Drake draws huge crowd for surprise popup in Toronto

It's a big week for Toronto. That's because Drake's releasing his highly anticipated album Views From The 6. And to celebrate, the hip hop star surprised everyone with a popup shop on Queen Street West.

He Instagrammed and tweeted about the pop-up's location - outside Tattoo at 567 Queen St. W. - and wrote the would be up and running at 5 p.m.

This line for the #Views popup shop is unreal pic.twitter.com/NblMmteIrV

— BIGNOAH (@BIGNOAH256) April 24, 2016

Naturally, hordes of local fans flocked to Queen West in order to snag some Drake-related merchandise. New York City and Los Angeles have also played host to VIEWS popups.

With only a few days until #Views drops, Drake says he'll drop the album cover tonight at his hometown popup show pic.twitter.com/0uC8kqDArd

— Karen Civil (@KarenCivil) April 25, 2016

But the Toronto edition was extra special because Aubrey Graham himself showed up and handed out t-shirts before addressing the crowd.

#VIEWS Pop Up is in full effect right now.

A photo posted by RAP SEASON (@rapseason) on Apr 24, 2016 at 1:52pm PDT

Got to literally rub shoulders with a fellow #6God today. In hindsight I should have wished him a Chag Sameach, but was too starstruck and instead went with "Hey whats up man?" #VIEWS

A photo posted by 😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴 (@tucksauce) on Apr 24, 2016 at 6:31pm PDT

Met drake today wit the plug🔌 #VIEWS #the6 #04.29.16

A photo posted by André wright™⚽ (@dreewright) on Apr 24, 2016 at 4:33pm PDT

@champagnepapi showing mad love to #Toronto right now. #VIEWS

A photo posted by RAP SEASON (@rapseason) on Apr 24, 2016 at 3:52pm PDT

#ViewsFromtheCrib: #Drake #VIEWS pop-up at @tattootoronto this afternoon. Line was literally around the block, kids love they #Drizzy! #viewsfromthe6 #viewsfromthesix #viewsfromthe6ix

A photo posted by DIFFERENT KITCHEN (@differentkitchen) on Apr 24, 2016 at 7:24pm PDT

Top photo by @drdreyuh via Instagram.