‘Painful’: Drake booed off stage during festival-headlining gig

Superstar rapper Drake was the surprise headliner at an LA music festival this weekend — but fans revolted when the secret was revealed.

Andy Sahadeo

2 min read

November 12, 2019 - 2:18PM

Fox News

Drake was booed offstage after making an unwelcome appearance at a Los Angeles music festival on Sunday.

After a poor reception from fans, the 33-year-old rapper addressed the crowd and asked if he should keep going.

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“You know, Imma tell you, like I said, I’m here for you tonight. If you want me to keep going, I will keep going,” said Drake, before receiving a deluge of boos and negative reactions from the crowd.

Fans got Drake … Picture: Getty

… but they wanted Frank Ocean. Picture: Getty

“It’s been love. I love ya. I go by the name of Drake, thank you for having me,” Drake said in response. The Teenage Fever rapper then walked offstage, ending his set 20 minutes earlier than expected, according to Billboard.

Drake had been the surprise secret headliner at fellow rapper Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw festival.

Drake’s negative crowd reaction can be attributed to fans wanting to see another performer affiliated with Tyler, the Creator – Frank Ocean.

Ocean, who has been affiliated with Tyler since their days in the collective known as Odd Future, was expected to be the special guest headliner.

Drake managed to laugh off the poor reception in a post to Instagram, joking that he’s just signed a “10-year residency” to headline the festival”:

Tyler, the Creator took to Twitter to respond in a series of all-caps tweets, blaming “cancel culture”.

“I THOUGHT BRINGING ONE OF THE BIGGEST ARTIST ON THE F***ING PLANET TO A MUSIC FESTIVAL WAS FIRE! BUT FLIPSIDE, A LIL TONE DEAF KNOWING THE SPECIFIC CROWD IT DREW. SOME CREATED A NARRATIVE IN THEIR HEAD AND ACTED OUT LIKE A**HOLES WHEN IT DIDNT COME TRUE AND I DONT F*** WITH THAT,” Tyler wrote.

“THAT SH*T WAS LIKE MOB MENTALITY AND CANCEL CULTURE IN REAL LIFE AND I THINK THAT SH*T IS F***ING TRASH,” he continued.

Tyler, the Creator put on the festival. Picture: AFP

Some users on social media hopped to Drake’s defence.

“Frank Ocean’s new music has been so underwhelming. Def not worth booing Drake off stage. Clowns,” one person wrote Twitter.

One user simply asked, “How do you boo drake?”

this was PAINFUL to watch drake literally got booâ€™d off stage ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ #campfloggnaw pic.twitter.com/Ic6PenmPXc
— âž³ trash (@trashminajx) November 11, 2019