Drake Finally Gets His Overdue NCAA Championship Ring

For a guy who once expressed on wax his sympathy for high school basketball players who want to go straight to the pros, and who eschewed the university himself, Drake has an odd infatuation with the college hoops game—specifically, the Kentucky Wildcats team. Drizzy performed at the first Big Blue Madness event after Kentucky hired head coach John Calipari, then made a much-publicized appearance in the KU locker room after a victory in the 2010 NCAA tournament. “I’m just a natural fan,” said Drake around that time. “I love the team.”

Looks like that love is mutual. Kentucky has gifted Young Aubrey with that most esteemed prize in college hoops—the NCAA championship ring, of which the Wildcats were entitled to several for winning the tournament back in March. Exactly what the on-or-off-court contributions made by Drake towards the KU championship run are largely unclear—if lifelong fan and regular courtside attendee Ashley Judd didn’t get one for her moral support, it doesn’t seem fair that Drake should—but nonetheless, he now has one more championship ring than Chris Webber or Derrick Rose, addressed to his “Drizzy” nickname, at that.

It’s actually a fairly savvy move on the part of KU and Coach Calipari. With the possible exceptions of Kanye and Jay-Z, there’s no artist more widely listened to and quoted by our nation’s youthful ballers than Drake, and by continuing to ally the program with the rapper, they’re making sure that their next 5-10 prospective recruiting classes know the name of Kentucky basketball before they even start contemplating their potential verbal commitments. Now all they have to do is get their own dance craze and they’ll have the next decade of college hoops on lock.

[RapRadar]

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