It’s been too long since our last Drake news, so here you go: Drake had a trial run of his latest venture over Labor Day—a pop-up party in the Houston location where he’s opening a nightclub next year—and the logo is the best part:
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A ballet slipper with the stripper heel? “Where the women are on a pedestal and the surroundings are unforgettable”? I mean, I’m no authority, obviously, but I’m pretty sure what you’re describing here is a strip club, Aubrey.
Aubrey Drake Graham does not seem to agree!
“This is about the fact that there’s a culture out there of dancing and it’s not about no strip club shit,” Drizzy said at the opening.
This is some hypocrisy coming from Drake, author of so many verses about strippers and strip clubs—it’s such a common Drake leitmotif that in DJBooth’s lengthy roundup of every woman mentioned in a Drake song, there’s an entire subcategory devoted to strippers.
I would understand Drake’s insistence that he isn’t opening a strip club if loving strip clubs weren’t already so soundly, even endearingly built into his brand as an artist. The Ballet is probably a strip club, and that’s fine, and Drake shouldn’t be cagey about it. But if you’re reading this, it’s too late.