411 Mania — Due to mother's illness... more info

VH1 News — Virginia America's "Air Drake" took flight this week, flying from Los Angeles to Toronto with the rapper, Arnold Schwarzenegger and more onboard. more info

Perez Hilton — Cool! Drake is the latest celebrity to have a plane named after him on Virgin Airlines thanks to Sir Richard Branson AND he is the first hip-hop artist to have a commercial airplane named after him! Air Drake is in the Virgin America fleet and will f... more info

E! Online — The best woman Drake has ever known remains his mom. The up-and-coming rapper has canceled plans to tour Europe this summer so that he can be with his ailing mom while she recovers from... more info

VH1 News — UGK's Bun B says he understands Drake's buzz as a new artist. "I was involved in a bidding war when we first came out independently," the rapper tells Vibe. more info

USA Today Music — Drake is postponing his 10-city European tour because his mother is undergoing surgery. more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rising Canadian rapper Drake has postponed the ten dates of the European leg of his concert tour due to his mother having to undergo surgery, his publicist said on Thursday. more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Toronto rapper Drake has scrapped his early-July European concert dates and flown home to Canada, to be by his mother's side as she undergoes emergency surgery for an undisclosed ailment, music website NME.com reported Thursday. more info

The Mirror — Drake is postponing his 10-city European tour because his mother is undergoing surgery. more info

Starpulse — Rapper Drake has been forced to pull out of plans to tour Europe so he can be by his sick mother's side as she undergoes "emergency" surgery for a mystery illness. The Best I Ever Had hit-maker w... more info