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Our guest appearance wish list for Drake's OVO Fest

by Anne T. Donahue

July 28, 2011

As you may or may not be aware, this coming Sunday brings us Drake‘s very own OVO Festival. And along with the potential for Drizzy not to recognize the very many people here right now who were not there last year (who the fuck are they all?), comes the hope that he will be joined by hip-hop “elite” or other celebrities that warrant a shit-ton of freaking out. So, in anticipation, let’s take a stroll down memory lane to help remind him what he’s doing (oh yeah, that’s right, he’s doing him… okay, we’ll stop now). Or rather, who he has performed with in the past (read: potential guests!), and who we can only hope he’ll perform with this coming weekend.

5. Florence Welch (London)

And with the deployment of actual fireworks comes the moment we all forget that they tried to slow dance on stage.

4. Lil Wayne (Las Vegas)

Enthusiasm, fist pumps, and a super-stoked Weezy cancel out the wearing of cargo pants every single time.

3. Nicki Minaj (Los Angeles)

It’s important to realize that this is the actual definition of “ballin’ out of control.”

2. Jay-Z (Toronto)

We don’t want to imply anything, so we’re just going to leave this here and let your hopes rise on their own.

1. Eminem (Toronto)

Also, this.

So now that we’ve got you riding high on the wave of “oh man, I wish maybe hopefully!” here’s five other people we’d like to see show their faces at OVO.

5. Justin Bieber

Haters to the left: J-Biebs + Drizzy = BFFS 4ever, AND they’re both representing Canada in a way that cancels out the fact that Celine Dion shut down a Tumblr. You’ve been served, Ludacris.

4. Kanye West

And seriously, why not? Dreams take flight. Designer labels are worn. The only thing missing is a little Bon Iver, but whatever, he was kind of overshadowed on “Monster” anyway.

See? Tons of fun!

3. Shenae Grimes

First, it’s important not to forget your roots, and second, Darcy and Jimmy did not have enough intersecting Degrassi storylines. We’ll also accept an appearance by the guy that played Rick, but only if his hair’s the same.

2. Lady Gaga

Sometimes when two worlds collide, the universe implodes and we’re left picking up the pieces of our minds because just IMAGINE?! We want to. But it scares us.