Drake paused his Apollo Theater show when a fan fell from the balcony - The A.V. Club
During a Monday night show at New York’s Apollo Theater, he faced a test of his word when a fan fell from a balcony into the orchestra section midway through the rapper’s set.
In video footage obtained by Entertainment Tonight, Drake is seen halting his performance to check in on a fan who fell from a lower mezzanine balcony to the first floor of the Apollo during the show.The tumble and Drake’s subsequent response bring to mind a similar—and much more ill-handled—occurrence from a 2017 Travis Scott show, when fan Kyle Green became paralyzed after falling from a second-floor balcony at New York City’s Terminal 5.Despite the irreversible physical damage it caused Green, the incident (not even the only balcony dive of the night) quickly took over a space in the lore of Scott’s balls-to-the-wall live shows.The nonchalant verse made an eerie precursor to the horror of Scott’s 2021 Astroworld festival, where ten people died from compressive asphyxiation following a crowd crush.Although ultimately no one was severely harmed during Drake’s performance, his concerned response seems to signify a renewed caution among big-name artists regarding the crowd environment at their shows.