Photo Credit: Haleema Khan for The Source Magazine/TheSource.com

Epic is an understatement 

Monday night (August 4th) Drake closed out  his annual show, OVO Fest at The Molson Center in Toronto, ON.  The concert which is in it’s 5th year was a two day event, with hip hop legends Outkast headlining Sunday’s show.  Bringing arguably the greatest group in the history of rap music to the festival the night before was sure to put a little pressure on one Aubrey Drake Graham; simply put the man rose to the occasion.

Besides an earlier set by the beautiful Jhene’ Aiko, the show itself played like one big showcase of Drake’s career so far, with people who have crossed his path and collaborated with, as well as some who helped inspire him to become the artist/person that he is today.  With the standard he set last year bringing out Kanye West & numerous others it seemed hard to fathom the surprises guests could live up to the hype.  They did; Lauryn Hill, J.Cole, Trey Songz, Usher, PARTYNEXTDOOR, YG, Majid Jordan, OB OBrien, Tinashe, DJ Khaled, 50 Cent & Lloyd Banks (who undoubtedly  got the biggest response all night) each popped up and performed to the crowds delight.

From a fan point of view  it was quite the spectacle.  The production value of the show was not that of a typical “festival” stage, instead something far more elaborate and on par with the standard Drake set for himself on recent tours, especially last years ‘Would You Like A Tour’.  Take a look at the pictures in the photo gallery above and check back throughout the day for a full recap of  a show that was truly one for the ages.

Here’s when G-Unit came out (warning audio is a little funky)

Also check out some clips of the performance from The Source’s Instagram page

Spencer still can’t get over how turnt Toronto was for G-Unit , follow him on Twitter – @sjeezs