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Drake recently reflected on the first time he heard The Weeknd one rainy night in Toronto.

Frank Hoensch/Redferns via Getty Images Drake Reminisces About Hearing The Weeknd For First Time Ahead Of Toronto Tour Opener Published on:Jul 8, 2022, 8:30 AM by 4 Toronto, Canada Drake has a very long history with his Canadian brethren, The Weeknd. The two worked closely together on Drizzys 2011 sophomore album, Take Care and soon after that, the R&B crooner became a global superstar. On Thursday (July 7), the 6 God took to his Instagram Story with a post reflecting on the first time he heard The Weeknds music. As the story goes, Drakes friend and manager Oliver El-Khatib played him Abels music one rainy night in Toronto, and the sounds were enough to convince Drizzy to link up with him in the studio. Ok, look, this right here, this little driveway area right here, this the first place that I ever heard The Weeknds music right here, Drake said. Shoutout to Oliver, of course, my brother. Oliver played me The Weeknd right here. This my old building in Toronto. We were parked out here. He continued, It was raining right here, and that same guy is selling out the SkyDome tomorrow. Not the Rogers Centre cause we just still call it the SkyDome, but that man is selling out the SkyDome tomorrow. So I just want anybody thats trying to do this shit to understand, like, I heard this mans music right here for the first time in pouring rain. Its a great life. A post shared by 2Cool2Blog (@2cool2bl0g) Drake was referring to The Weeknds After Hours Til Dawn Tour kicking off in Toronto Friday night (July 8). Despite the positive vibes, the two havent always seen eye-to-eye, though. After working with each other on several tracks, Drizzy tried to sign Abel after their early collaborations, but the singer decided to go elsewhere, causing friction between them. However, the Crew Love duo were able to patch things up in 2019, as Drake revealed on his Dark Lanes Demo track War. OVOXO link up, mandem drink up, me and the drillers/Hawk and Sticks and Cash and Baka, Gucci, P, and Gilla/And the boy that sound like he sang on Thriller, you know thats been my n-gga/Yeah, we just had to fix things, family, 6ix tings, we cant split up, he rapped. Read more