Drake dropped from Lil Wayne tour
Rising rapper DRAKE has been forced to pull out of plans to join mentor LIL WAYNE on tour.
Drake was expected to preview tracks from his highly-anticipated debut album Thank Me Later during his performances on the Young Money Presents: The America’s Most Wanted Music Festival trek.
Drake had hoped to have recovered enough from a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) to perform a 30-minute set, but the painful injury is still causing him problems - and, as a result, he has had to cancel his solo slot altogether.
He tells us, "I’m not doing my own set. That’s one thing I have to apologize to my fans about. It’s too much of a risk, if I hit that wrong turn (doing) 30 minutes every night. If I tear my ACL again, the doctors say I might not be able to walk again. I have to be cautious."
He adds, "I didn’t really get any approval from my doctor, but I made a personal decision 48 hours ago that I’d be letting a lot of people down if I didn’t show up and at least show them I’m there for them."
"For the last two weeks, I’ve been really going hard, getting all types of acupuncture, trying to bring the swelling in my knee down. I’m walking around - no cane. I’ll put a brace on it. No one will probably even know I’m injured."
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I feel his pain…imagine signing your first record deal and then being sidelined with a serious knee injury. Hopefully he works on his craft during this time and avoids being a one-hit wonder.
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