Rap-Up.com || Drake and J. Cole: Live in London

Drake descended on the U.K. for his first of two shows with J. Cole at London’s Hammersmith Apollo last night. Clad in a black T-shirt, camouflage cargo pants, and Jordans, October’s Very Own ran through his staples “Over,” “Best I Ever Had,” and his latest hit with Rihanna, “What’s My Name?” But before Drizzy hit the stage, his fellow MC J. Cole warmed up the crowd with his mixtape material and single “Who Dat.”

Despite people trying to pit them against one another, the rap peers have remained cool. “There was always a J. Cole vs. Drake pit and I kinda just let that go on, but we were always communicating and building the relationship,” Cole told Rap-Up.com.

Watch some fan-filmed footage from the concert below.

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12 Comments

RyanS
January 8th, 2011 at 7:18 am
I saw this in Glasgow a couple of nights ago :) it was amazing :)!!!

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abbswilkoo
January 8th, 2011 at 9:00 am
going to see him in manchester cant wait!!!!

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JMystery
January 8th, 2011 at 9:04 am
Seeing him in Manchester on tuesday… CANT FUCKING WAIT.

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IfzAlot
January 8th, 2011 at 9:08 am
=[ this is what i missed, Sigh sooo sadd

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Brionna
January 8th, 2011 at 11:03 am
am i the only one that was Drake ti get a stylist??

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drakeisthebest
January 8th, 2011 at 11:44 am
going to see him on monday CANT WAIT

DRAKE IS THE BEST.

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showmeagoodtime
January 8th, 2011 at 11:57 am
Im going to birmingham which is miles away from where I live just to see him…now thats dedication ;)

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Brady
January 8th, 2011 at 2:04 pm
So I went last night and i missed J Cole’s performance which I am still bitterly disappointed about.

I did manage to see all of Drakes though, and I was left disappointed. The concert was alright at best, but I had such great hopes.

The positives were his live band, the staging and he sounds very good live when rapping.

The negatives though are he talks way too much, he’s very corny, you don’t even want to know about the Drizzy 3-stoke (Oh boy SMH!) overly appreciated the ladies in comparison to the guys, this was not an r&b concert, yet it felt like it was. If he had a great singing voice then I think he would just concentrate on singing alone. 3 out of 5 I would say. Alright concert at best.

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koolnigg
January 8th, 2011 at 4:31 pm
@brandy i agree i wish he did not talk so much and was not that corney and he needs to get back to rapping and not singing dont get me wrong i like drake but he needs work with his pefromence

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Jordan K.
January 8th, 2011 at 5:46 pm
Drake is a great ass rapper but he needs some swag.

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Ayana
January 9th, 2011 at 5:15 am
Ahhh, I made my mum stay at home to try and get the tickets but she couldn’t get any !! :( im sooo upset I didn’t get 2 c him!! Next tym he’s coming to London, I’m not guna miss it.

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Fan Ov A Fan
January 9th, 2011 at 9:14 am
my cousin saw this concert i was so jealous :(

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