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\n\tLast night, there was a massive explosion in Toronto<\/a>, and it looks like it was related to Drake<\/a>\u2018s long-awaited album Iceman<\/em>. The rapper posted a cryptic Instagram story late Thursday night that at first glance looked like news footage from a disaster site. Far out in the distance in the Toronto skyline, you could see a giant cloud of smoke. The explosions took place at Downsview Park, the site of the EDM festival Veld, opposite the temporary Rogers Stadium. On April 13, the park\u2019s website posted a public notice alerting the community to the \u201cplanned pyrotechnic effects.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cDuring the week of April 13th, in the evening, residents and visitors may notice loud noises, flashes of light, and\/or smoke in the area for short periods of time,\u201d it states. \u201cThese effects are part of a pre-approved controlled activity occurring at Downsview Park and will be conducted by licensed professionals in coordination with Toronto Police and Fire Services. There is no risk to public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tA filming notification for \u201cproject bot\u201d alerted the residents and businesses in the area, indicating the prep day was April 15 and wrap days were April 17. Ashley Visser, media relations officer for the Toronto Police Service, confirmed to\u00a0Rolling Stone<\/em>\u00a0that it was for a movie shoot, not a music video.<\/em> \u201cWe can advise you that this was a part of a movie shoot. This was a controlled incident,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n \n\tNo one would confirm Drake\u2019s involvement outright, but the posts on Instagram suggest the shoot had something<\/em> to do with Iceman<\/em>. It wouldn\u2019t be the first cryptic teaser Drake\u2019s given fans about the album, either. \u00a0Last summer, he announced the official album title via live streams on YouTube<\/a>. Each episode of his Iceman<\/em> series came with a new single, starting with \u201cWhat Did I Miss?\u201d which incidentally was the last hip-hop single to reach the Top 10 on the charts. He followed up with \u201cWhich One,\u201d featuring Central Cee. In September, just ahead of his third live stream, Drake appeared on Bobbi Althoff\u2019s podcast<\/a> Not This Again,<\/em> where he said very little about the new album except that it was on the way. Episode 3 of his Iceman stream previewed more material, including \u201cDog House\u201d with Yeat and Julia Wolf, plus \u201cSomebody Loves Me Pt. 2,\u201d which received an official release.<\/p>\n \n\tSave for a smattering of Stake gambling streams, Drake went quiet for the rest of last year. In March, he re-emerged with an Instagram carousel post including a \u201cWarning Iceman\u201d poster. Later that month, during a video tribute to Nelly Furtado at the Juno Awards<\/a>, he closed by saying, \u201cIceman coming soon.\u201d Earlier this week, ahead of the Toronto explosion, Drake\u2019s courtside Raptors seats were turned into an icy promo display in another, more overt, album teaser.<\/p>\n