his fandom.

Point in case, Drake says he isn’t hopping from team to team and changing his support of that team, but supporting a player and following them.

“Well, first of all, I’d like to say that despite what everyone on the Internet thinks, I do not team jump,” Drake told Complex’s Frazier Tharpe on a conference call to promote the 2014 ESPYs, which Drake is hosting. “In the past I’ve always supported the player and not the institution—unless we’re talking about the Kentucky Wildcats and the Toronto Raptors; I will never stray from them. But whether it comes to soccer or football or basketball, I have a lot of friends that play for a lot of teams. I’m not team jumping. I’m a supportive friend.”

“Of course, I’m gonna go watch games in Cleveland. If not for LeBron—who I said is a brother to me, we’ve got three kids from Toronto on one team, plus Manziel who is part of our family and our brother. I definitely have to look into some real estate in Cleveland and spend some months of the year out there. Like I said, my teams will always forever be who they are but I will support the group who has shifted to Cleveland.”

“For Cleveland, a place that I’ve been to time and time again when I’ve been to touring, it’s gonna be great for them, I’d love to see them grow.”