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Vybz Kartel\u2019s\u00a0first\u00a0concert in Toronto had a special guest \u2014 and performance. During the dancehall musician\u2019s show at Scotiabank Arena Sunday night, hometown hero Drake appeared onstage to play an eight-song set in the middle of Kartel\u2019s show.<\/p>\n
Drake was spotted on a lower-level balcony, speaking to Kartel on the mainstage as the two interacted. He urged the crowd to raise their drinks for Kartel before performing. \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 Drake said. \u201cSo one more time, please as a city, as a family make some motherfucking noise.\u201d<\/p>\n
More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Drizzy then played a set of his biggest hits, including \u201cHotline Bling,\u201d \u201cControlla,\u201d \u201cOne Dance,\u201d \u201cRich Baby Daddy,\u201d \u201cWhich One,\u201d \u201cHold On, We\u2019re Going Home,\u201d and \u201cSigns.\u201d During the set, Drake ended up walking to the stage to perform with Kartel.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been rocking and praying and hoping for this day. So, I hope you understand tonight is not just about music. Tonight is not just about seeing two artists,\u201d Drake said onstage, later adding: \u201cWelcome home \u2014 we\u2019re so grateful and happy to have you. You shaped all of our lives. Trust me, especially out here.\u201d<\/p>\n Kartel and Drake have been friends for years now, and Drake\u2019s OVO is actually presenting Kartel\u2019s concerts in Canada this week. (He has two shows left on Monday and Thursday.) Kartel and Drake last linked up for a performance during his Wireless Festival takeover, when Kartel joined him onstage for a rendition of \u201cSummer Time\u201d in mid-July. The performances come ahead of the Canadian rapper\u2019s forthcoming project, Iceman<\/em>, which does not yet have a release date.<\/p>\n Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for RollingStone’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vybz Kartel\u2019s\u00a0first\u00a0concert in Toronto had a special guest \u2014 and performance. During the dancehall musician\u2019s show at Scotiabank Arena Sunday night, hometown hero Drake appeared onstage to play an eight-song set in the middle of Kartel\u2019s show. Drake was spotted on a lower-level balcony, speaking to Kartel on the mainstage as the two interacted. He […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2119180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[402218,25844,357592],"class_list":["post-2119179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-concert-in-toronto","tag-drake","tag-vybz-kartel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Drake-Gives-a-Surprise-Mini-Concert-During-Vybz-Kartels-Toronto-Show.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119179","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=2119179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2119181,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119179\/revisions\/2119181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2119180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2119179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2119179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2119179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}