{"id":2118909,"date":"2025-10-27T19:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2118909"},"modified":"2025-10-27T19:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:06:07","slug":"drake-delivers-a-surprise-performance-at-vybz-kartels-first-ever-show-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/drake-delivers-a-surprise-performance-at-vybz-kartels-first-ever-show-in-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Delivers a Surprise Performance at Vybz Kartel\u2019s First-Ever Show in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/drake\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Drake;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Drake <\/a>made a surprise appearance at<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/vybz-kartel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Vybz Kartel\u2019s;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Vybz Kartel\u2019s <\/a>first Toronto show ever on Sunday night (Oct. 26). According to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DrakeDirect_\/status\/1982653720786866447\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:fan-captured videos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">fan-captured videos<\/a>, 6 God popped out to give the dancehall icon his flowers and then proceeded to perform an eight-track set for the thousands in attendance at a sold-out Scotiabank Arena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cLook at all these people right here, how much we\u2019ve spent with this man\u2019s music right here. I used to hand out flyers outside of a club called Escape just to go inside to the club and listen to your tunes,\u201d Drizzy recalled. \u201cSo one more time, please as a city, as a family make some motherf\u2014king noise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 6 God kept the vibes going after asking for permission to run through some hits. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7TT0NjaRDQM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:He performed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">He performed<\/a> a plethora of wide-ranging hits from a balcony in the lower bowl that included \u201cControlla,\u201d \u201cWhich One,\u201d \u201cHold On We\u2019re Going Home,\u201d \u201cOne Dance,\u201d \u201cRich Baby Daddy,\u201d \u201cSigns,\u201d \u201cHotline Bling\u201d and \u201cNokia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sunday was the first of three Vybz Kartel concerts presented by OVO, which marks his first time performing north of the border. The Worl\u2019 Boss will return to the stage on Monday (Oct. 27) and Thursday (Oct. 30).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Vybz Kartel and Drake previously linked up over the summer when they hit the stage together overseas at<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/7-best-moments-drake-2025-014200890.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Wireless Festival;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"> Wireless Festival<\/a> in London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Drizzy\u2019s 39th birthday was on Oct. 24, and he celebrated with a trip to the Bahamas, which saw him alongside plenty of friends and family. He also collected <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/drake-earns-six-diamond-riaa-191458673.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:six diamond plaques;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">six diamond plaques<\/a> from the RIAA, adding to his loaded trophy case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For Drake fans, it\u2019s now all eyes on<em> Iceman<\/em>, which remains without a release date.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Billboard VIP Pass<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Billboard\u2019s Live Music Summit will be held in Los Angeles on Nov. 3. For tickets and more information, visit the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboardlivemusicsummit.com\/2025\/home-launch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:event\u2019s website;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">event\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.billboard.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billboard's Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Billboard&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/31XsHSx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2TkcoeG\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2TntOHq\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drake made a surprise appearance at Vybz Kartel\u2019s first Toronto show ever on Sunday night (Oct. 26). According to fan-captured videos, 6 God popped out to give the dancehall icon his flowers and then proceeded to perform an eight-track set for the thousands in attendance at a sold-out Scotiabank Arena. \u201cLook at all these people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2021507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[29110,25844,363177,334303,357592],"class_list":["post-2118909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-billboard","tag-drake","tag-drizzy","tag-surprise-appearance","tag-vybz-kartel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Charli-XCX-and-George-Daniel-marry-for-second-time-in.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2118909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2118910,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118909\/revisions\/2118910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2118909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2118909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2118909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}