Key Takeaways
- Drake briefly sang along to “Take Care” during Trainwreckstv’s Kick livestream, telling viewers, “This the only performance you're getting of this song probably.”
- The 2011 Rihanna collaboration peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and followed the pair’s first team-up, “What’s My Name?”
- Drake previously declined to sing “Work” at his February 2024 Tampa tour opener, but invited fans to sing along to the 2016 hit.
Drake gave an unexpected performance of “Take Care” while livestreaming with Trainwreckstv, but warned viewers that it would be his “only” live rendition of his fan-favorite 2011 song.
During the Kick livestream over the weekend, Trainwreckstv, real name Tyler Faraz Niknam, played Drake’s 2011 collaboration with Rihanna from the rapper’s sophomore album of the same name. The five-time Grammy winner bashfully sang along, telling viewers, "This the only performance you're getting of this song probably, but shit, welcome to Trainwreckstv, baby." Prior to this, Drake had not performed the track since 2017.
The song marked Drizzy’s second collaboration with Rihanna, following their 2010 song “What’s My Name?” from her fifth studio album, Loud. The artists, who allegedly dated on-and-off throughout the 2010s, would reconnect on songs “Work” and “Too Good,” both released in 2016 on their respective albums Anti and Views.
As a single, “Take Care” peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has been RIAA-certified seven-times platinum in the U.S.
Nearly three years ago, Drake distanced himself from another Rihanna collaboration, “Work,” which he told fans he no longer performs.
“I don’t sing this song anymore. You can sing it for me,” the Iceman rapper told his Tampa, Florida crowd in February 2024.
Drake’s departure from performing his Rihanna collaborations could be associated with longstanding tension with the nine-time Grammy winner and her partner, ASAP Rocky, whom the rapper was formerly friends with. Rihanna and the Don’t Be Dumb rapper have dated since 2020 and share three children.
In August, Rocky responded to Drake’s subliminal lyric on “Burning Bridges” regarding Rihanna not posting a single from his fourth album on social media after it released, although she’s hyped up the project for going No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
"She not on my fucking album," he said. "What single she supposed to be posting? She posted my album... after it went No. 1,” Rocky said on The Jason Lee Show.
The Harlem rapper, who seemingly dissed Drake on “Stole Ya Flow,” also revisited tension that he had with Drake over women they’ve both been involved with while on Apple Music in January.
