It is easy to forget how many hit songs Drake created in his nearly 15-year musical career – but he presented an emphatic reminder with an intimate concert at Harlem’s Apollo Theatre in New York on Saturday, his first show at the legendary venue.
It is easy to forget how many hit songs Drake created in his nearly 15-year musical career – but he presented an emphatic reminder with an intimate concert at Harlem’s Apollo Theatre in New York on Saturday, his first show at the legendary venue.
During the performance, the four-time Grammy winner teased that new music could be on the way, despite releasing two albums last year.
“I thought about a bunch of things in life, but at this moment in time, none of those things are stopping making music for you,” Drake told the doting crowd.
“I hope I can strike up some more emotions for you, maybe this year – I might get bored and make another one.”
The first night of two Apollo weekend shows presented by SiriusXM, featured Drake, 36, ripping off songs at a frantic pace, most with just a verse and chorus, satisfying day-one fans with fan-favourite, deep non-radio cuts as well as those only familiar with his number one hits.
The recorded performances will air on Drake’s SiriusXM Sound 42 channel in the coming weeks.
Noting that this was his first show in about five years and later saying “I’ll be out and about on the road a lot this year”, Spotify’s most-streamed artist in the US last year told his captivated audience the show was about gratefulness.
