Drake partnered with his hometown Toronto Raptors this week to announce the donation of millions of dollars to support amateur basketball in Canada.
At a press conference, the rap superstar and his beloved NBA team said $1 million will be spent on refurbishing 12 community basketball courts in Toronto over the next three years and $2 million will be given to Canada Basketball to help develop the sport.
“In this day and age, it’s really easy to go on social media and talk about things that we’d like to see change or things that we think are wrong, then there’s an opportunity, when you’re presented with one, to be able to do something about it,” Drake told reporters.
“The … thing I’m most proud of with this partnership is the million dollars that we’re going to be giving to the city to redo these courts and, hopefully, to create an amazing atmosphere for anyone in that community to come out and either play casual basketball or potentially breed the next generation of Canadian basketball superstars.”
The Raptors will wear uniforms from Drake’s OVO fashion brand on an OVO-branded court inside the Air Canada Centre for several games between now and April 6.
Drake has been the official Raptors ambassador since 2013.