DrakeWeather.com Website and App: Fan Site Tells Forecast in Style of Nothing Was the Same Album
Drake has tackled acting, rapping, fashion and live comedy, and now his image is being used for yet another venture: the weather.
A website called DrakeWeather.com is the newest release to star the Canadian rapper.
"Your local weather in DRAKE style," the website's description says.
With simplistic beauty, the website tells you the weather in the blink of an eye. Once you enter the website, the temperature is given in both Fahrenheit and Celsius along with the forecast. The best part is this useful information all sits atop cover art from Nothing Was the Same, which is none other than a profile of Drake's head.
The website says that it was created "by Tom, Bob & Bert." Clicking on the creators' names bring you to Tom Galle's Twitter page, showing that this website was not an attempt by Drake to take over the meteorology industry, but rather a fan page.
Going to the website from my Long Island post tells me that it is 11 degrees Fahrenheit with light rain. Of course, some water drops appear on the screen around Drake's head in order to provide visual representation. Outside my window, however, there is no rain, not even light rain. In fact, there isn't a cloud in the sky.
It seems that Drakeweather.com still has some tweaking to do, but the effort is well appreciated.
Besides performing live comedy on Saturday Night Live this weekend, Drake's newest venture has put him in the fashion world. The rapper recently teamed up with Nike Air Jordan to design his own line of Jordans. To promote the new kicks, Drake gave away a couple of pairs at the Toronto Raptors' "Drake Night."
Instead of keeping the promotional sample from the OVO (October's Very Own) x Air Jordan line, the fans decided to cash in on the sneakers, just like Drake.
One fan promoted the shoes via Twitter.
"Check out Unreleased Promo Sample Drake OVO Air Jordan Retro 10s on @eBay," @A_Kashmir said via Twitter with a link to an eBay posting with the sneakers.
The OVO Air Jordan 10 Retro sneakers, which were listed as "New with box," were originally priced at an already pricey $300. After less than a week and 92 bids from 33 bidders, however, the shoes sold for a whopping $100,000.
Meanwhile, the other pair of Jordans Drake gave away that night sold for $400.