Drake’s hometown of Toronto has come to expect a certain level of surprise when The 6’s proudest son takes to the stage for the annual OVO Fest.
Monday night’s (August 7) spectacle at the Budweiser Stage certainly brought enough ammo to be considered on par with previous years.
After sets from the scheduled acts of PARTYNEXTDOOR, Majid Jordan, Roy Woods and dvsn — things started to get crazy, with Drizzy pulling out big names left, right and center to give the crowd their money’s worth.
Drake made sure to show love to his fellow Canadian Hip Hop and R&B artists, bringing out Tory Lanez to perform his remix of “Controlla” in an act that fully buries the hatchet between them, and The Weeknd to sing the intro for “Crew Love” alongside Drake himself.
Drake also managed to introduce Lanez in the most Drake way possible — “See this man here? We had problems with each other. We had never even met each other. I met the man … and he’s a great dude.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRbt-7zu72o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBkyKTf4oFo
The star power from the rest of the guests could have lit up the entire city of Toronto — Migos appeared and performed “Bad and Boujee” and “T-Shirt,” while Rae Sremmurd and French Montana showed to play “Unforgettable.” Playboi Carti was also on hand to perform “Magnolia” and “wokeuplikethis*.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fei60t2tboI
Female rapper Cardi B went through her massively popular “Bodak Yellow,” and Drake’s former tourmate Travis Scott performed “Portland” with the man of the hour (Scott managed to avoid falling off stage this time, thankfully).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TblCnpGWmiY
Maybe most surprising was the appearance of St. Louis legend Nelly, who is positively old school these days compared to everyone else on the bill. But that doesn’t mean the crowd didn’t go crazy when he played “Country Grammar” and “Ride Wit Me.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfJ4-Dug5kM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM0snYgLK-E
Recent OVO signee Baka helped finish off the night with his Toronto anthem “Live Up To My Name.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoNb-ydrn4Y
And for the cherry on top of the (CN Tower-shaped) sundae, Drake also announced that he’s working on his next album.
Was there…shit was lit as fuck!!!
So was I. OVO Fest is the greatest music festival in the history of mankind. Thank God for the 6ix God. Other cities jealous as hell they don’t have their own Drake. Real ting ya kno? #DrakeIsLoveDrakeIsLife
I am from L.A. and we have plenty of artists to be proud of. By the way, all your favorite Toronto artists live here too. Why? Because Toronto ain’t got shit.
Like who, Kendrick Lame-ar? Haha, he ain’t got shit on Drake. FOH! #DrakeIsLoveDrakeIsLife
I’m from Toronto. I cheer for all my home teams and I love the four seasons… but this dudes gotta point. Anyone who can will gravitate to LA. And I would too lol.
Well Drake has like one of the biggest mansions in Toronto but I don’t think dudes like him live in one place anyway.
Camp flog gnaw is better.
homo festival
whats the matter couldn’t afford a ticket?…..bum ass hater
Who gives a fuck about cold ass lame Toronto? Nobody! We have hundreds of festivals in America every year that are far better and more popular then that Ovarie Fest hosted by some fake rapper/child actor Toronto is so pathetic all they have is Aubrey he is like there one gateway to something that is slighty considered hip at the moment. Once Aubrey is finally played out Toronto will be another city in Canada no one gives a F aboit just like they did 10 years ago.
Nobody cares about a bunch of well off Canadians trying to act like there from the ghetto. Other than Choclair and Kardinal Offishall, Canada produces wack hip hop.
OVO Fest?
LMAO thats hella gay
dude, are you big mad or very mad? your life much be very sad to hate like that.
gay recognizes gay.
Toronto is blowing up!! I don’t know who else has a better music scene at the moment, the weeknd, PND, Plaza, Drake, DVSN, Majid jordan, rochelle jordan, tory lanez, nav, definitely on their own wave – catch this sound make its way to the USA ASAP