{"id":160,"date":"2016-09-09T19:01:10","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T19:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/sports\/rap-star-drake-attends-goddaughter-s-long-beach-state-volleyball-game\/"},"modified":"2016-09-09T19:01:10","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T19:01:10","slug":"rap-star-drake-attends-goddaughter-s-long-beach-state-volleyball-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/rap-star-drake-attends-goddaughter-s-long-beach-state-volleyball-game","title":{"rendered":"Rap Star Drake Attends Goddaughter&#8217;s Long Beach State Volleyball Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-50511\" style=\"vertical-align: top;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Drake_Volleyball.jpg\" alt=\"Drake Volleyball\" width=\"620\" height=\"652\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo courtesy of LBSU volleyball player Ashley Murray.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Long Beach State (LBSU) was graced with a surprise visit by rap superstar Drake last night, who showed up to support his goddaughter at her volleyball game in the Walter Pyramid. His attendance proved to be good luck, as the powerful Beach women beat their opponent Loyola Marymount University 3-0.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, Drake, dressed casually in a full blue sweatsuit, not only showed up to support his goddaughter Ashley Murray\u2014a 6-foot-2-inch middle blocker and Cal State Long Beach junior\u2014but he also shared some words with the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing more powerful than when someone shares their blessings,\u201d Murray said in an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BKH1Sh_ATSW\/?taken-by=lelemurray\"> Instagram post <\/a>after the game. \u201cWhen they show up for you, you show out for them. Thank you for coming to support me and my team. Love you always. Best Godfather ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-50512\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/drake_selfie.jpg\" alt=\"drake selfie\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo courtesy of LBSU volleyball player Ashley Anselmo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BKHyYy7hm71\/?taken-by=ashley.anselmo\">via Instagram<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Drake\u2019s presence not only seemed to give the gals that extra push but once word got around on social media that he was in town, the crowd at the Pyramid swelled to 1,141 people and fostered a great atmosphere during the final set, according to athletics officials.<\/p>\n<p> <center> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What??? Drake!!!! At the CSULB volleyball game!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Drake?src=hash\">#Drake<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zMewOYxSr4\">pic.twitter.com\/zMewOYxSr4<\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2014 SakuraSS (@Sakoura5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sakoura5\/status\/774090818948702212\">September 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script> <\/center> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What was neat, is a lot of people who don&#8217;t come to games came, and they were quiet, but then they looked and went `Whoa, this is pretty good,\u201d stated LBSU head coach Brian Gimmillaro of the crowd. &#8220;They started applauding and getting into it, and you could see that unravel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <center> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Musician Drake was spotted at Walter Pyramid during the volleyball game Friday. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LBSU?src=hash\">#LBSU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Drake?src=hash\">#Drake<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/49erNow?src=hash\">#49erNow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ApJWllsLAB\">pic.twitter.com\/ApJWllsLAB<\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Daily 49er Sports (@49erSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/49erSports\/status\/774090560311140354\">September 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script> <\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The Beach ended up winning the Lions in a 25-17, 27-25, 25-13 sweep and Drake ended up leaving the Pyramid escorted by police, trailed by cell phone-carrying fans hoping to capture the moment.<\/p>\n<p> <center> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Drake\">@Drake<\/a> showed up to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CSULB\">@CSULB<\/a> to watch his Goddaughter Ashely Murray play volleyball and this happened&#8230;.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Drake?src=hash\">#Drake<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kOkyERiIB4\">pic.twitter.com\/kOkyERiIB4<\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Fernando Ramirez (@RealFRamirez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealFRamirez\/status\/774094823997321216\">September 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script> <\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cal State Long Beach was graced with a surprise visit by rap superstar Drake last night, who showed up to support his goddaughter at her volleyball game in the Walter Pyramid. 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