Infamous Canadian rapper Drake posted a quick message on social media as his hometown Toronto Blue Jays superior to the World Collection to tackle the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The picture he shared was him at Dodger Stadium when he rented it out for a date in 2021. The caption reads “World Collection Certain,” with the track “OK Blue Jays” featured within the put up.
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Drake has all the time been linked to the Toronto sports activities scene, particularly with the NBA’s Toronto Raptors.
The rapper was named the International Ambassador of the Raptors in 2013, and is usually seen courtside at video games. After accepting the job, he acknowledged the significance of not solely the basketball crew in Toronto, however the metropolis itself and his admiration for it.
“I’ve supported the franchise by our ups and downs” Drake stated in 2013. “Greater than something, I’m a Toronto man. I’m a metropolis man.
“I care in regards to the metropolis greater than something on the earth.”
With Drake’s baseball crew now within the Fall Basic, there seems to be one other layer of drama given their matchup with the Dodgers.
Drake was concerned in a public feud with Los Angeles-based rapper Kendrick Lamar final yr, and one of many songs launched consequently, Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us,’ has been utilized by LA as a rallying cry throughout Dodgers residence video games.
Though Lamar — who grew up in Los Angeles and has been noticed at Dodger Stadium a couple of occasions through the years —and his Dodgers are dealing with off towards Drake and his Blue Jays, there are greater implications at stake for the ballclubs.
The Dodgers have an opportunity at historical past, changing into baseball’s first back-to-back champions in a quarter-century, and the Blue Jays are attempting to get again to the Fall Basic for the primary time since 1993. That ’93 win was the second of a back-to-back run from Toronto, coincidentally.
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