Video: The 2nd Annul OVO Fest

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Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive WireImage | Getty Images | FilmMagic By 4PM on Sunday, July 31, the day of Drake 's second annual October's Very Own (OVO) Festival at the Molson Amphitheatre in his hometown of Toronto, Twitter was a flutter with the rumour that Stevie Wonder was currently soundchecking at the venue. At last year's inaugural event, Drake proved his growing clout and procured two of rap's biggest [...]

Drake's at the point in his career, and we are at a point in blog journalism, where the simple fact that he's collaborating with another artist makes big headlines (see: The Weeknd , SBTRKT ), so I'm not sure how we characterize this bit about him linking up with the god Stevie Wonder. It's exciting, obviously. The Toronto Rap&Blues man told MuchMusic (via P4K ) "Stevie Wonder is a very close friend of mine. I'm honored to call him a friend, someone who embraced me very early in this music business... Stevie Wonder is actually [...]

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It was a pretty big weekend for Drake. The Toronto-based singer/rapper didn't only leak his latest single, " Headlines ," to the web. He also threw the OVO Festival in his hometown that featured the Weeknd and Rick Ross as the openers. But the guests didn't end there. Throughout the night, Drizzy brought out Lil Wayne, Nas, J.Cole, and Stevie Wonder (!) to either perform solo material and/or collaborate with their host. Luckily for everyone who couldn't make it, there's some pretty decent footage from the event online. You can watch it below. The best part, of course, is when [...]

For a second night in a row, Drake made headlines ( sorry, Confucius_says .) Fresh off the release of his new single , the rapper confirmed to MuchMusic.com that the legendary Stevie Wonder would be appearing on his forthcoming studio album Take Care . “[Stevie Wonder] helped me out with a lot of the music, just came and sat with me, listened to my music, told me where I could add a couple things to make it more sonically appealing, and not only that but we actually are writing together, [...]