Trust Issues
Trust Issues was the second of four songs Drake posted to the OVO blog ahead of Take Care, released June 21, 2011. Produced by Noah '40' Shebib and T-Minus (with Nikhil Seetharam, and guitar from Adrian 'X' Eccleston), its hook interpolates DJ Khaled's 'I'm on One' (a record Drake himself wrote on), turning a club anthem into something dim and inward. It is widely read as a meditation on how success corrodes intimacy: wealth and fame making it impossible to know who is genuine, leaving Drake unable to fully trust the people drawn to him. Its spacious, sung delivery proved hugely influential on the moody strain of 2010s R&B that followed, and as a loosie it built a near-mythic reputation, making its inclusion on Care Package one of the project's most important.
Sources & verification
Citations below were matched specifically to "Trust Issues" and Care Package. Drake Universe catalogs songs by album placement, verified collaborators, producers, samples, and themes, and avoids unsupported lyric-level claims.
- Genius: Drake '30 for 30 Freestyle' lyricsGenius · 2019-10-25 — Primary lyric page for the Care Package track read as containing subliminals.
- Complex: Drake — Care Package and the 2010s (2019)Complex · 2019-08-02 — Complex Care Package feature.
- Care Package (album) — WikipediaWikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Primary verification for release date, per-track original release history, samples/interpolations, credits, critical reception and chart/certification data.
- Drake — Trust Issues (Genius)Genius · 2026-05-18 — Confirms June 21, 2011 release as second Take Care loosie, 40/T-Minus/Adrian X credits, and 'I'm on One' interpolation.
