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Drake is paying tribute to late fashion icon Virgil Abloh with a permanent heartfelt gesture.
The 35-year-old superstar rapper commemorated the former Louis Vuitton and Off-White designer, who died in late November following a battle with cancer, with a special new tattoo on his forearm. Los Angeles-based tattoo artist Joaquin Ganga took to Instagram on Wednesday (Dec. 22) to share a photo of Drake’s latest ink, a realistic design of Abloh launching a kite during the Louis Vuitton menswear show at Paris Fashion Week in 2018.
“A remembrance of the great Virgil Abloh done on Drake @champagnepapi @virgilabloh,” Ganga captioned the black-and-white snapshot.
Abloh passed away on Nov. 28 after a private two-year battle with cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Following his death, Drake was among numerous musical acts to honor the designer for his artistic contributions.
“My plan is to touch the sky 1000 more times for you…love you eternally brother thank you for everything,” the Toronto MC captioned an Instagram photo gallery of himself with Abloh.
In addition to his contributions in fashion, Abloh was a DJ and served as Kanye West’s longtime creative director. He also helped design iconic album covers by West, A$AP Rocky, Lil Uzi Vert and Pop Smoke, and teamed up with Kid Cudi on the Kurt Cobain-inspired floral print dress worn by the rapper during Saturday Night Live appearance earlier in the year.
See Drake’s new tattoo in honor of Abloh below.
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Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan have teamed up for a remix of Expectations.
On Monday (12.10.26), Olivia shared a video on Instagram Stories showing a studio session, with the new version of the song from her latest album, You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love, displayed on the screen.
In the clip, a voice believed to belong to her close friend Chappell can be heard saying: "Ooh, Olivia does remixes now."
According to The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column, the revamped track is expected to arrive this Friday (16.10.26).
The Good 4 U singer and the Pink Pony Club star are thought to have come up with the idea to work together after spending time together at Olivia's Daisy Chain Fields festival earlier this summer.
A source told the publication: “Olivia and Chappell have been friends for a long time through producer and songwriter Dan Nigro, who has worked closely with both of them.
“Chappell hasn't released any new music for more than a year as she's taken a step back from the spotlight and quietly focused on creating new material.
“But they caught up again in August at Olivia's Daisy Chain Fields festival, where they both performed, and decided to collaborate. Chappell really connects with the song's message, and the version they've created together is amazing.”
It was also at Daisy Chain Fields that Chappell discovered "how much" she had "missed" being on stage.
The singer had not performed live since May, making her appearance at the all female festival a welcome return that seemed to reignite her passion for performing. After the show, she took to Instagram to thank Olivia for the invitation and applaud her for using her platform “for good”.
Sharing a message on Instagram following the event, she wrote: "Thank you for having me @daisychainfields ! @oliviarodrigo u r so inspiring in so many ways.
"Artists like you are so important because you use your platform for good and bring so much light into the world.
"Thank you for being yourself and for supporting artists like me. You've changed my life in so many ways 3 Performing again felt so good, and I hadn't realised how much I'd missed it. I finally got to live out my fifth element fantasy."
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