Drake held his first annual Ovo (October’s Very Own) Festival in conjunction with Blackberry yesterday (Aug. 1) in his hometown of Toronto, Canada, and took the term “putting on for his city” to another level. Aside from performing a slew of his own hits, Drake brought out the best of the best in hip-hop, including Jay-Z, Eminem, Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, Bun B and Fabolous for the inaugural event.

I want to bring somebody to the stage. I want to pay homage to a legendary rap group, a dude that came out here to perform for y’all. I want y’all to make some motherf*****g noise for the legendary Bun B one time, Drake said after Bun B’s performance.

Bun B came on stage and reminded the fans of the Aug. 3rd release date of his upcoming “Trill OG” album. Shortly after, Drake introduced “Forever,” his track from the Lebron James documentary “More Than a Game.”

It’s crazy, the feeling I get up here with all these people, this feeling that I don’t ever want to go away. I want this shit ‘Forever’,

Drake said before the double-speed drums off the track blasted through the speakers. Drake performed his verse and when Eminem’s part came on, Eminem himself unexpectedly hit the stage to roars from the crowd. [Read more →]

Last night Drake & Friends performed at Metropolis in Montreal. The show had been sold out for months and everyone was scrambling to get tickets for this anticipated show.

The opening act for Drake was his homie P.Reing from Toronto. I’ve been to a lot of shows in my life and I’ve never seen an virtually unknown opening act get so much love. I was really impressed with P.Reign’s stage presence and performance and how he engaged the crowd. He dropped a little unknown fact about himself that he was born in Montreal in the notorious Little Burgundy neighborhood then he shouted out all the other “hoods” and the crowd when nuts.

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Drake is coming back to perform in his hometown, Toronto, at the Molson Amphitheater on Sunday August 1st 2010. Opening for Drake at the OVO Festival will be Young Jeezy as well as Francis and the Lights.

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Here are some images of Drake arriving at the 2010 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Musician Drake performs onstage during the 2010 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on June 27, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.

Musican Drake accepts the award for Best Male Hip Hop Artist during the 2010 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on June 27, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.

Drake attended Bing’s Celebration Of Creative Minds last night. Check the videos (via Rap-Up.com) from the event below.

Drake attended Bing’s Celebration Of Creative Minds last night. Check the photos from the event below.

Drake arrive on the red carpet of the 21st Annual MuchMusic Video Awards at the MuchMusic HQ on Sunday (June 20) in Toronto, Canada.

The rapper who just released his debut album, Thank Me Later, won for best hip-hop video and best cinematography for “Successful”. He also performed “Over” at the event (video below).

Drake was suppose to perform at South Street Seaport event but with the crowd getting too wild, the cops had to shut it down. That didn’t stop Drake from celebrating the release of his new album. He celebrated at his Drake x Crown Royal x 5Ninth in New York with Birdman, Fabolous, Tyga, and more.

On Saturday, June 12, not even some suspect weather could stop Hot 104.1 FM’s Super Jam 3 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Drake, Gucci Mane, Mario and special guests such as Murphy Lee and Chingy showed up to make the day a success. Jon Gitchoff was at the show and took a bunch of photos.

Clear your schedules for June 15th, PAPER is kicking off the first FREE Ray-Ban and Havaianas-sponsored SOUNDS LIKE PAPER 2010 summer concert series with a performance by their summer music issue cover boy Drake, Hanson and a DJ set by Ninjasonik. It all kicks off on Tuesday, June 15th at New York City’s Seaport. Thank Me Later drops the same day. See you at the Seaport! Did I mention it was free?

Trey Songz and Drake were wildin’ out at Boston’s Jam’N 94.5 Summer Jam over the weekend. At one point during the show, they had a contest to see who could get the ladies more wild. The dialogue was comedy:

Drake: “I’m not no R&B singer but Ladies on this side, I will f*ck the sh*t out of you…
Trey: Ladies on this side. I know that’s my brother and he’s saying he is not an r&b singer but I got some magnums in my pocket right now. Who wanna go?
Drake: You still wanna play this game? Ladies on this side. What I’d like to do is take some baby oil. Put it in the microwave. I get it nice and hot. I run you a bath, I’ll towel you down and when you get out I’ll rub the baby oil all over your body and do whatever you want me to do. Does that sound good?
Trey: Ladies on my side, you know my tongue get real wet right? Whatever he can do with his hands, I can do with my mouth”…

Check out photos of Drake at the JAM’N 94.5 Presents Summer Jam 2010 last night (June 5th) in Boston.

Check out photos of Drake backstage at the JAM’N 94.5 Presents Summer Jam 2010 last night (June 5th) in Boston.

Rapper Drake performs onstage at the 2010 Vh1 Hip Hop Honors at Hammerstein Ballroom on June 3, 2010 in New York City.