Drake has confirmed that he was paid simply $100 (£89) to open for Ice Dice at a gig in 2006.
Taking to his Instagram Story on Tuesday (October 18), Drake re-shared a publish by Flyer Vault, an archival account that paperwork the live performance historical past of his Toronto hometown. The publish consists of an bill for the Ice Dice-headlined live performance in query, which came about on the metropolis’s Kool Haus venue in August of 2006.
Whereas Ice Dice’s charge is redacted, the bill reveals that Drake acquired a hundred-dollar sum for his supporting efficiency. In line with Flyer Vault, the 30-minute opener marked “what was probably [Drake’s] first ever live performance”, and noticed the rapper carry out songs from his debut 2006 mixtape ‘Room For Enchancment’.
Confirming the payday in his re-post, Drake used the bill to encourage his musician followers, writing that “that is for anyone getting 100 a present proper now”, earlier than imploring them to “preserve going”. Drake shared his second mixtape, ‘Comeback Season’, in 2007, earlier than releasing what would turn out to be his breakout venture – the EP ‘So Far Gone’ – which later earned him his first-ever Grammy nominations in 2010.
Drake’s more moderen album, nevertheless, won’t be in competition at this yr’s Grammys, following the rapper’s resolution to withdraw his nomination for 2021’s ‘Licensed Lover Boy’. Whereas the explanation for his rejection of the Greatest Rap Album nod stays unclear, Drake has criticised the Grammys previously, writing in 2020 that “we should always cease permitting ourselves to be shocked” by the awards physique following The Weeknd’s ‘After Hours’ snub that very same yr.
As proof of how far he’s come since his 2006 pay-check, Drake lately guess $833,333 Canadian {dollars} (£537,000) on the soccer membership FC Barcelona. The staff’s loss to Actual Madrid on October 16 resulted within the rapper shedding over half one million kilos on the guess, including to his popularity for being a foul luck attraction.