From buddying up with DeMarcus Cousins to the airball heard around the world, <a href="/profile/Drake" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Drake</a>&#8217;s proud fandom of the University of Kentucky Wildcats <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/drake-and-kentucky-basketball-a-love-story-news.28038.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">is well-documented</a>. With that being said, it was only right that the rapper make an appearance at the University&#8217;s annual Big Blue Madness event this weekend. Helping to kick off the Wildcats season, Drizzy made a speech following the debut of a new entrance video from the team.<a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/_/status/919245354112974848" rel="nofollow noopener">https://twitter.com/_/status/919245354112974848</a>
 



&#8220;What&#8217;s going on everybody, my name is Drake. I was here a long time ago, I think it was 2009, when coach first brought me out here. It was one of the best experiences of my life,&#8221; he said, showing off a &#8220;Kentucky Dad&#8221; sweater. &#8220;This family right here. You&#8217;re a special, special group. The energy in Lexington really comes from each and every one of you who fill this building every night. It&#8217;s truly incredible. I told coach I wanted to come back, and he made it happen for me this year. People ask me &#8216;it&#8217;s so Madnesses going on and so many events. Why don&#8217;t you go anywhere else. I tell them I&#8217;m a Wildcat through and through and there&#8217;s only one Big Blue, baby.&#8221;
In closing, the rapper made a request that he be invited back for a very special event. &#8220;I ask one thing this year,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Coach, you have to make it happen this year. I want everybody to witness this. I just ask that before the school year&#8217;s over, you allow me to come into the building and do a free show for all the students, just one.&#8221;
As was expected, the crowd went wild at the suggestion of a free Drake show. While nothing has been made official, Drake&#8217;s request read more like an announcement.
Watch some clips from his visit to UK below. Read up on the history of Drake&#8217;s love for Kentucky basketball, including that airball, <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/drake-and-kentucky-basketball-a-love-story-news.28038.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>.<a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/_/status/918996950128709632" rel="nofollow noopener">https://twitter.com/_/status/918996950128709632</a>
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