Drake fans worldwide are breathing a sigh of relief after being assured that their favorite rapper’s doing just fine. Drake was on stage with Lil Wayne in Camden, New Jersey performing “Best I Ever Had” when he suddenly collapsed and was carried offstage. The rapper is currently suffering from a torn ACL and was advised by doctors to pull-out of the tour or risk further injuries. He ignored their orders and will now need surgery to recover. Twitter was abuzz over the weekend over the incident and reached a fever pitch when he issued a message to his 220,000 plus followers Saturday saying:
“All is well…on the bus laying down…getting surgery this week but I’m walking. Thank my whole YM family for the help! Lion Hearts!”
He gave a description of his injuries Sunday on his blog, Octobersveryown.blogspot.com saying:
“This bottle of Opus One is low but my spirits are high my friends. I am about 2 hours away from Toronto, CA where I will be spending the next chunk of time recovering from a surgery that I now must have. I embarked on this tour with a torn ACL, MCL, and LCL and due to the events that happened the other night lord only knows what other damage I have done.”
He then continued on assuring fans that he would be back and continue to push himself:
“I will forever push myself beyond the limits despite advice and recommendations given because even with this new found success I am still the kid who wanted this more than anything in the world. Its funny when I read comments from previous fans who have lost interest because of the radio play and exposure I have. I just want to assure anyone reading that nothing has changed on my end. I refuse to get comfortable, I refuse to fall in line and follow anyone elses formulas. I still work as if So Far Gone had never dropped and I’m still trying to figure out how I’m going to gain entry to this game.”
When the “America’s Most Wanted” festival continued on without him that night in Virginia Beach, he was replaced with Chris Brown who performed his hook in “Every Girl”. No word on when, if ever Drake will return to the tour. There are still 21 tour dates left.
