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Drake is going on tour. The 31-year-old announced the 'Aubrey and The Three Amigos Tour yesterday. Drake will be joined by Walk It Talk It collaborators Migos and other special guests on the North American leg through the summer and fall.

The 41-date tour starts July 26 in Salt Lake City.

Meanwhile, Drake has released the singles God's Plan and Nice For What ahead of his anticipated fifth studio album, Scorpion.

With demonstrators standing outside his concert protesting his presence, R Kelly summoned his passionate fans to carry him through what has been a difficult week.

Interspersing references to God with his suggestive lyrics and salty language, Kelly stirred up a crowd inside the Greensboro Coliseum last Friday to buoy him as he encountered long-standing allegations of mistreatment of women and an effort to get coliseum officials to cancel the concert.

"Sometimes, some storms ain't gonna stop," Kelly told the audience during his nearly one-hour performance. "As long as my fans are calling for me, I'm gonna be on that stage, singing these songs."

Well after his performance, however, the storms that started before he arrived continued to roil.

Women's groups had urged the Greensboro Coliseum to cancel, days after Kelly was disinvited from a concert in Chicago. Spotify announced it would no longer stream his music in its curated playlists.

Although it didn't announce the move, Apple's music-streaming service also has stopped promoting Kelly's music on some of the featured playlists that it shows its 40 million subscribers. Like Spotify, Apple Music still carries an extensive selection of Kelly's songs in its library.

Apple declined to further comment Saturday.