Canadian rapper Drake’s Toronto mansion floods after torrential downpour hit the Canadian city, Media Take Out has learned. And the damage will costs millions to fix.
Last night Drake shared footage of ankle-deep brown water sloshing around one of his rooms with the caption, “This better be Espresso Martini,” on Instagram stories.
Hope he has flood insurance:
Drake is a Canadian rapper, singer and actor. An influential figure in popular music, he has been credited with popularizing R&B sensibilities in hip hop artists. Gaining recognition by starring as Jimmy Brooks in the CTV teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001–2008), Drake began his recording career in 2006 with the release of his debut mixtape, Room for Improvement (2006). He followed up with the mixtapes Comeback Season (2007) and So Far Gone (2009) before signing with Young Money Entertainment.
Drake’s first three albums, Thank Me Later (2010), Take Care (2011) and Nothing Was the Same (2013) were each met with commercial success, debuting atop the Billboard 200 and spawning the Billboard Hot 100-top ten singles “Find Your Love”, “Take Care” (featuring Rihanna), “Started from the Bottom”, and “Hold On, We’re Going Home” (featuring Majid Jordan).
Drake’s fourth album Views (2016) peaked the Billboard 200 for 13 non-consecutive weeks and spawned the singles “Hotline Bling” and his first US number one as a lead artist, “One Dance” (featuring WizKid and Kyla); the latter was credited for popularizing dancehall and Afrobeats in contemporary pop music.
Views was followed by the double album Scorpion (2018), which spawned three US number-one singles: “God’s Plan”, “Nice for What”, and “In My Feelings”. His sixth album, Certified Lover Boy (2021), set the then-record (9) for most Hot 100 top-ten songs from one album; its lead single, “Way 2 Sexy” (featuring Future and Young Thug) peaked atop the chart. In 2022, he released the house-inspired album Honestly, Nevermind and his collaborative album with 21 Savage, Her Loss. The former album, as well as his eighth, For All the Dogs (2023), yielded the number-one singles “Jimmy Cooks” (featuring 21 Savage), “Slime You Out” (featuring SZA), and “First Person Shooter” (featuring J. Cole).