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Drake's role as global ambassador to the Toronto Raptors wasn't just for the love of the game.
In an interview with Grantland, the rapper explains why he decided to stand behind his Raptors.
"There's something genuine about this city," he said. "There's something great.I think aside from that with All-Star coming here there's an untapped nightlife, restaurants, culture. There's so much to soak in and I think that our goal is in 2016 to truly showcase that, not only for the players, but also for everybody."
He also added that he was worried about how sports fans would react to his involvement with the Raptors.
"I think initially the union, the partnership between myself and the Raptors was purely for the fact that I love that city more than anything in the world," Drake said. "I have too many tattoos and too many memories. I was born there, raised there. I grew there. And I just wanted to really support the team. I didn't necessarily know how it was gonna go. I didn't know if I would be able to make an impact in sports because sports is way different, you know? You look at sports fan's reactions to a lot of things. Whether it be me hosting the ESPYs or whether it be—It's just sports is a different type of appreciation. When people from other genres start coming in. So, I had high hopes for what we could accomplish, but I was just there purely for the city. And the union made sense."
Check out the rest of the interview above.
