Drake celebrates birthday at World Series in Rob Ford jacket

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Drake celebrated his 39th birthday on Friday night by supporting the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 1 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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The Toronto rapper was spotted in the stands wearing a Don Bosco Eagles jacket with the late Rob Ford's name on the front and a bling necklace that showed off the CN Tower and celebrated the Blue Jays and Toronto Raptors.

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“How are you? The Biggest Sixer… live from the World Series on my birthday. I see the whole town came tonight. Hi Jace,” said Hotline said the hitmaker.

When MLB shared the selfie video, the Blue Jays were down 2-0, but Drake wasn't fazed.

“We're down here now, but we've been here before,” he said.

Shortly after publication, the Blue Jays tied the game 2–2 on Dalton Varsho's home run with Alejandro Kirk on base.

The Blue Jays led 11-2 at the end of the sixth, thanks in part to Addison Barger's grand slam and Kirk's two-run shot.

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But despite the Blue Jays' success, as soon as he was shown on the giant on-field video screen, viewers at home and in the stands rushed to social media to express their fears that his presence could spell doom for the team.

“The Curse of Drake is among us,” one diehard fan wrote on X, while another added: “The Curse of Drake in action.”

For those who don't know, “The Curse of Drake” came about after an unscientific study found that Grammy Award-winning bands supports tend to lose.

In 2019, Maple Leafs fans blamed Justin Bieber and Drake. — who were seen personally cheering for the team throughout the team's playoff series against the Boston Bruins – after the team's loss in Game 7, prompting then-Leafs coach Mike Babcock will weigh in on the curse allegations.

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“I’ve heard a lot of things since I came here,” Babcock said at the time. “But this is one of the craziest things. We play on ice. There is no curse here.”

When a Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani turned down Toronto for Los Angeles in 2023. Some keyboard players held Drake partially responsible for posting a photo of himself on Instagram wearing the 2023 NLCS MVP All-Star Game jersey.

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As soon as Drake shared a photo seemingly celebrating Ohtani's signing, Jays fans immediately began to fear the three-time MVP would join the Dodgers.

“Otani is now a Dodger — it's confirmed” one fan wroteBye another stated“[This is an] Drake's curse moment for all time if [Ohtani to the Jays] doesn't happen.”

“I guess kids these days say it's bad luck, so maybe that means he won't go to Toronto…– the third person complained.

The conversation about “Drake's Curse” turned to Reddit and when one MLB observer dismissed Toronto's hopes: “If it wasn't happening before, it sooooo isn't happening now.”

After many believed that the plane was taking Ohtani to Toronto to announce his trade with the Blue Jays, it was revealed that the passenger was none other than Robert Herjavec, an entrepreneur known for his role in the Blue Jays series. Shark Tank And Dragons' Den.

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Last year, the Toronto musician's support of sports teams was cited as evidence that they were doomed to fail.

In 2019, after Drake was photographed with Paris Saint-Germain player Layvin Kurzawa, he was blamed for the football club's 5-1 loss to Lille. As a result, Italian side Roma banned their players from taking selfies with the Juno winner until the end of the season.

During the 2019 NCAA Football Playoffs, Drake publicly supported the University of Alabama and the team lost to the Clemson Tigers 44–16.

Before that, he was in the stands cheering on Serena Williams at the 2015 US Open when she lost to an unranked player. And when he trumpeted Conor McGregor, the MMA fighter was crushed by Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 236.

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But Drake also used his so-called “curse” to doom Philadelphia's final game against Philadelphia. Predators during the 2019 playoffs while wearing 76ers shorts.

Drake continues to add insult to injury.spit lost $1 million after betting that the Toronto Maple Leafs would beat the Florida Panthers in the NHL playoffs last season.

“If I could go out and win for all your favorite teams, I would,” he said in an interview. fake interview posted on Instagram in which he answered the question: “How do you feel about the Drake curse?”

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