TORONTO \u2014 Toronto police say they were called to the location of Drake’s ice sculpture Monday night as people were climbing the structure and breaking off chunks with tools.<\/p>\n
A police spokesperson says pieces of the ice began falling, “creating a dangerous situation.”<\/p>\n
Drake has suggested the release date for his forthcoming album lies hidden inside the massive formation of ice blocks in a downtown parking lot.<\/p>\n
On Monday, the rapper took to Instagram to share images of the glacial installation along with its co-ordinates. He captioned it, “Release date inside.”<\/p>\n
Locals soon descended on the structure, capturing photos and videos while trading theories about when the ice might melt.<\/p>\n
Police say the were called around 11 p.m. Monday night and remained on the scene to control crowds and out of concern for public safety as people climbed the 25-foot-high sculpture. There were no reported injuries.<\/p>\n
Ashley Visser, media relations officer for the Toronto Police Service, also confirmed reports people were trying to set the structure on fire.<\/p>\n
“They were breaking off chunks of the ice with various tools,” Visser said in an email Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“Large pieces of ice began falling, creating a dangerous situation for people on the ground, as well as those who climbed the structure.”<\/p>\n
The installation is the latest in a series of headline-grabbing stunts promoting Drake’s long-awaited album, “Iceman.”<\/p>\n
Last Thursday, a thunderous explosion lit up the skies over North York \u2014 images Drake later shared to his Instagram Story. Toronto police said the blaze was tied to a film shoot.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, the “God’s Plan” rapper’s regular courtside seats at Scotiabank Arena were sealed in sculpted ice during a Toronto Raptors game, turning his empty spot into a viral spectacle.<\/p>\n
Drake’s representatives could not immediately be reached for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Toronto police say they were called to the location of Drake’s ice sculpture Monday night as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75],"class_list":["post-619661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}