DRAKE DISAPPOINTED BY ACTING OFFERS

Drake is upset his acting career has hit a downturn since rising to fame as a rapper - because he's only been offered a string of mediocre roles by casting bosses who don't recognise his talent.

The Best I Ever Had hitmaker, real name Aubrey Graham, made his name on Canadian TV drama Degrassi: The Next Generation before switching his focus to rap and catapulting to the top of the charts.

Lil Wayne's protege is keen to return to his acting roots - but he's struggling to find a quality project among the stereotypical roles he's already been offered.

He tells XXL magazine, "That's probably my biggest goal, is to get back into acting and really pick the right projects. I've been reading different scripts, but I know what I want to do and what type of project I want to be involved in, and I've just been getting the typical projects that they'd offer to a new rapper, and it's like, 'Ehh, that's not really what I want to do or how I see myself.' I can actually act."