DrakeThe 36-year-old nearly lost his cool when a fan threw a vape pen onto the stage during a performance at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on July 20.Official TikTok account of the concert venue shared a video Remind guests that the use of e-cigarettes is prohibited. In this now-controversial moment, the “One Dance” hitmaker lashed out at fans onstage. “Did you throw a vape here? Come on. Who threw this? Who threw an e-cigarette?” the rapper asked the audience.
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Shortly after, Drake criticized the morality of the fan who threw the smoking paraphernalia onto the stage. ‘I don’t take life seriously’ [sic] If you think I’ll pick up this e-cigarette and smoke with you at the Barclays Center,” he said into the microphone. “We need to do a real evaluation.” The 36-year-old man then kicked the mini e-cigarette pen away, but picked it up. “I threw this fucking lemon mint e-cigarette here thinking I’d smoke an e-cigarette with you at Barclays,” he added.
Soon after the video of the e-cigarette debacle was released, Social media, many of Hollywood’s die-hard fans reacted to the comment. “Toronto gave us that player,” joked one fan. twitterwhile another Added“Why are these femmes [sic] throw things? Meanwhile, one fan agreed with Drake’s “reality assessment” comment. “E-cigarette smoking needs to be evaluated in real life,” they said. written.
Many of Barclays Center’s TikTok followers also joined the post to add their own comments about the moment. One fan quipped, “How he reads his taste,” while another added, “He’s so cocky.” Some of Drake’s fans even said the video made them decide to quit vaping. “Starting today, I quit TikTok,” declared one TikTok fan, while another agreed, writing, “After this TikTok, I will never do it again.”
The e-cigarette incident comes just two weeks after the Grammy Award winner was hit by a mobile phone during a concert in Chicago. Fans chose to throw their phones directly at Drake on stage as he kicked off the tour with an emotional ballad (see video) watch the video). The phone appears to have hit Drake near his stomach and arm, at which point it bounced off of him and fell to the floor. Drake chose not to acknowledge the moment and kept singing his beat. Both incidents came amid a recent trend of audience members throwing objects at performers on stage.Other A-lists who have experienced this include singers Bebe Rexhapop icon punkrapper ratmore.
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