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Canadian Rapper Drake sent an owl chain to Dancehall icon Vybz Kartel who made his return to the Big Apple at the weekend after a two-decade absence.
Kartel performed two star-studded sold-out shows at the Barclay in Brooklyn.
A clip began circulating social media with Vybz Kartel donning a custom OVO owl chain gifted to him by Drake. In the clip, Kartel recites lines from Drake’s “Back-to-Back” to celebrate his sold-out shows.
The golden owl chain is filled with colourful diamonds.
Vybz Kartel, the Jamaican dancehall powerhouse, has long influenced Drake’s sonic evolution.
Drake hasn’t kept that influence a secret. In a 2016 interview, he named Kartel as “one of his biggest inspirations,” a powerful acknowledgment from one of hip-hop’s most globally recognized figures.
That praise was a nod to the genre-defining reach of Kartel’s catalogue and his dominance in dancehall’s modern era.
-SAPPHIRE
