Drake Addresses Cancelled Free Show

Tuesday, June 15 2010 9:17 PM EST | Posted by: YN | Posted in: Blog, True Story

Just got home from the craziness at South Street Seaport where a free Drake show turned into a mini-riot before Drizzy could even arrive. While it’s always fun to blame everything on po-po, I really think they had no choice. After a hour and a half of kids standing on top of each other with no action or no music playin’, things were bound to go left. And they really did! Craziest moment: I think I saw someone toss a table from the top of Uno’s into the masses. Anyways, here’s Mr. Graham’s official statement on the matter:

“I am humbled by the crowd that showed up in support of my performance and the release of Thank Me Later. I love performing for my fans but unfortunately the show was canceled by the NYPD due to over crowding, leaving me without the chance to give my fans a real show. I’m thankful for the support that the fans have been giving me… I thank you now.”

UPDATE: Now with video.

UPDATE 2: Some of the object-tossing footage.

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Comments (97)

  1. LOL says:

    @Rickk yeah that’s what people say when someone has made a point that they don’t know how to dispute

  2. Word!!! says:

    @TommyBoy

    You can buy the answers , but you can’t afford to question me……..

    Nuff Said…….

  3. B-ease says:

    @ Rickk

    Glad you realized retarded your first comment was, lol. You went about it like a faggot tho.

  4. young hov says:

    Dude, you said if 10,000 people bought the album, that would be 120,000 units. That would only be true if each of those people bought 12 albums. Your original statement made ZERO sense.

    Now you’re talking monetary gross. You graduating is a perfect example of “social promotion”.
    ^^^
    This..
    I re-read that nigga’s post 3 times and was still left scratching my head…

  5. TommyBoy says:

    Yep you just like that nigga Rickk that has NOTHING at all to say when people are making a good point….get off Drake’s nuts

  6. B-ease says:

    LOL says:
    Tuesday, June 15 2010 at 10:55 PM
    @Rickk yeah that’s what people say when someone has made a point that they don’t know how to dispute

    ^^
    lol, I’m saying. He had to “ignore” me, cause nobody can admit they’re wrong on the Internet.

    10,000 people buying a CD = 120,000 units sold

    *dead*

  7. Drakes Vagina says:

    I interviewed everyone. They were not tourists, all NYC residents, all there for Drake, first time at the Sea Port!

    - DRAKES VAGINA IS GOING HOME

  8. Rickk says:

    Lol, im really not trynna argue about it, i was sittin’ here trynna figure out if i made a mistake but i checked the math twice, he’s right, its actually 120,000$, not copies, but even then thats still alot. And if u spread it nationwide, Universal will get a return in it’s investment,
    @B-ease, no need for name calling, but my mistake tho, 120,000$ —not copies

  9. LOL says:

    @B-ease RIGHT!!! Rickk and Word!! They react like 3rd graders that have no other option but to shut the fuck up!! HAHAHA

  10. mikedreamsmusic says:

    “And me doing a show is gettin’ everyone nervous, cuz them hipsters gon’ have to get along with them hood niggas.” – Drake, Ignant Shit

    He already predicted this.

  11. PITRI says:

    Lol Rickk you sure look like one dumass Motherfucker..and BTW that $ goes in the front of the Amount..not after it..LMFAO 0.o

  12. Rickk says:

    Lol, i can admit when i made a mistake and tell u u right my dude, but the name calling is 3rd graderish, im not gonna call u no names, i respect everyone no matter what, so u got it my dude

  13. Rickk says:

    @PITRI
    I dnt mind being wrong my dude, but u got it mann

  14. Jerry says:

    @mikedreamsmusic Yep it’s mad hood niggas out there…..do people understand how many different groups of people there are in NYC and how all these types of people would have showed up for any concert?

  15. shayden says:

    Ok im soo sick of all ths drake Hype lets thnk for a minute wut the hell would happen f Em did a free show or autograph wth his release fuck shuttin down a concert he would shut down the whole city. everyone is so amped cuz of the mini riot only cuz hip hop aint been shit in yrs so we aint seen this in a while. i dont care wut anyone says drake s hype and teen girls that wanna see jimmy from Degrassi. This jus pisses me off that hip hop is so low right now that mediocre rapper gets all this hype. Have we really forgotten wut hip hop is? Drake shuts down the mall not the club thats HIP POP not HIP HOP!

  16. cp says:

    For those going apeshit over 10K people…you’re kidding right? Do you know how many people are in NYC or within a 25 mile radius of NYC??? Also its a free show, if they charged $12 dollars to see this show, that number will immediately be cut in half. Next whoever said they interviewed every person at the show, c’mon son…Anyway point is, 10K people to see a FREE show in NYC aint shit.

    That being said, Drake will sell between 400-500K first week.

  17. asshat says:

    Yall iz crazy. Em is gonna outsell drake and be the highest selling first week sales album this year. 700- 1 mill prolly.

  18. The Editor says:

    I was there, with the baby, we just so happen to be down there, but that was a 100% Drake crowd, Paper Magazine messed up by canceling the show, they should of had a dj rocking or something, they messed up, not the police, should of just let Hanson play, people would of been calm, but when you give them nothing, pull Hanson off the stage and than say nothing about concert cancelled, this is on the hipsters

    “my shows getting everyone nervous cause them hipsters gonna have to get along with them hood ninjas (replaced)”

  19. mmkayy says:

    who’s smart idea was this anyways… smh

  20. cp says:

    how can he relate to anyone from the hood? His lyrics are hollow.

  21. RRcoolJ says:

    Rickk might be the dumbest Rap Radar commenter in history. And what makes it worse is that he thinks he’s smart. Smh

    You said there were 10,000 people there, so if they each bought the album, that equals 120,000 units?????

    Where the hell did you learn math or even english for that matter. Moron.

  22. Reasy F. says:

    Paid shows > free shows

    “And me doing them shows getting everyone nervous cause
    Them hipsters going have to get along with them hood niggas”

    - Ignant Shit

  23. imeafk says:

    I hope he sells a milli first week so we have a proof of how much fucked up the industry is and brainwashed the kids nowadays are..

  24. zub says:

    Drake got scared to come and perform because his the softest rapper in history ahahahaha !!!

  25. will says:

    @rick

    units is the disc nigga not the profits so if all the people bought the album it would be 10 k units but 120 k dollars

    you think when they do the 1st sales they are telling you the dollar amounts its not possible becuz different stores got different prices

    @ B-Ease

    I was thinking the same thing like this nigga is beyond slow he said if 10 k people bought one item each it would be 120 k LOL I know where he was going with it but the way he posted it he made himself look very stupid

    Any 1st day estimates

  26. will says:

    10 k people attending a free show is like 10 k people downloading a free mixtape shit doesnt mean anything

    most of them motherfuccas all they had to do was walk by and see a stage and stop and they are officially at the concert LOL

    50 cent sell out arenas(20-30k) which cost people money and that nigga only sold 300k total

  27. eminem4ever says:

    fuck u drakeeeeeeeeeeeeee,leaveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
    ur not talented,u suck ;i geard the freestyle with tim east wood man ,i can spit better than u

  28. Oj Da Cornball says:

    Ok

    this is why they came.
    “Organizers were expecting 10,000 people to come to what was supposed to be a high-profile opening for the South Street Seaport’s annual free summer concert series.”

    This a yearly series were mad people always come thru, it was not for Drake. Drake took advantage of the crowd that was already there (smart move) and of course with the announcement of a high profile act the crowd grew.

    Uh, if were all for him he would not be selling between 400-500k. We’ll be seeing that mill.

    Source:
    http://www.billboard.com/news/drake-concert-erupts-into-near-riot-in-new-1004098299.story?tag=hpfeed#/news/drake-concert-erupts-into-near-riot-in-new-1004098299.story?tag=hpfeed

  29. S_Dogg says:

    Haters: This nigga won’t sell a milli.

    SMH @ You Haters.

    A MILLI A MILLI A MILLI!

  30. biggar says:

    Some of yall dudes are the type to be at a strip club and complain about the the strippers kneecaps while she got her cootch in your face.

    You guys would hate a cure for aids

  31. EmDottie says:

    Whoa. Thick as a muther. Good thing it was free.

  32. CHILLO says:

    NY Failed. This is even softer than letting Dogg Pound shoot a video in BK. Where’s ya heart?

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  34. prodcutofme says:

    i was there and was actually able to see the crowd from the water taxi as we were approaching pier 11. ive been going to shows at the seaport for years now and i’ve never seen a crowd like that. paper mag should have known better tho considering drakes star power. they could have easily used a venue like the meadow in central park or even one of the piers along the west side below 14th, knowing that drake would draw more than 10k people for a free event. lets not forget public school just had its last day of classes on monday so it was nothing but tweenies dressing beyond their age and bloods tryna start ish.

    i went around back and chilled at sequoias wit my jameson and ginger ale. i coulda cared less about a toronto rapper

    go hanson!

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  37. flitunes says:

    a fuckin table? really? who does that…

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