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'Take care!' Drake splits with his PR firm after his Philip Seymour Hoffman Rolling Stone cover rant

PUBLISHED: 17:19 EST, 1 March 2014 | UPDATED: 17:24 EST, 1 March 2014

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He started from the bottom, now he is on his own.

Drake has learnt the hard way about tweeting before he thinks.

The 27-year-old rapper was reportedly dumped from by his PR representatives after his public rants about being taken off last month's cover of Rolling Stone following the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Public breakup: Drake, seen here shopping in Paris this week, has parted ways with his PR firm, ID-PR, reportedly because of his Twitter rants

Billboard Magazine confirmed with the rapper's now former PR firm, ID-PR, that they no longer represented the star, despite handling the publicity for his album and his current tour.

Missed the point: The rapper publicly ranted about being taken off last month's cover of Rolling Stone following the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman

The firm - whom were instrumental in the star sitting down with Rolling Stone - said in a statement: 'Drake is an incredibly talented artist and we're proud of our results for Nothing Was The Same and Would You Like A Tour? We wish him the best.'

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'They took my cover!' Churlish Drake moans that Rolling Stone replaced him with a tribute to the late Philip Seymour Hoffman

The move by the firm comes after Drake - whose real name is Aubrey Graham - said he was 'disgusted' Rolling Stone had taken him off the cover and claimed they used off the record quotes about Kanye West.

He tweeted: 'I never commented on Yeezus for my interview portion of Rolling Stone. They also my cover from me last minute and ran the issue.

'I'm disgusted with that. RIP to Philip Seymour Hoffman. All respect due. But the press is evil.'

He later deleted the tweets but posted an additional one as an attempt to apologise.

'I'm done doing interviews for magazines. I just want to give my music to the people. That's the only way my message gets across accurately.'

According to the New York Post this was the final straw for ID as Drake - who is currently on tour in Sweden - has a history of being difficult during interviews.

The Post also points the finger at this his management team, composed of 'cronies from his hometown of Toronto who call themselves October’s Very Own'.

That's an apology? The 27-year-old later deleted all his tweets but posted this one as an attempt to apologise

A source told the Post: 'It’s a shame that someone with so much talent is surrounded by kids who are burning bridges left and right.'

The newspaper also reports that the rapper left on bad terms with another agency.

'We also hear Drake had an ugly split with another firm, The Chamber Group, after he got into a screaming match with a female publicist and ordered her out an elevator they were riding in at New York’s London/NYC Hotel.'

Bad timing: Drake is currently on the tour, seen here on Thursday in Germany, ID-PR were doing the publicity for

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Maurice Whiteman, Bolton, United Kingdom, moments ago

He has still got a price tag on his trainers.

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SayWhatYouSee, East Midlands, 13 minutes ago

Make a rap about it and get over it....jealousy gets ya no where....u started at the bottom and U'll soon b back there if u carry in like that!

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Peter Maher, San Francisco, 18 minutes ago

A self centered, self aggrandizing, self important twit. Philip Seymour Hoffman was an artist. Drake is a talentless hack.

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Citizen, Lakeland, United States, 21 minutes ago

Sorry, I side with Drake in this. Hoffman was no hero. He threw his life away. It was Drakes cover.

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KJG, Here, 35 minutes ago

What a fool!

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Cheddarcheese, North Royalton, United States, 40 minutes ago

Drake is like school in summertime: No Class!

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John Doe, EDB, United Kingdom, moments ago

But there are classes in the summer.......

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bren, toronto, 42 minutes ago

Drake needs the management team that Jay-Z has. Jay-Z never puts a foot wrong.

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Lacey Eder, Fort Worth, United States, 42 minutes ago

And this is supposed to be Rihanna's best choice in men? Give me a break! What a damn whiner. There are more talented rappers out there than this guy. I mean, to me he's still Jimmy from Degrassi ;) He's disrespectful and such a child.