My loyal spy over at Good Morning America emailed me a blurb about Canadian rapper Drake which I casually ignored.
I should have paid more attention because now comes word that Drake was rudely rebuffed by the network brass who clearly had no clue who he was. I wish I could post the email, but I have been warned that the network Gods would not look kindly upon me if I did.
It seems that my blog is more well known over there than Drake is.
Anyway, the gist of the email was that the network wasn’t really interested in booking Drake because they considered him to be “just another gangster rapper” — who was not worth paying the extra security for.
Word is that Drake’s camp took offense to that. It seems that Drake’s name was brought up in a programming meeting and that someone in the meeting had to clue the other folks in on who he was. Lol.
“We were interested in having Drake perform, but he was never officially booked,” a network spokesperson said yesterday, noting safety concerns. I’m told that the “safety concerns” excuse was floated around as a way to help Drake save face.
Drake’s camp disputes ABC by claiming that a booking was indeed n place. But I bet they can’t produce the signed paperwork.
The email goes into more juicy detail, but my attorney, Precious Anderson is still out on maternity leave and I just don’t want to deal with the drama.
This is the 2nd time in as many months that Drake has been denied a chance to sing off-key in a NYC outdoor concert. Drake’s June 15 concert at the South Street Pier was also cancelled after fans of former boy band Hanson began running amok in the streets.
