“I want to say I feel so sad and full of sorrow for Sharon and the kids, that is my immediate feeling.”

Music stars, fans and former bandmates have paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, the frontman of pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, who has died at the age of 76.

“I just came out to pay respects to someone who lived it to the fullest,” Drake said in a brief interview, adding that Osbourne was a cultural touchstone, even for people who didn’t know his music.