Toronto shuts down Drake ice block frenzy over 'public safety' concerns

Drake's viral ice block stunt has been shut down by the City of Toronto over public safety concerns, as it turns out that bringing chainsaws and blowtorches to a downtown Toronto parking lot isn't the type of behaviour welcomed by locals.A surface parking lot at 81 Bond St. was transformed into a media circus this week after hometown rapper Drake had a stack of massive ice blocks assembled at the site, with his new Iceman album release date hidden within.By Tuesday afternoon, locals had descended on the ice blocks using whatever means available to melt and chip away at the blocks, in some cases even resorting to equipment like chainsaws and blowtorches in an attempt to break through the frozen fortress.While the demented Willy Wonka-esque exercise in fandom officially wrapped up Tuesday afternoon when a streamer discovered a bag within the ice blocks promising a May 15 album release date, fans continued to swarm the scene into the evening hours — drawing complaints from l...


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