Drake wears Devin Booker’s Suns jersey in Phoenix concert

Welcome to the latest edition of a rising Phoenix athlete getting some love from a hip-hop star.

Rapper Drake broke out the jersey of Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker on Tuesday night while performing at Talking Stick Resort Arena. The connections here are pretty simple: Drake loves him some Kentucky basketball, and he met Booker when the second-year shooting guard was in Lexington.

.@Drake came out reppin' the @suns in his @DevinBook jersey! ☀️🏀 #SummerSixteenTour (📸: Michael Anthony Gonzales) pic.twitter.com/JZu9FCXjxl

— TSR Arena (@TSRarena) September 7, 2016

KING!!!! #SummerSixteenTour #SummerSixteenTourPHX #Drake @Drake (📸: @MalcolmAlexndr) pic.twitter.com/iby8G7FcLb

— 104.7 KISS FM (@KISSFMPhoenix) September 7, 2016

Safe to say, Booker is pretty proud of arguably the biggest name in hip hop wearing his jersey.

https://twitter.com/DevinBook/status/773383478801031168

Booker appeared to have some backstage access at the concert. He posed for an Instagram photo Tuesday with Jas Prince, who is Drake’s close friend and signed the star to his label.

If you remember, Booker proclaimed his Drake fandom not by word but by action, doing the rapper’s “Hotline Bling” dance after Mirza Teletovic nailed a game-winner in Chicago last season.

Between Drake showing Booker some love and Justin Bieber shouting out Coyotes youngster Max Domi not so long ago, it’s safe to say Phoenix’s athletes are well in-tune with pop culture.

And for that, we are proud.