Drake has revived an art-themed carnival that had been dormant for 35 years thanks to cutting a nearly $100 million donation check.
According to The New York Times, Luna Luna — named after Luna Park in New York’s Coney Island — debuted in Hamburg, Germany in 1987 with carnival rides designed by acclaimed artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Salvador Dalí and Keith Haring.
Financial troubles quickly plagued the carnival created by Austrian artist André Heller and the various installations have remained in storage for the better part of three decades.
Heller said he wanted to “build a big bridge between the so-called avant-garde — the artists who were a little snobbish sometimes and didn’t connect with the masses — and the so-called normal people” with the carnival.
Drake’s involvement came when the idea was presented to his creative venture business, DreamCrew, and the rest is history.
“When I first heard about Luna Luna I was blown away,” Drake told the Times. “It’s such a unique and special way to experience art. This is a big idea and opportunity that centers around what we love most: bringing people together.”
Heller has relinquished all control of Luna Luna as Drizzy’s DreamCrew has seized the operations. They’ve transported the carnival equipment and the restoration is now all systems go in Los Angeles.
An official tour run is scheduled for the fall of 2023 if all goes according to plan and Luna Luna will then be taken overseas in 2024 with a mix of original artwork pieces alongside newly commissioned structures.
“It feels miraculous that the artworks from Luna Luna will again see the light of day, and I am honored that a new generation around the world will experience the wonder of Luna Luna for many years to come,” Heller added.
On the music side, Drake and 21 Savage nabbed the Billboard 200’s top spot with Her Loss as the joint project compiled 411,000 equivalent units sold in its opening week. Drake and 21’s joint LP reportedly produced one of the biggest streaming weeks ever generating around 500 million streams.
The album was Drake’s second time this year topping the Billboard 200, following his seventh studio album, Honestly, Nevermind, which arrived in June.
DRAKE ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING RELATED TO THE ARTS?
Drake don’t have no 100 million in the bank to cut nobody any check, it’s all fucking record industry lies. He doesn’t have no 100m. Bet if he had to liquidate today all he could find would be 10 mil in the bank he personally saved from concerts and nike endorsements. it’s all a fucking scam that’s why ye don’t give a fuck you can’t lose what you never had to begin with
Stop playing and hating because Drake is winning.
Signed a 500m with 340m upfront just the universal deal. Then Nike , Stake and his clothing line …. He definitely has it .
But news flash, that’s not how investing works , you leverage your network and take a loan.
lol – love to just be as dumb as some of you fan people. then I would be happy and without a care. but I live in the real world where if you have 100m in the bank the last thing you are doing is dropping a joint LP with whatever clown rapper they told you to collab with. you got 100 m in the bank you are buying the argos where I’m from doing a joint album with snow
That $500M is a fucken budget given to Drake from Universal. He probably got cash payout up to $100M. But Nighas really think Luciane gave Drizzy half a b for nothing. It’s a budget
Drake likes sports a lot. If he had 100m to throw around as a joke he can buy the Toronto Argonauts football team for 5 million spend another 5 million on salaries then get 90 million worth of publicity as a pro sports owner. But you need real money to do that not universal music publicists