In this Aug. 30, 2015, file photo, Kanye West accepts the video vanguard award at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.West has teased the possibility of collaborating on an album with Drake. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File

Kanye West to open ‘Pablo’ pop-up store in Toronto

Temporary Toronto Pablo pop-up store follows events in Paris, New York and L.A.

Kanye West fans in Toronto can buy a taste of “The Life of Pablo” this weekend following the rapper-turned-fashion mogul’s announcement of 21 pop-up stores worldwide.

West tweeted a map with red dots indicating the stores’ locations Wednesday night.

Toronto is the only Canadian city, 13 of the stores will be in major cities in the U.S., and other shops are in Amsterdam, Berlin, Cape Town, London, Melbourne, Singapore and Sydney.

West is expanding the pop-up store concept following similar events in New York, Los Angeles and Paris earlier this year. West said the New York event generated $2 million in sales of items including thrift store jackets customized by West for $400.

West is following in the footsteps of fellow rapper Drake, who opened a pop-up shop in Toronto last spring to promote his album ‘Views from the 6.’

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