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Drake brings out Norm Kelly at Ryerson performance

by Jeremy Mersereau

As everyone knows, one surefire way to hype up bright-eyed university fresh-people is free tuition frosh week concerts on campus. Usually, the performers booked for these events are uh, less than stellar. “Oh damn, David Usher is playing? NOW I don’t feel bad about being 60k in debt for the next 15 years!” To the institution’s credit though, Ryerson University put together a fairly exciting lineup last week, and that’s not even counting the surprise guests.

Ryerson celebrated this year’s first week of classes with a Future-headlined concert Friday night. During Dirty Sprite 2’s Drake-featuring cut “Where Ya At”, take one guess at who came out to deliver his verse. Yep, you called it: NASCAR legend Kevin Harvick Drake himself, of course!

The Man They Call Papi performed back-to-back renditions of “Energy”, “Know Yourself”, and Meek Mill eulogy “Back to Back.” Already the crowd was hyped to a fever pitch, and Drake knew there was only one way to turn things up: bringing out 74-year-old Toronto city councillor/#1 Meek Mill hater Norm Kelly to holler incomprehensibly! Kelly shouted to the crowd for a few moments before posing, Lethal Weapon-style, with Toronto’s hometown hero.

Drake and Future are rumoured to do be dropping a collaborative mixtape together soon. Was the Ryerson performance a harbinger of things to come, or just an awesome show, devoid of any larger significance? Only time will tell.

Watch footage of the show below: