Shoppers camp 14 hours overnight for Kanye West's Toronto pop-up shop
Priscilla Hwang | CBC News | Posted: August 19, 2016 8:52 PM | Last Updated: August 19, 2016
'These are really dope, man,' Kanye West fan who said he waited in line since midnight Friday
If you see long lineups on Ossington Avenue this weekend , you can chalk it up to two words: Kanye West.
Shoppers have been camping out since late Thursday night to snatch some merchandise from the superstar rapper's pop-up shop in Toronto — the only one in Canada.
Abdul Alharbi finally got in after waiting in line since midnight..
"These are really dope man, yeah," said Alharbi, proudly holding a bag full of t-shirts and a bomber jacket, inspired by Pablo, West's new album.
Toronto is the only Canadian city to have one of West's pop-up stores. There are 21 of them throughout the world.
The temporary store opened up Friday on 12 Ossington Ave. and will only be around until Sunday. It will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. throughout the weekend.
Some West fans were excited to share some of their favourite tunes from the new album.
"This is a god dream, this is a god dream," sang Aaran Bahtia, belting out the lyrics from West's song Ultralight.
Edden Yavelberg arrived Friday morning hoping to grab a couple of sweaters and a shirt for West's upcoming pair of concerts at the Air Canada Centre — scheduled for August 30 and 31.
"There's a huge line, probably around a five hour wait, so I don't think we're going to do it," he said, shaking his head. "We should have come earlier. We didn't know it would be so hyped up."
Some others were more dedicated and did some serious camping for the merchandise.
"Fourteen hours," a group of four friends shouted in unison when asked how long they'd been lining up.
"I'm going to go home and sleep," said Seyon Sriharen.
Thirteen of the 21 stores will be in major cities in the U.S., and other shops are in Amsterdam, Berlin, Cape Town, London, Melbourne, Singapore and Sydney.