--- title: Drake and Rihanna Pay Tribute to Fan Who Died From Cancer description: Drake and Rihanna are mourning the loss of one their most loyal fans, Megan McFlores, who passed away from cancer Saturday. canonical: https://time.com/4401427/drake-rihanna-tribute-fan-died-cancer/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-11T18:08:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:16.161Z og:title: Drake and Rihanna Pay Tribute to Fan Who Died From Cancer og:description: "Rest in peace my angel" og:url: https://time.com/4401427/drake-rihanna-tribute-fan-died-cancer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Drake and Rihanna Pay Tribute to Fan Who Died From Cancer twitter:description: "Rest in peace my angel" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Drake and Rihanna Pay Tribute to Fan Who Died From Cancer > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 11, 2016 6:08 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 11, 2016 6:08 PM UTC [Drake](http://time.com/4329294/drake-shaved-beard-saturday-night-live-host/) and [Rihanna](http://time.com/4398744/rihanna-bra-stage-reaction/) are mourning the loss of one their most loyal fans, Megan McFlores, who passed away from [cancer](http://time.com/4234896/is-more-chemo-better-for-cancer/) Sunday. The teenage girl — who who was also known as OVO Megan — met Drake in March through the Make-A-Wish Foundation and inspired the Toronto rapper to dedicate his album _Views_ to her. “This body of work is dedicated to Megan Flores,” he wrote. “I pray for your well being every day.” Drake [posted an Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/BHp7ZHsD7aS/) honoring McFlores Sunday. “Rest in peace my angel. I know heaven is celebrating today,” he captioned the photo. “Thank you for the moments and emotions we share I am blessed to have known you in this lifetime.” Rihanna — who was introduced to McFlores through Drake — also [shared a tribute](https://www.instagram.com/p/BHqAR4ZDfrZ/) to the superfan. “I had the pleasure of meeting an angel on earth!,” the “Work” singer wrote. “After my show in Miami, \[Drake\] introduced me to Megan! She’s inspired me so much with her strength and her perspective on life! So fearless and kind! It’s heavy news that I can’t slide in your DMs anymore like I used to!! There was always a smile waiting for me there! You brightened any day! Rest up baby girl! 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