Should we separate ourselves from Drake?

[Thaddy]

It looks like DeRozan removed himself from his circle. It makes sense, Drake is being slammed for being a creep and having predator tendencies. DeRozan has young daughters too I can't see why he'd want to side with this loser.

The Raptors are promoting the WNBA and getting a new team. The Jessie Reyez comment yesterday was DISGUSTING, attacking a franchise legend was another terrible move, and he had the nerve to call our players clowns on air.

Drake is a few passes away from being a predator, and we shouldn't associate ourselves with him or his brand. Our training facility is called OVO and I'm sure there's some crap signed off. We should consult our legal team to see how that can be undone. This guy is a joke and his respect has taken a nosedive. I'm glad Lamar exposed him. He's a known groomer and his relationship with the Stranger Things star has previously raised eyebrows.

For anyone who thinks I'm not being reasonable. Imagine you had a young daughter while this idiot was asking our production team to zoom in on Reyez. Is that family friendly? I don't need my kids asking me about that when I'm getting railed at my job and I have one day off where I'm trying to enjoy some Saturday night ball and chill.

[Duffman100]

It might be wise before something really comes out. All the writing is on the wall.

[ontnut]

He was prob drunk. Him and Jessie are IRL friends for a long time, but it was still pretty awkward. The Demar stuff I get cuz of Kendrick vs. Drake, but still, don't think it was necessary to do that on air. Twitter beef can stay on Twitter. I never really liked Drake as a musician or person, but we did use his clout to improve our Raptors brand image. If he's becoming problematic (ie drunk comments on air), then maybe keep him off the airwaves. If he does stupid ish again, then yeah, probably want to distance ourselves.

[LoveMyRaps]

He's a known groomer and his relationship with the Stranger Things star has previously raised eyebrows.

Don't have a problem with anything you said but... "Known groomer" ? Do you have actually have proof of this?

[Raps in 4]

Wasn't there a video of him molesting an underage girl on stage from like a decade ago? I thought everyone knew he was a pedophile and was okay with it.

I'm totally fine with distancing ourselves from drama and bad PR. Drake is a loser and the team no longer needs his "influence" to stay relevant. The fact that he hasn't been cancelled (or charged with something) while constantly being exposed as a creep is wild.

[LastNameEver]

So now you guys are ready to discard Drake with no evidence brought forward for any crime..after his likeness stimulated the entire economy. Somebody will probably deny this.

[LoveMyRaps]

He was prob drunk. Him and Jessie are IRL friends for a long time, but it was still pretty awkward. The Demar stuff I get cuz of Kendrick vs. Drake. I never really liked Drake as a musician or person, but we did use his clout to improve our Raptors brand image. If he's becoming problematic (ie drunk comments on air), then maybe keep him off the airwaves. If he does stupid ish again, then yeah, probably want to distance ourselves.

Yea, him and Jessie are tight.

Jessie actually re-posted the clip of her at the game last night and captioned it "20million/10"

She clearly doesn't mind, so why should we?

He's shouting out his friend on air, so I don't really have a problem with it.
But I can see why some would consider it inappropriate or unprofessional... for that though, blame TSN's dumba** production team for deciding to give the mic to a drunk guy.

[PoundTown]

The problem with last night was demar has done nothing but good things to raps fans and bringing in a rapper beef issue into the basketball world made no sense. Demar getting a jersey retired or not has nothing to do with drake and Kendrick stuff. Drakes allowed to feel betrayed by demar. The goof comment was whatever, to some degree, but the jersey in the rafters comment was drake putting his issues before the raptors and that wasn’t cool.

[LoveMyRaps]

Wasn't there a video of him molesting an underage girl on stage from like a decade ago? I thought everyone knew he was a pedophile and was okay with it.

I'm totally fine with distancing ourselves from drama and bad PR. Drake is a loser and the team no longer needs his "influence" to stay relevant. The fact that he hasn't been cancelled (or charged with something) while constantly being exposed as a creep is wild.

I don't know man... maybe take your own advice and change your avatar?

[Thaddy]

He's a known groomer and his relationship with the Stranger Things star has previously raised eyebrows.

Don't have a problem with anything you said but... "Known groomer" ? Do you have actually have proof of this?

He was texting Millie Bobby Brown when she was 14 about “boys”.

No reason for a grown-ass man to be texting a 14-year-old. He's disgusting and a predator.

[Thaddy]

So now you guys are ready to discard Drake with no evidence brought forward for any crime..after his likeness stimulated the entire economy. Somebody will probably deny this.

You know it took the comedian Hannibal Buress to joke about Cosby before he was taken down? P. Diddy did his thing for over a decade? Maybe even decades before getting got. The rumors stem from somewhere with Drake.

[Yallbecrazy]

So now you guys are ready to discard Drake with no evidence brought forward for any crime..after his likeness stimulated the entire economy. Somebody will probably deny this.

The only 'evidence' of him doing 'pedo' stuff is quick kissing or mildly groping a 17 year old at a concert when he was 23 and 16 is the age of consent where he was and he wasn't aware of the girl's age. He hasn't done anything like that since.

[adubmac]

Loyalty over everything...unless someone loses a rap battle to a guy who tells us we didn't deserve DeRozan.

[Thaddy]

Loyalty over everything...unless someone loses a rap battle to a guy who tells us we didn't deserve DeRozan.

There's no loyalty in the corporate world my friend.

[deck]

Started from the mid-upper class now I'm here.

[ruckus]

It might be wise before something really comes out. All the writing is on the wall.

I don't know how much of what is said about Drake is true but in today's world, perception is reality. And there is a large swath of the population that perceives Drake as a pedo. For MLSE, it should be a business decision plain and simple.

As for last night, someone on the broadcast team didn't do their job cause Drake seemed pretty drunk and should never have been on the mic.

[TorontoBarneys]

We need to do our due diligence and find out if he went to Diddy parties, first.

[Raptors Realtor]

Don't think we need to distance ourselves from Drake, if anything his popularity can only help the organization. Obviously, if any of the Twitter rumours or things from the Lamar rap battle regarding minors turned out to be true, then he has to be removed. But you can't take what's said on Twitter or during a rap battle at face value, and so far there's no concrete evidence.

I do think Drake's comments about DeRozan were obviously inappropriate & untimely, and that someone who's connected to the organization and Drake should pull him aside and express that. Also, Sportsnet/TSN should now only do the Drake commentating in the 1st half of games when he's had less juice and hopefully better judgement.

[billy_hoyle]

Cancel culture alive and well I see.

[positivetension]

The Raptors don't need to do a public split or anything, just stop giving him a microphone during broadcasts.