Drake is already recruiting Kevin Durant for the Raptors

He got a huge crowd involved, too.

Plenty of athletes and general famous people turned up in Toronto for Drake's OVO Fest, LeBron James and Jose Bautista among them. Kevin Durant actually showed up in the crowd Monday night, and the rapper/Raptors ambassador seized the opportunity to get a head start on some 2016 free agency recruiting:

Drake ends his show by telling Kevin Durant to come to Toronto. Drake's the real MVP.

— Faizal Khamisa (@FaizalKhamisa) August 5, 2014

KD chant explodes after Drake asks the crowd what they'd chant if Durant played for the Raptors. This is unreal.

— Kevin Rashidi (@KevinRashidi) August 5, 2014

Having a rapper as your semi-official "ambassador" is kinda clever, actually, because even a fraction of this behavior from an actual team official would be all kinds of tampering, but Drake can get away with whatever he wants.

So good work, Drake et al. Getting a massive crowd to chant for a dude is very good recruiting, Toronto. On the other hand, taking surreptitious creep-selfies is not very good recruiting, Toronto:

Life is complete, selfie with Kevin Durant at ovo fest pic.twitter.com/XovtpAtutN

— Michael Lepkoske (@PhatL7) August 4, 2014