Drake‘s giving streak remains to be going sturdy. At his homecoming live performance in Toronto over the weekend, the 36-year-old rapper raffled off a luxurious automotive to 1 fortunate fan within the crowd.
The “Wealthy Flex” musician has made a practice of doling out costly items to followers at his It’s All a Blur Tour, with previous presents spanning designer purses to stacks of money. This time, nevertheless, Drizzy switched issues up. Not solely did he give away one thing he’s by no means given away earlier than — a Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon — however he additionally chosen his recipient fully at random, versus his common methodology of scanning the group and selecting somebody — oftentimes holding a intelligent selfmade signal — whom he sees within the crowd.
“That is what I’m gonna do,” he instructed the group mid-show at Scotiabank Area. “I’m gonna choose a profitable ticket out of this drum right here. I would like all people to be tremendous quiet.”
The Grammy winner then dipped his hand into a transparent container stuffed with seat numbers printed on slips of paper. The winner? No. 17483, which seemed to be positioned within the higher stage of the venue.
In keeping with the Mercedes-Benz web site, the bottom mannequin G 550 SUV begins at $139,900.
The luxurious automotive giveaway comes a pair weeks after Drake made headlines for hooking up one fan at his Miami present with $50K after studying the fan’s signal, which learn, “I spent all my financial savings shopping for tickets for me and my ex, however Actually, Nevermind, it’s actually Her Loss.” “ what? She’s gonna really feel actual f–ked up ’trigger I’ma provide you with 50 bands, so that you gon’ flex on her tonight,” he consoled the lately single — and newly wealthy — individual within the crowd.
Previous to that, Drake supplied to ship a newlywed couple to Turks & Caicos after discovering out they’d skipped their honeymoon with a purpose to attend the present.
However whereas Drake’s good deeds have earned him some constructive press in current months, followers have been calling him out ever since he dropped his new album For All The Canine Friday. That’s as a consequence of a number of lyrics on the document that followers noticed as disses geared toward Rihanna, his onetime love curiosity, and her now associate, rapper A$AP Rocky.
On the monitor “Concern of Heights,” as an illustration, the hip-hop star repeatedly says the phrase “Anti,” aka the title of Ri’s Billboard 200 No. 1 2016 album. He additionally seems to make oblique references to her residence nation (Barbados), in addition to her honorary Parsons diploma. Plus, he seemingly takes a dig at Rocky by rapping, “That man, he nonetheless with you, he can’t depart you.”
Drake hasn’t responded to the criticisms over his obvious Rihanna lyrics, however he has began a disagreement with Joe Budden within the days following The Canine’ launch. He’s additionally let followers know that the brand new album will most likely be his final one for some time, as he plans to briefly step away from music to deal with his well being.
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