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In 2016, Kanye West rewrote the rules for how artists could think about their live stage show.

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Turns out, they didnt.

Inspiration has to rise.

Every seat was the best seat in the house.

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It was a risk, but it paid off.

Drake does not float and neither does his stage.

It stays in one place the whole show, depending instead on him alone to provide the action.

But Drake is an actor first, and he knows how to work the room.

Its not just me performing, its us, he tells the arena.

Its a good point: not even Drake alone can sustain the interactive nature of a stage like this.

Perhaps anticipating that, Drakes tour brings several reinforcements.

His stage isntjusta stage, its a piece of multimedia art resembling the work of Kanye collaboratorEs Devlin.

As much as Drake is unmistakably the shows star, hes willing to share the shine.