Drake is paying tribute to late style icon Virgil Abloh with a everlasting heartfelt gesture.
The 35-year-old famous person rapper commemorated the previous Louis Vuitton and Off-White designer, who died in late November following a battle with most cancers, with a particular new tattoo on his forearm. Los Angeles-based tattoo artist Joaquin Ganga took to Instagram on Wednesday (Dec. 22) to share a photograph of Drake’s newest ink, a sensible design of Abloh launching a kite through the Louis Vuitton menswear present at Paris Style Week in 2018.
“A remembrance of the nice Virgil Abloh accomplished on Drake @champagnepapi @virgilabloh,” Ganga captioned the black-and-white snapshot.
Abloh handed away on Nov. 28 after a non-public two-year battle with cardiac angiosarcoma, a uncommon and aggressive type of most cancers. Following his loss of life, Drake was among numerous musical acts to honor the designer for his inventive contributions.
“My plan is to the touch the sky 1000 extra occasions for you…love you eternally brother thanks for all the pieces,” the Toronto MC captioned an Instagram photograph gallery of himself with Abloh.
Along with his contributions in style, Abloh was a DJ and served as Kanye West’s longtime inventive director. He additionally helped design iconic album covers by West, A$AP Rocky, Lil Uzi Vert and Pop Smoke, and teamed up with Child Cudi on the Kurt Cobain-inspired floral print costume worn by the rapper throughout Saturday Night time Dwell look earlier within the yr.
See Drake’s new tattoo in honor of Abloh beneath.
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