Late last year, it was revealed that Canadian singer/rapper Drake would assist in redesigning the Toronto Raptors franchise as part of his global ambassador partnership with the team, but it now appears that he may have been left out of a redesign of the Raptors new logo.
According to BallOverAll.com, the Raptors announced that their new logo is a “’Drake-inspired” design. Despite the team’s announcement that the logo was “Drake-inspired,” the Young Money rapper says the redesign was executed without his assistance.
He made the reveal in a tweet sent over the weekend.
Drake was reportedly unhappy with the team’s decision to stick with their red, black, white, and silver color palette rather than make the switch to black and gold, which also serves as the colors for Drake’s OVO logo.
“He wasn’t overruled. Overruled isn’t the right word, because it’s not like he had the final say,” a source for Maple Leaf Sports Entertainment said, according to BallOverAll.com.
In September of last year, it was reported that Drake would serve as host, business partner, and consultant for the Raptors as global ambassador.
A video showcasing the Toronto Raptors new look can be found below.
For additional Drake coverage, watch the following DX Daily:
gettin punked by a corporation…what a surprise!
Motherfucka never loved us. Remember? Mothafucka! Remember?
Now we can add a white basketball team owner to the list of niggas that clowned drake.
I see HIPHOPDX is protecting Igiee from criticism like the rest of the mainstream media.
Why are y’all not allowing people to comment on her post when y’all don’t protect Nicki or A.Banks from crticism on her posts….
like I said…. IGIE isnt going thru anything Drake or Nicki didnt go thru.
Common and Luda came for Drake after he got hot
KRSONE & ICETEE went after Kanye & souljaBoy
Welcome to HIPHOP… it’s a tough neighborhood
Now back to hip hop news….
Has Nicki’s sales numbers come out yet? Did she sell over 200k???
Iggiee isnt going thr
What’s this article got to do with Iggy? You are so obsessed. I’ve read several of your comments on several articles now and they all go on about Iggy or white this and that. Take your mouth for a shit and chill.
Insert Joakim smiley.
Drake sucks!
Drake is simply a vehicle, nothing more. They’ll continue to have their little “Drake Nights” to try and maximize hometown support and use it as a tool to keep their free agents but after thats said and done, they’ll be on to the next. They might use his design as an alternate or special occasion uniform at most, but these execs ain’t about to turn this team into the Drake Raptors. Especially if for some reason in the future they need to break from his brand.
Drake,again, thinking he is bigger in this world than he really is! I bet he was like, “I’m doin JAY Z types of things with the Raptors.” And the Raptors responded with a emphatic, “Nah, keep lookin pretty on the bench but stay off the court, eh?”
Let’s be real though, what the fuck did Jay Z do for the Nets, besides pretend to be an owner and sit in courtside seats?
But really, he did lend his name to the project, relocating NJ to Brooklyn, but otherwise HOV was hands off the Nets and had little to no input