Most of us know that Toronto’s most famous musical son – Drake – is a fixture on the sports scene, shall we say, especially when it comes to his hometown teams, and seemingly any playoffs anywhere.
So it’s no surprise that the TFC guys might have been looking for a little Drizzy magic this past Wednesday when they attended Drake Night at the home of the Raptors. (Yep, that’s the night Drake made a few Twitter waves with this excellent sweatshirt featuring NBA reporter Doris Burke.)
Check out this video of the guys at the game, in which Justin Morrow clearly expresses a desire to meet the bearded, (probably) soft-skinned, smooth-crooning legend.
Here’s the thing, though – the Six God already did meet one of TFC’s most important figures a while back, Sebastian Giovinco. We asked the Atomic Ant for how that felt about that meeting, during this past February’s NBA All-Star festivities.
“There are a lot of Drake fans, and I’m one of them, definitely,” he said through a translator. “He’s the symbol of Toronto, and it’s great that because of him the city’s getting more recognized around the world.”
Giovinco also added that he was still bumping Drake in the car, including a personal favorite, “Legend” – though “One Dance” stayed on rotation all summer. (The rest of the time, he says, he likes to spin Italian music.)
And here’s the photographic evidence, again, as a reminder that this happened.
Giovinco’s gonna do just fine, pop-culture endorsement or not, as Toronto heads into the first leg of the Eastern Conference Championship. But will a little magic from contact with Champagne Papi linger? Or, will Drake acknowledge a successful hometown team he can definitely bandwagon?
Perhaps we'll find out this week. Toronto visit the Montreal Impact this Tues., Nov. 22 at 8 pm ET; the game's on ESPN and TSN.
