The artist also known as “Drizzy” had grown somewhat accustomed to the relentless pace of life on the road. What are you made of? They say you’re the guy to watch and we’re going to come and judge.’ I wanted to prove a lot.” “People were coming out like, ‘All right, here’s your shot here in Hollywood. “I knew word would get back from here to everybody I’ve worked with, probably everybody I have ever idolized,” he said, snuggling beneath a fur blanket, clearly fatigued. But later, amid the quirky opulence of his white-on-white penthouse suite at the SLS Hotel, Drake made his point clear. Which is a curious thing for any MC with a substantial coast-to-coast fan base to say, let alone one whose “Away From Home” world tour will take him to such hip-hop hotbeds as New York City, New Orleans and London. “This is the most important show on this tour for me,” Drake said between songs. The audience shouted along, fists aloft, with every word to the first couplet: “Last name: ‘Ever.’ First name: ‘Greatest’/ Like a sprained ankle, boy - I ain’t nuttin’ to play with.”Ībout a third of the way through the set, though, Drake impressed the exuberant cross-section of sneakerheads and hoochie mamas, bloggers and music industry honchos by sending a heartfelt shout-out to L.A. When the Canadian rapper-cum-R&B crooner Drake bounded onstage last month, he was greeted with a hail of applause as well as an eerie cathodic blue glow that quickly settled over the 2,300 capacity auditorium - the side effect of hundreds of camera phones aimed and at the ready for Drake’s high-energy opening number, “ Forever.” Not just to be entertained, but, more palpably, to witness a make-or-break moment. The crowd at downtown Los Angeles’ Club Nokia arrived primed and pumped up.
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