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With concerts cancelled and postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, sparked the intuition of introducing performances within the digital realm. Last week saw Travis Scott pioneering a 10 minute futuristic virtual set on Fortnite, where he debuted his collaborative track ‘THE SCOTTS’ with Kid Cudi.

Within the first 24 hours of its release, the track soared to #1 on Spotify’s global chart with 7.4 million streams. The exponential streaming rate resulted ‘THE SCOTTS’ to become the biggest global Spotify streaming debut of the year so far, surpassing Billie Eilish’s ‘No Time to Die‘.

It was also brought to our attention that ‘THE SCOTTS’ and Travis Scott’s Astronomical Tour managed to also break Fortnite’s record by attracting 12.3 million concurrent players who joined to view the digital event.

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Earlier this week, Drake provided his fans with a spontaneous insight into his personal top five rappers of all time. Drake announced his list including Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Andre 3000, Notorious B.I.G. and Toronto-based rapper Young Tony (also known as OVO Hush), via the comments section of Instagram on Thursday.

He took to Young Tony’s comments, on a post displaying Tony’s early mixtapes, writing “My top 5 is Biggie, Hov, Wayne, Young Tony and 3000 since nobody asked.”

This spur-of-the-moment comment, unsurprisingly, attracted an abundance of likes and comments from his fans.

Whilst it may not come as surprise to his fans, these listed rappers have had a major influential impact on Drake, with elements from each artist being heard within the rapper’s own music. Having also collaborated with the majority of those mentioned, or at least having them referenced in a song, proves Drake’s admiration for those who have inspired and helped him define his own artistic style.

Drake and Nike fans will be excited this morning as rumours broke of a collab between the two, in the form of the classic Air Force 1 trainer.

The Canadian rapper has a history of partnerships with the sportswear brand, so this won’t come as a complete shock to followers. In 2013, the two nearly came together after Drake signed with Jordan- Nike’s subsidiary- and a few co-branded crepes were released. After this, there were rumours Drizzy would be moving over to competitor Adidas, but this never became a reality after the brand was caught up in a feud between him and Pusha T. Since then, Drake has shown constant support to Nike by wearing the sports brand, especially custom made kicks as pictured below.

However, yesterday (8/6/20) an account reported that an OVO x AF1 trainer will be dropping in 2021. Complex magazine has hinted at the release of another sneaker next year, but they couldn’t confirm exactly what style.

Stay tuned for updates!