{"id":393970,"date":"2026-04-23T16:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/393970\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:06:11","slug":"drake-hits-big-milestone-after-wild-ice-tower-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/393970\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake hits big milestone after wild ice tower stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1400091_064649_updates.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"686\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Drake hits big milestone after wild ice tower stunt   \"\/>Drake marks huge milestone ahead of the &#8216;Iceman&#8217; album<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Iceman, Drake is drawing attention from his recent frozen stunt in Toronto by placing large blocks of ice in the city.<\/p>\n<p>However, that is not the only thing that is sparking renewed interest among hip-hop lovers.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the latest point of excitement for Drake&#8217;s fans is his ranking on Spotify.<\/p>\n<p>In the list of all-time most-streamed artists on the platform, the One Dance hitmaker is the top rapper ever and the third artist overall.<\/p>\n<p>It is a stunning feat for the Toronto rapper, given big-shot names in the list, including Eminem and Kanye West.<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1400091_6963779_Untitled-2_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Drake hits big milestone after wild ice tower stunt\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the hype of Iceman \u2013 Drake&#8217;s ninth studio album \u2013 is at its peak, thanks to his icy stunt. <\/p>\n<p>However, the 25-foot ice block became a headache for city officials because it drew a legion of fans, armed with flammable items.<\/p>\n<p>This wild reaction posed a potential threat to public safety, so under the orders of Fire Chief Jim Jessop, the frozen sculpture was hosed down.<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1400091_7651346_Untitled-3_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Drake hits big milestone after wild ice tower stunt\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Despite the icy structure being brought down, Olivia Chow, the mayor of Toronto, praised Drake for his unique promotional style.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrake is a big supporter of our city, and there\u2019s so much excitement across our city towards this new album, The Iceman,\u201d she said during a press conference. \u201cI\u2019m excited too; it\u2019s going to be a great summer \u2026 but please, be safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iceman will drop on May 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drake marks huge milestone ahead of the &#8216;Iceman&#8217; album Ahead of Iceman, Drake is drawing attention from his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-393970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}