Drake’s Air Drake jet was designed by Virgil Abloh
Drake’s private jet is a Boeing 767 nicknamed “Air Drake”, the $185 million Boeing 767 plane was redesigned by Virgil Abloh.
Drake purchased the Boeing 767-300F for a reported $185 million USD as part of a partnership with Canadian freight airline Cargojet.
The late Louis Vuitton/Off-White head designer wrapped the plane is blue skys and white clouds, similar to Drake’s “Nothing Was the Same” album cover, the plan definitely is an Ode to the cover.
The plane sits 30 people and towards the engines (The plane has two General Electric CF6 engines) you see the name of the plane “Air Drake” labeled on it. Virgil put Drake’s signature OVO owl logo sitting atop a globe on the tails. You can also see Virgil’s “VAA” logo. The plane was “Abloh Engineering”.
Virgil Abloh designed Drake’s Air Drake jet
On the bottom of the plane, you can read: “If you’re reading this we left.” That’s another ode to Drake’s 2015 mixtape If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
Watch the video below to see inside Drake’s $220 Million Private Jet
Rest in Peace Virgil.
When Virgil Passed away Drake posted some photos of the plan with the caption: “My plan is to touch the sky 1000 more times for you…love you eternally brother, thank you for everything,”
Virgil Abloh directed the music video for one of Lil Uzi Vert’s biggest songs XO Tour Llif3.
Virgil Abloh and Lil Uzi Vert got fined $3k for the blood in XO Tour Llif3 Music Video. This would be the second music video Virgil has ever directed and they shot the video at The Mercer hotel in Soho, New York back in 2017. They had a scene where there was blood in the hotel bathtub and the hotel didn’t like that and fined them $3k. “Lil Uzi Vert asked me to direct his music video” Virg stated. “Got fined $3k for the blood.” Virgil Abloh revealed (57:20) this during a public lecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Rest in Peace Virgil. Watch the music video for XO Tour Llif3 directed by Virgil Abloh below.
Kendrick Lamar puts on a crown of thorns as he performs songs from ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’
Kendrick Lamar has been outside since dropping his new album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers in May. On Thursday morning (June 23), K-Dot performed at Louis Vuitton’s Men’s Spring-Summer ’23 Show in Paris where he honored the late Virgil Abloh.
Rocking a crown of thorns, the 35-year old lyricist sat on the frontline in between Naomi Campbell and Dave Free. He performed Mr. Morale songs like ”Rich Spirits,” ”Çount Me Out,” ‘’N95,’’ and ‘’Savior.’’ During the performance, the rapper altered some lyrics to pay homage to Virgil.
Kendrick Lamar pays homage to Virgil Abloh while performing at Louis Vuitton’s MenSS23 show today in Paris. https://t.co/PbmgaRWTx6
Kendrick is going to be on the road for a significant part of the year. The Pulitzer award-wining rapper will begin his world tour in July in the company of his PgLang artists Baby Keem & Tanna Leone to support his new album.
The trek will kick off in the US on July 19, run through Europe in October & November, and wrap it up in Australia & New Zealand in December.
Virgil Abloh lent his creativity to a variety of Hip-Hop covers
Virgil Abloh, mostly known as the visionary creator of the Off-White brand and the head of Louis Vuitton men’s wear, tragically passed away in November 2021 at the age of 41 from a two-year fight with a rare and aggressive form of cancer.
Virgil’s influence on the world of music and hip-hop culture cannot be overlooked. Over the past decade, Virgil managed to design album covers for several high-profile hip-hop projects, including iconic album covers for Kanye West, Lil Uzi Vert, A$AP Rocky, Pop Smoke, Kid Cudi, and more.
Kanye West‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ 2010
Virgil was the art director for West’s album, MBDTF’s artwork would become a key aspect of what is considered one of the greatest albums of the 21st century.
The creative relationship of Kanye West and Virgil Abloh has always been one of Popularity. Both being Chicago natives, Virgil started working with West at the age of 22 in 2002 as a creative consultant. Since then Virgil’s work with Kanye ranged from designing merch to album art to set designs. In fact, Virgil has worked in Kanye’s creative output since before The College Dropout. Kanye has described Virgil as “one of the smartest, fastest, most innovative people I’ve created with.”
In this in depth article by nicekicks.com, it highlights Virgil’s Life and Legacy in Fashion, Music, and Footwear, along with highlighting his professional creative relationship with Kanye West
Kanye West‘808s & Heartbreak’ 2008
Virigl is credited as co-designer the famous, 808s & Heartbreak. Eventually getting KAWS in the fold for 808‘s deluxe edition artwork. They created a cover that is not only memorable for its music, but just as well, the art direction.
Kanye West ‘Yeezus’ 2013
Abloh would be credited and involved in album artwork for Kanye West’s following three projects with creatives from the art and fashion world collaborating on covers.
Virgil’s detailed golden art direction for Jay and Kanye’s collab project established the mystique of the two artists as the kings of hip hop at the turn of the decade.
Virgil was the creative director for Uzi’s debut studio album. The original cover art did not feature the ‘Off-White’ TAPE X’d over. However, Uzi has always been famous for rocking fashionable, trendy, and expensive brands, including Virgil’s Louis Vuitton. So it would make sense that he would give Virgil the benefit of the doubt of being the creative director.
For an in-depth article about Uzi and Virgil’s creative professional relationship, including the story behind the ‘Luv is Rage 2’ artwork, click here for an article from TheFader.
Virgil was also the creative director for Rocky’s debut studio album. Virgil’s talent clearly rubbed off onto Rocky, who has since become a fashion icon in his own right.
Gunn’s album was titled ‘Pray for Paris’ shortly after Gunn attended Virgil Abloh’s Off-White Paris fashion show in January 2020. The cover was created by Virgil using Caravaggio’s David with the Head of Goliath while adding Gunn’s personal frequently worn chains, making it one of the most striking picturesque covers of the year.
Rest in Peace Virgil Abloh, a leading driver for the 21st-century connections between fashion, music, and art. May we forever remember this work and dedication.
“I told them Black and gold, that’s been a theme,” 2 Chainz told VIBE. “I had the album cover done by Kanye’s new creative team, Donda.” In 2011, West hired Abloh to become the creative director of his creative agency, DONDA.
