Grammy-winning rapper Drake came to Saint Monica Catholic High School to play a basketball game with friends on Tuesday night.
For the game, the 35-year-old Canadian musician wore a white T-shirt, red sweatpants and a pair of electric green Nike sneakers.
His two friends wore black and one even wore an orange foam roller, which can help relieve muscle tension, pain, and inflammation.
Having fun: Grammy-winning rapper Drake came to Saint Monica Catholic High School to play a basketball game with some friends Tuesday night
His love of basketball is widely documented and it was previously reported that he had a regulation basketball hoop in the bedroom of one of his California homes.
Earlier this month, he made headlines with his decision to withdraw his Grammy nominations for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Performance.
Drake had won two Grammy Awards this year, but sources told Variety his team inexplicably made a last-minute decision to remove him as a contender when the ballots were released.
Sporty: For the game, the 35-year-old Canadian musician sported a white T-shirt, red sweatpants and a pair of electric green Nike sneakers.
Some fans were surprised that the superstar submitted his name in the first place after he publicly criticized the Grammy Awards last year for ignoring the musician, The Weeknd.
Drake and his management team reportedly made the decision together to pull his name from this year’s nominee collection, but insiders couldn’t explain their reasoning.
The singer’s latest album, Certified Lover Boy, was nominated in the Best Rap Album category and his collaboration with Future and Young Thug, Way 2 Sexy, garnered some love in the Best Rap Performance category.
Withdrawal: Earlier this month, he withdrew his Grammy nominations for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Performance; seen in 2019
Drake had faced Cardi B, Kendrick Lamar and Megan Thee Stallion for Best Representative Performance and Tyler, the Creator, Nas, Kanye West and J. Cole for Best Rap Album.
The Recording Academy has eliminated nomination review committees this year, which means that the winners will now be determined by a majority vote of the voting members of the Recording Academy.
The music industry’s biggest night is scheduled for January 31 in Los Angeles at the Staples Center, soon to be renamed Crypto.com Arena.
Withdrawal: Drake had won two Grammys this year, but sources said his team inexplicably made a last-minute decision to remove him as a contender when the ballots were released.
Awardus interuptus: The singer’s latest album, Certified Lover Boy, was nominated in the Best Rap Album category and his collaboration with Future and Young Thug, Way 2 Sexy, garnered some love in the Best Rap Performance category.
Drake has been critical of the Grammys in the past despite having won four of an impressive 47 nominations.
Last year, after The Weeknd was completely banned from the Grammys, Drake shared an extensive post on social media where he suggested it might be time to leave the awards.
I think we should stop being scandalized every year by the disconnect between shocking music and these awards and just accept that what was once the highest form of recognition may no longer matter to artists who exist now and those to come. after. ‘, wrote.
No thanks: Drake has been a critic of the Grammys in the past despite having won four of an impressive 47 nominations; seen in 2016
‘He’s like a relative that you keep waiting to fix, but he just can’t change the way he is. I said the other day that @theweekend was a lock on the album or song of the year along with countless other reasonable assumptions and it just never goes that way, “he continued.
“This is a great time for someone to start something new that we can build over time and pass on to generations to come.
I think we should stop being scandalized every year by the disconnect between shocking music and these awards and just accept that what was once the highest form of recognition may no longer matter to artists who exist now and those to come. after. ‘, wrote.
‘He’s like a relative that you keep waiting to fix, but he just can’t change the way he is. I said the other day that @theweekend was a lock on the album or song of the year along with countless other reasonable assumptions and it just never goes that way, “he continued.
Timing: Drake’s decision to withdraw from the Grammys comes in the wake of the fatal Astroworld concert catastrophe that claimed 10 lives and injured hundreds more; He and Travis Scott have both been sued by more than 280 people for the incident.
“This is a great time for someone to start something new that we can build over time and pass on to generations to come.”
Drake’s decision to withdraw from the Grammys comes in the wake of the fatal Astroworld concert catastrophe that claimed 10 lives and injured hundreds more.
In November, DailyMail.com exclusively reported that Travis Scott and Drake were sued for more than a million dollars by a man who claims he was “seriously injured” when the crowd took the stage during the Austin, Texas show.
According to the complaint, Drake “took the stage alongside Travis Scott and helped stir up the crowd.”
Take it easy: just weeks after the deadly Astroworld concert, French Montana dropped a song with Drake at the request of rapper Hotline Bling because the timing was too close to disaster (pictured from 2019)
The alleged victim accused Drake of continuing to act with Scott “while the crowd got out of control” and “while the crowd chaos continued.”
More than 280 people have filed other lawsuits against Houston-based attorney Tony Buzbee, who represents just 125 victims.
The Buzzbee case names both Scott and rapper Drake and seeks $ 750 million in damages on behalf of the victims.
Two weeks after the incident, French Montana removed a song featuring Drake at the request of rapper Hotline Bling because the timing was too close to the Astroworld disaster.
“Drake asked for the song to come out before release because he is still recovering from what happened at Astroworld,” a source told TMZ.
‘He didn’t think it was appropriate to put out new music at this time. French had no problem with the song being taken off the album: Drake is his brother and he totally understood their reasoning. ”
