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OVO Fest 2022: Drake wows fans with Nelly Furtado’s special appearance

Kicking off his special concert series called October World Weekend, Drake brought Nelly Furtado on stage quickly sending fans into a tizzy

Drake seems to be in the mood of giving flowers to all the artists he loves. After singing ‘I Want It That Way’ with The Backstreet Boys during their DNA World Tour in the first week of July, he recently surprised his fans by surprising them by getting Nelly Furtado on stage during an act he billed as the All Canadian North Stars at his OVO Fest 2022.

Kicking off his special concert series called October World Weekend, Drake brought Nelly Furtado on stage, quickly sending fans into a tizzy. For the uninitiated, Nelly is on stage after a gap of five years: She last toured in 2017. The Toronto icon cued Nelly’s entry with her hit single ‘Promiscuous Girl’ which got the fans excited. Drake used his latest act to pay tribute to all Canadian artists.

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Drake surprises fans with Nelly Furtado’s special appearance

Drake, along with Nelly Furtado, belted out her very first hit single ‘I’m Like a Bird’ along with ‘Promiscuous Girl’ and a few other bangers. He later took to Instagram later to share a series of photos with the caption, “And though my love is rare. And though my love is trueeeeee.” Nelly too returned the favor by sharing a short clip of their rare performance. She captioned the video as “homie pigeons” along with an emoticon of a bright star and an owl.

While addressing the audience at local venue History, Drake dubbed the evening as “the most important night” of his life. He told the audience, “I like to deal with people the right way. Because that’s the only way that you can get this next person out of the house to come do what they’re going to do right now.”

He added while teasing Nelly’s appearance, “I don’t care how loud you sang tonight…right now I need you to sing as loud as you possibly can because this right here took a lot…This next person’s music changed my life so much. I love her with all my heart, so when she comes out here you better show her some f**king love, too.”

Artists like Keshia Chanté, Kardinal Offishall, Shawn Desman, Rascalz, and others were also featured in the concert. The three-day event will also bring out industry stalwarts such as Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, and Lil Baby.  

 ‘Drake bringing out Nelly Furtado is such a power move’

Loyal fans of Drake and Nelly Furtado thronged to Twitter to share their excitement. “Oh f**k drake brought out nelly Furtardo. Dead”, said one elated fan as another chimed in, “You wouldn’t catch me at a drake concert but omg I’d sacrifice my life to see Nelly Furtado.” One user stated, “Drake bringing Nelly Furtado out in Toronto is iconic but the performance itself but kinda criminal, glad tho bc it got me back on my furtado s**t.”

The next one tweeted, “Not drake resurrecting Nelly Furtado. Epic.” Another user stated, “Nelly Furtado got bops for real and I love that Drake is a stan”. Meanwhile, an individual asserted, “Drake pulling out Nelly Furtado is not something that i knew I needed.”  One user shared, “Drake bringing out Nelly Furtado is such a power move” as, another concluded, “Drake is so cute like the Nelly Furtado thing just made my day.” 

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