What to know<\/p>\n
Livestreamer Kishka has allegedly found the release date, May 15, for Canadian rapper Drake\u2019s new album, \u2018ICEMAN.\u2019<\/p>\n
On Monday, Canadian rapper Drake put up an ice block installation in a parking lot near Bond Street in Toronto.<\/p>\n
In the day since the ice blocks were put up, fans in Toronto have aimed to melt it with flamethrowers, hairdryers, and campfires.<\/p>\n
Drake\u2019s ice sculpture hasn\u2019t even been up for a day, and a streamer has already found the alleged release date for his new album ICEMAN.<\/p>\n
A Twitch streamer named Kishka found a blue bag within the ice block structure that allegedly contained a bunch of cash and the release date for Drake\u2019s album \u2014 May 15, which has seemingly been confirmed by the rapper\u2019s label OVO Sound.<\/p>\n
On Monday afternoon, Canadian rapper Drake unveiled a massive 15 by 20-feet ice block structure near St. Michael\u2019s Cathedral at Bond Street to promote his upcoming album ICEMAN. Supposedly, the album\u2019s release date will be revealed once the ice melts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But instead of patiently waiting, eager fans have taken to climbing the structure, hitting it with pickaxes, and aiming blowtorches and flamethrowers at it. One social media video even shows a group of fans crowded around a campfire on top of the structure.<\/p>\n
Popular mental health advocacy YouTuber Zachery Dereniowski, known online as MDMotivator, joined in on the fun, hiding keys to a new car on top of the ice blocks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first person who gets this key gets a brand new car,\u201d he dared.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a joyful video posted to his Instagram, Dereniowski is seen interviewing an ecstatic young man who found the keys to what appears to be a Honda Civic. The winner jumps on the car\u2019s hood and joyfully says the first person he\u2019s calling is his mom.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The fun and chaos eventually came to an end late Monday evening at 11 p.m. when the Toronto Police Service (TPS) were called for crowd control.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a statement to Now Toronto, a spokesperson for the TPS wrote, \u201cIt was reported that there were people on top of a 25-foot-high ice sculpture refusing to come down. They were breaking off chunks of the ice with pickaxes and hammers and throwing them. A fire was also set atop the structure.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLarge pieces of ice began falling, creating a dangerous situation for people on the ground, as well as those who climbed the structure. Officers attended and remained on scene out of concern for public safety and to assist with crowd and traffic control.\u201d<\/p>\n
Day two reactions<\/p>\n
On Tuesday afternoon, Now Toronto headed over to Drake\u2019s ice block structure to chat with excited fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Safeeah R and Aria M are huge Drake fans and explain their reason for living in Toronto is due to the rapper\u2019s influence. They\u2019re originally from Bangladesh, India.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe came here because we love Drake. That\u2019s the reason we live in Toronto.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aria thinks ICEMAN will be released soon and will feature rapper Young Thug, who posted about the album on X.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been waiting for ICEMAN for the last year. I\u2019ve been listening to \u2018What Did I Miss\u2019 for one year straight.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked if they\u2019d participate in similar activities involving flamethrowers and pickaxes, Safeeah instantly responded, \u201cHell yeah\u201d while Aria was more hesitant.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, because Drake put so much effort into this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, coworkers Ammad Qureshi and Nicholas Lachhman checked out the ice structure on their lunch break.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s crazy. I didn\u2019t think it would be that blue,\u201d Qureshi remarked. As a Torontonian, he says he\u2019s obviously a big fan of Drake.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just came here on our lunch break. I don\u2019t know what we were expecting but it\u2019s a block of ice.\u201d \u201cWe were trying to pick at it to help it melt faster but we weren\u2019t doing much.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lachhman doesn\u2019t think people will use blowtorches and flamethrowers again on the second night.<\/p>\n
\u201cSecurity is roaming around quite a bit, but I think people will definitely come around and hit the ice with whatever they have just to do their part. Just to have fun.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When will the ice melt?<\/p>\n
Dan Weaver, an Associate Professor in the department of physical and environmental sciences at the University of Toronto, Scarborough, says under ideal conditions, he thinks the ice blocks will last \u201croughly three to six weeks, depending on the weather and on how much the sculpture is disturbed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy best estimate is that the sculpture will last a few weeks. It will last more than just a few days. The timeline depends strongly on weather and on how the structure behaves as it weakens. It will also depend on how people interact with it,\u201d he explains.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rather than a few large blocks of ice \u2014 which melts relatively slowly because its mass is larger compared with its exposed surface area \u2014 Drake\u2019s ice structure is built from many smaller blocks rather than one solid piece. He says the smaller surface speeds up melting because \u201cwater can run through the gaps and seams between blocks, exposing more surfaces and weakening the structure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lastly, weather is also critical. He says warmer temperatures speed melting, but temperature is not the whole story.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDirect sun, wind, and rain can all accelerate melting, while cooler or cloudier conditions could let it last noticeably longer. This could push the timeline by weeks in either direction.\u201d<\/p>\n
But, here\u2019s some good news for those who have little patience.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to an Instagram post by The Iceman Toronto, who dubs themselves \u201cToronto\u2019s Ice Experts,\u201d the best way to melt ice is with salt, hot water, and an ice scraper.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMelt responsibly,\u201d the caption says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to know Livestreamer Kishka has allegedly found the release date, May 15, for Canadian rapper Drake\u2019s new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4556,4573,7362,7363,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-13700","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto","8":"tag-drake","9":"tag-iceman","10":"tag-kishka","11":"tag-ovo","12":"tag-toronto"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}