He hosts his own hip-hop music festival each summer, which turns Toronto into the center of the rap universe for three days. There’s Drake flying past the city’s skyline in a private jet in the video for his song Started From the Bottom here’s Drake showing off his 416 and CN Tower tattoos on Instagram. That 'building' of course, is the CN Tower Drake is seen sitting atop in his Views album cover. Operating without the blessing of government officials, Drake seems to be making headway where they’ve failed. Yet several city-funded marketing campaigns have done little to raise its profile or stop it from occasionally being called Hogtown. It regularly lands in the top tier of global rankings for quality of life, business, safety, and real estate.
With a population of 2.8 million, Toronto recently overtook Chicago as North America’s fourth-largest city. Its name 'CN' originally referred to Canadian National, the railway company that built the tower. Built on the former Railway Lands, it was completed in 1976. The 6 is the chart-topping rapper’s preferred nickname for Toronto, his hometown, drawn from a common digit in its two area codes: 416 and 647. The CN Tower ( French: Tour CN) is a 553.3 m-high (1,815.3 ft) concrete communications and observation tower located in the downtown core of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Unless, that is, you listen to the music of Drake. Then Hill, in a voiceover, says 'I feel like Views Drake. Turns out when it comes to promoting Toronto, the mayor has proven he’s smart and ingenious.If you happen to be one of Will Smith’s 73 million followers on Facebook, you might have caught a selfie the Men in Black star took on June 10 with the caption “Lovin’ the 6.” If you didn’t recognize the landmark in the background-the CN Tower, once the tallest structure in the world-it’s unlikely you’d have the faintest clue what “the 6” is. He’s had a string of accolades handed to him, including being the Toronto Raptors Global Ambassador.Īnd now, thanks to his big win on music’s biggest stage, he’s about to paint Toronto gold. Drake follows Kim Kardashian on Instagram, enraging Kanye.Video of Drake allegedly fondling teen during concert.If there is people who have regular jobs who are coming out in the rain, in the snow, spending their hard-earned money to buy tickets to come to your shows, you don’t need this right here, I promise you, you already won.”ĭrake referenced being a hero in one’s own hometown and it depends on who is doing the judging whether he is considered that. (Veronica Henri, Toronto Sun)ĭrake said if you fall into that category “you’ve already won if you have people who are singing your songs word for word, if you are a hero in your hometown. It is not the NBA … This is a business where sometimes it is up to a bunch of people that might not understand what a mixed race kid from Canada has to say … or a brother from Houston right there, my brother Travis.” The “TORONTO” sign at Nathan Phillips Square was lit up in gold on Feb. He reminded “kids watching, those aspiring to do music, and all my peers that make music from their heart, that do things pure and tell the truth and to know we play in an opinion-based sport, not a factual-based sport. “The first time in Grammy history where I actually am who I thought I was for a second, so I like that,” he told the crowd.
Whatever the legendary rapper was trying to convey, it worked.Īnd Drake thanked Tory for the gesture, posting on Instagram late Monday: “I was talking last night as if I don’t have these on control using the hue lighting app…😂 nah for real I love my city and this is my real sign of love and recognition thank you to the waviest mayor John Tory!” Instead, the best we can decipher, it seems he was talking friendly, teasing smack to Tory in rap language - quote “are you stupid, are you dumb” from the 2017 rap hit Clout by Ty Dolla Sign and 21 Savage. To the untrained ear, it sounded like Aubrey Graham, the pride of Forest Hill, was dissing his hometown’s chief magistrate - the very man who presented him with the key to the city in 2016. Tory confirmed on Twitter that the CN Tower - like the popular Toronto sign in Nathan Phillips Square - would be lit in gold. 😂 #GRAMMYs /RVBNranen2- Entertainment Tonight February 11, 2019 You may recall a previous CN Tower that Drake used to sport on his. Drake has an, um, important message for the mayor of Toronto. Earlier today, Drake’s Twitter fan page, WordOnRd, posted a photo of his latest tattoo: another CN Tower on his right arm.
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