Drake Shows Off His Aaliyah Hat After Surprising Crowd At WWE Elimination Chamber

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Mar 16, 2024; Houston, Texas, USA; Musician Drake watches the Houston Rockets play against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second half at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports via Imagn Images
Drake is back in Toronto after canceling his "Anita Max Win" tour dates, popping out for a WWE event and repping Aaliyah.

Drake was away for a while, but he returned to Toronto for 2025's WWE Elimination Chamber, joined by Lil Yachty and a notable 'fit that he decided to show off via an Instagram Story mirror selfie. "This mirror missed me," he wrote in the post, also showing off the details of his Aaliyah hat. It's a collection of three portrait pictures of the legendary late singer along with her birth and death date. From afar, it looks like just a regular camo pattern, but a closer look keeps this fandom up. Of course, this is nothing new when it comes to the 6ix God.

Drake is a big fan of Aaliyah, as you may already know well from the rumors surrounding his involvement in her posthumous album. That obviously didn't end up panning out, but through his outfit choices, musical picks on social media, and many other public moves, it's clear that he still holds her legacy in the highest regard. Since 2005's Ultimate, we haven't really heard much new music apart from singles and posthumous collaborations, but there's still a lot of speculation around whether that could change in the future.

Drake Tour Dates

Regardless of what goes down, we're sure Drizzy will honor Aaliyah much more in the future. As for his Toronto homecoming, Drake canceled the remaining tour dates for his Australian and New Zealand "Anita Max Win" tour, citing scheduling conflicts with venues that presumably imposed too big of a financial burden. There is still some speculation about these circumstances, but at the end of the day, any speculative guess isn't as solid at press time as this official information. We wonder what else he might get up to back in the 6ix, or if he has plans to travel elsewhere. On the topic of tour dates, ticket holders will be able to return for a rescheduled show.

Meanwhile, no matter where Drake is, he's enjoying the love for his new album, the PARTYNEXTDOOR collab project $ome $exy $ongs 4 U. People are loving tracks like "NOKIA" and "GIMME A HUG," finally moving past the Kendrick Lamar battle and hopefully into a new era.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.

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