Drake will join dancehall legend Vybz Kartel for an unprecedented performance at the 2025 Wireless Festival, marking his long-awaited comeback to the global stage. The 20th-anniversary celebration will take place in London’s Finsbury Park from July 11–13, and the Toronto rapper will be the main act on all three nights with special set selections.
On July 13, the last night of the event, Drake will perform with Nigerian singer Burna Boy and Kartel, who is presently in London with his fiancée, Sidem Öztürk.
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“London we here!” The musician uploaded a video of himself leaving London Heathrow Airport on his official Instagram account along with the caption, “#GodistheGreatess.”
The Wireless Festival news follows Kartel’s widely publicized release from jail last year after spending 13 years behind bars. Acquitted by the Court of Appeal in July, the dancehall veteran spent no time recovering his spot in the business, headlining the joyous Freedom Street event in December.
Party With Me, a project he completed while jailed, earned him a nomination for his first Grammy Award at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Reggae Album. One Love: Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) by Bob Marley was the winner in the end. for the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, on February 2, Kartel and Öztürk were present for the awards event.
Following his well-publicized release from jail last year after serving 13 years, Kartel made the news at the Wireless Festival. After being cleared by the Court of Appeal in July, the dancehall icon quickly restored his reputation in the business by presenting the joyous Freedom Street event in December.
Party With Me, a project he completed while jailed, earned him a nomination for his first Grammy Award at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Reggae Album. In the end, Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) won the prize. On February 2, in the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, Kartel and Öztürk were present for the awards event.
On Valentine’s Day, February 14, the Toronto rapper and PartyNextDoor launched their joint album, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U. It comes after his well-publicized rap battle with Kendrick Lamar and is his first full-length album since 2023’s For All the Dogs. When Lamar performed his diss song “Not Like Us” in front of over 100 million viewers during the Super Bowl Halftime Show on February 9, he aimed at Drake.
