So after getting nawty in Toronto, Drake has vowed to build a recording studio in what is reportedly one of the most dangerous high schools in the United States.
According to AllHipHop.com, Drizzy contacted Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion High School after seeing the institution showcased on ABC's "World News With Diane Sawyer" in May.
During the recent taping of a follow-up segment, the 27-year-old Toronto native said he was so moved by the school he "started questioning major aspects" of his life.
According to Forbes, last year 96 per cent of Strawberry Mansion's student body lived in poverty. In every year over the previous five years, the school had reported more than 10 violent incidents per 100 students. But in the past year, after Linda Cliatt-Wayman took over as principal, 55 seniors have been accepted to college — double the 2012 numbers.
Drake performing in Philadelphia in 2012. (Mychal Watts/WireImage)
Drake and Sawyer returned to the school together to film an update on how the school had improved. During the shoot, Drake revealed that he would be building a recording studio in Strawberry Mansion over the next few months.
"This is about you. This is about your principal. This is about your future," he told the screaming crowd. "I love you. I care about you. I want to see you succeed.”
This is not the first time Drake has spoken out against violence. In March, he appeared on Snoop Lion's song "No Guns Allowed," rapping about the infamous 2012 Toronto shooting at the Danzig Street block party where two people were killed.
“Told you no guns and you didn’t listen/ Life is so heavy with that on your soul/ Dedicate this to Shyanne and Josh/ And pour something out for the lives that they stole/416,” he rapped, the last three numbers referring to the Toronto area code. The track appeared on Snoop's 12th studio album, "Reincarnated," released in April.
Coiled: All Hip-hop.
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