Raptors' new uniforms revealed by Drake at OVO Fest
Team's global ambassador helps introduce 4 versions to debut in 2015-16 season
Drake unveiled one of the Toronto Raptors' new uniform designs on stage at his OVO Fest in Toronto on Monday night.
The team enlisted the help of its global ambassador and tweeted a picture of him showing off one of the jerseys towards the end of the show.
Drake appeared in the black and gold version, which is a colour scheme that he also uses for his OVO brand.
With the help of <a href="https://twitter.com/Drake">@Drake</a> @ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OVOFest?src=hash">#OVOFest</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA2K">@NBA2K</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Raptors?src=hash">#Raptors</a> reveal 2015-16 Uniforms. Images & More: <a href="http://t.co/XvoRmNiMId">http://t.co/XvoRmNiMId</a> <a href="http://t.co/GBPE9m40zx">pic.twitter.com/GBPE9m40zx</a>
—@Raptors
He wore No. 6, a reference to his nickname for Toronto (The Six) as well as the jersey number that will be worn by off-season acquisition Cory Joseph, who is from the Toronto area.
New Toronto Raptors uniforms 🔥🔥 <a href="http://t.co/FbwKgKsszT">pic.twitter.com/FbwKgKsszT</a>
—@Bballforeverfb
In total, four new Raptors uniforms will debut in the 2015-16 season, including home, alternate home, away and alternate away designs.
With files from The Associated Press