BUFFALO, N.Y. — Drake has referenced Buffalo and Western New York before, and he's done it again.
Last week the Toronto rapper and chart-topper released a new album, "For All The Dogs," which has 23 tracks. One of the songs is called "Away From Home," and it references the Walden Galleria.
How could I forget? How could I forget?
I was on a Greyhound way before the jet
Buffalo, New York was like the furthest I could get
At the Walden Galleria, tryna make the money stretch
It's far from the first time Drake has mentioned Buffalo. Two years ago, he dropped a Daemen College reference (before the university name change) on a song called "The Remorse," where he rhymed, "Daemen College booking me to pull and speak the facts."
Daeman was quick to issue a statement about the name-drop, saying it was a reference to Drake performing at the school back in 2009, before he was well known.
Before that, back in 2017, Drake referenced both Buffalo and Niagara Falls in a track called "Can't Have Everything."
On a yacht, me and all the dogs actin' like some dogs
We evolved, used to think vacation meant Niagara Falls
Swear to God, shout to Buffalo, never duckin' low
2 On Your Side's Claudine Ewing talked with ADRI V from Power 93.7 WBLK about Drake and his fondness for referencing Western New York in his songs.
"He has a history of making sure he pays homage to WBLK, to Buffalo, which is a place that definitely helped mold him when it came to music," ADRI V said, "so I think it's amazing each and every time he does it."