Fans really have to stop throwing things. During Drake’s run of shows for the It’s All A Blur tour, women have thrown bras at The Boy. And by his standards, that’s ok. During one of his shows at Barclays Center, a vape was thrown at Drake, and he ripped whoever did it, especially because vaping is illegal in the building.
“Did you throw a vape up here? Come on,” Drake said. “Who threw this? Who threw the vape? “There’s no way you’re taking life seriously if you think I’m gonna pick this vape up and vape with you at the fucking Barclays Center.
“You got some real life evaluating to do throwing this fucking lemon mint vape up here, thinking I’m about to vape with you at the Barclays.”
Drake calls out a fan for throwing a vape onstage:
“There’s no way you’re taking life serious if you think I’m gonna pick this vape up and vape with you at the f–king Barclays Center. You got some real life evaluating to do.” pic.twitter.com/wdknfSkYRJ
Fans have often said that Drake’s “got that dawg in him,” but this week, he took that statement literally as he was spotted leaving his hotel in New York City wearing a full-head dog mask.
Drake rocked the head-turning (or tail-wagging?) look on Thursday as he left his hotel to head to his performance at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The black and tan mask (which some say is a doberman while others say is a rottweiler), which covered his full face and neck, was complimented by a fresh New York Yankees baseball jersey and gray sweats and what appears to be a glass of white wine.
Luckily it appears that the “Hotline Bling” singer was able to see just fine through the mask’s eyeholes as he successfully made it to his show in Brooklyn (one of several in New York City over the past week). The performances were part of his “It’s All a Blur” U.S. tour with 21 Savage.
While the look may have raised eyebrows, several music insiders have hypothesized that it’s a promotion for his upcoming solo album, For All The Dogs, which is expected to drop within the next couple of weeks.
Drake was in Montreal over the weekend and could not be joined by 21 Savage for the stop on the It’s All A Blur Tour. So who stepped in? His Dreamville friend J. Cole. Cole entered through the crowd, taking the stage with The Boy.
Drake is secure in his masculinity- and isn’t afraid to show it, clapping back at critics who felt some type of way about his recently painted nails.
In a recent Instagram post, Drake addressed Lil Yachty, who he claims told him to paint his fingernails as it would help him stop biting them. On July 3, Drake showed off pink nails on his IG story. Naturally, his audience was divided on the “Rich Flex” artist’s manicure.
On Monday, Drake (who has just kicked off his It’s All a Blur tour with 21 Savage), seemed to jokingly address Lil Yachty, writing
“GET OUT MY COMMENTS YOU TOLD ME TO PAINT MY NAILS SO I STOP BITING THEM AND NOW THE WORLD IS BEING HOMOPHOBIC FOR THE 1st TIME SINCE ‘RICH FLEX…which wasn’t that long ago now that I think about it….wait is the world homophobic? Smh.”
Drake calls nail polish backlash “homophobic”
Yachty wrote back ““woo-sah brother, your [sic] not supposed to have these episodes in public, it’s fine. They just don’t get u bro #UDIFFERENTAF!!”
Drake is hardly the first male celebrity to paint his nails. Machine Gun Kelly has his own nail polish line, Bad Bunny has rocked brightly colored digits, and A$AP Rocky said in an interview with Vogue that he feels “like men should be able to do nail art without feeling feminine,” noting in the same interview that his nails were painted with Prada fall 2019 motifs, including the broken heart and Frankenstein. In fact, Vogue even highlighted famous male celebrities who have rocked colored nails.
If you tried to cop tickets for Drake and 21 Savage’s “It’s All A Blur” tour, then you know that the prices were astronomical. Overall, people were paying upwards of $1,000 per ticket, and that was for middle-of-the-road seats. If you wanted to truly be close to the action, the prices were even higher. Consequently, fans were livid with Ticketmaster which was the only platform where you could get authentic tickets. Ticketmaster is known for its dynamic pricing protocols which are the furthest thing from consumer friendly.
Subsequently, Ticketmaster is being subjected to a class action lawsuit from LPC Avocat Inc. which is a law firm in Montreal. In a report from The Toronto Star, it was revealed that the firm was approached by a man in Montreal who paid $789.54 per ticket for the show on July 14th. However, Ticketmaster then revealed that a second show would go down on July 15th. The price for the second show with the same seats was $350 cheaper. Now, LPC Avocat Inc. is claiming that Ticketmaster was aware of the second show from the start but hid it from people so that they could make more money.
Drake & 21 Savage Tickets Were Impossible To Cop
Rapper Drake performs onstage during “Lil Baby & Friends Birthday Celebration Concert” at State Farm Arena on December 9, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage)
Additionally, it has been alleged that Official Platinum seats were anything but. Now, the firm wants Ticketmaster to pay back the difference to its customers. Moreover, they want an extra $300 per person for the damages that were caused. “Ticketmaster unilaterally decides which tickets it advertises and sells as ‘Official Platinum’ based on a given event,” the lawsuit reads. “The result is that most, if not all, of the tickets advertised and sold as ‘Official Platinum’ are neither ‘premium tickets’ nor ‘some of the best seats in the house’ and are, in fact, just regular tickets sold by Ticketmaster at an artificially inflated premium in bad faith.”
Drake and 21 Savage might have one of the hottest tours this summer. In late December, Drake confirmed that he would hit the road for his first tour in four long years. Though the rapper played a handful of shows and popped out on various stages during other artists’ sets, he began performing again over the past few months. In January, he hit the Apollo Theatre for his first concert at the venue where he brought out Dipset, Lil Uzi Vert, and 21 Savage, who he said would be joining him for a joint tour.
Shortly after the Apollo shows, ticket information leaked surrounding the It’s All A Blur tour. Neither Drake nor 21 Savage acknowledged whether the dates were accurate, but it seemed as though everything was finally in place for the tour to kick off. And while it’s been two months since that information leaked, Drake hit the ‘Gram this morning to confirm that the tour was officially going down this summer, starting in New Orleans, LA in June.
Drake shared a video on his Instagram page teasing his tour with a montage of video clips from over his decade-plus tenure in the rap game. The video begins with footage from the Take Care and Nothing Was The Same era before going through other tour and studio highlights during the minute-and-a-half video. Future, The Weeknd, 21 Savage, and other collaborators appear in the video, along with a baby Adonis, who Drake is feeding with a baby bottle at one point.
The tour will begin in New Orleans, LA on Friday, June 16th before he heads to cities like Houston, Dallas, and Miami to close out the month. Drake and 21 Savage will also perform back-to-back dates in cities like Atlanta, Chicago, Boston, Brooklyn, New York City, and Inglewood. The tour will ultimately close out in Glendale, AZ on Sept. 5th. However, Drake hasn’t confirmed dates in his hometown of Toronto, though it’s quite possible that he’ll announce OVO Fest dates in the coming months.
Tour Dates
Toronto, ON Details to be Announced Fri Jun 16 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center Mon Jun 19 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena Wed Jun 21 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center Sat Jun 24 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center Wed Jun 28 – Miami, FL – Miami-Dade Arena Sat Jul 01 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena Sun Jul 02 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena Wed Jul 05 – Chicago, IL – United Center Thu Jul 06 – Chicago, IL – United Center Sat Jul 08 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena Tue Jul 11 – Boston, MA – TD Garden Wed Jul 12 – Boston, MA – TD Garden Fri Jul 14 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre Mon Jul 17 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center Tue Jul 18 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center Tue Jul 25 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Wed Jul 26 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Fri Jul 28 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena Mon Jul 31 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center Sat Aug 12 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum Sun Aug 13 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum Fri Aug 18 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center Mon Aug 21 – Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena Tue Aug 22 – Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena Fri Aug 25 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena Mon Aug 28 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena Fri Sep 01 – Las Vegas, NV T-Mobile Arena Tue Sep 05 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena
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