Drake provides fan $20,000 after beating them at rock-paper-scissors

Drake gifted a fan $20,000 after he beat them at rock-paper-scissors throughout a latest present in Australia.

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The ‘Hotline Bling’ hitmaker is presently in the midst of his first Australia and New Zealand tour in eight years, a 14-date jaunt that can wrap up on March 16 in Auckland.

Up to now, the tour has made headlines for swarms of followers asking the rapper for cash, after he gifted a substantial sum to a fan who was holding an indication that shared she was 20 weeks pregnant throughout a present on the Qudos Financial institution Enviornment in Sydney.

A clip of the second confirmed the second through which he instructed safety to “get her out of there” and improve her to VIP and provides her “like $30,000”.

Since then, followers have taken to bringing indicators asking Drake for cash, resulting in a viral picture many are calling “dystopian”, that sees the rapper standing earlier than a sea of requests for money.

It’s not stopped him from opening his pockets to followers, although. Throughout one other present in Sydney on Wednesday night time (February 19), he scouted out a fan with an indication studying: “Rock-paper-scissors to purchase my dad a birthday automobile.”

“I like this signal proper right here,” Drake stated upon noticing it. “You prepared? … This my recreation, boy.” Drake ended up beating the fan in spherical one, however gave him one other probability, telling him: “I’ll provide you with yet another. Give it some thought. 1, 2, 3.”

A fan at Drakes present final night time had an indication saying "rock-paper-scissors to purchase my dad a birthday automobile"

After beating him twice in a row, Drake nonetheless ended up giving him $20k pic.twitter.com/Lkul7554SM

— ALMIGHTEE. (@realalmightee) February 20, 2025

After a press release within the subsequent two rounds, Drake ended up profitable once more in spherical 4, which drew amusing from the group. Fortunately for the fan, Drake’s hooked him up with some cash anyway. “I’m nonetheless gonna provide you with $20,000 so you should purchase your dad a automobile,” he stated, earlier than including: “Don’t ever fuck with me on rock-paper-scissors, although. I'll win.”

The ‘Good For What’ rapper is not any stranger to gifting a couple of fortunate live performance attendees with cash. Final March, Drake gifted a pregnant lady at his gig $25,000 after she requested the rapper to be her “wealthy child daddy.”

Again in 2023, whereas on tour, he gave $50,000 to 2 followers on separate events. One was to a fan who held an indication that learn he had spent all his “furnishings cash” on tickets for his Las Vegas exhibits and the opposite was a man who had simply been dumped.

In different information, Drake was just lately introduced as this yr’s Wi-fi Competition headliner, which is able to see him take over the prime spot in any respect three nights of the annual London music bash.

The occasion will return to London’s Finsbury Park from July 11 to 13 and to mark the event, Drake will change into the primary artist to headline a pageant for 3 nights with three totally different setlists.

The exhibits would be the rapper’s first UK performances in six years, and he will probably be joined throughout the weekend by artists together with Burna Boy, PartyNextDoor, Summer season Walker and Vybz Kartel. Tickets for the occasion are on sale here.

Drake additionally launched his collaborative album ‘$ome $exy $ongs 4 U’ with PartyNextDoor on Valentine’s Day (February 14), a group of sultry R&B-infused songs that sees the rapper tackle his feud with Kendrick Lamar and tensions with Future, Metro Boomin and Rick Ross.

It's Drake’s first document since 2023’s ‘For All The Canine‘, which was given a three-star overview by NME. “Within the hours shortly earlier than the album dropped, Drake introduced that he would take a break from music to deal with his well being… Hopefully he returns revitalised and renewed, as a result of ‘For All The Canine’ – his third solo LP in as a few years – not solely feels tiring, however sounds drained too.”

Kendrick, in the meantime, headlined the Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present on February 10, the place he took a number of pictures at Drake — even poking enjoyable at him for suing Common Music Group for selling ‘Not Like Us’. “I wish to play their favorite music however you recognize they prefer to sue,” he quipped earlier than enjoying the music for one second. He would finally play the music in full later within the set.

Drake’s father Dennis Graham additionally just lately commented on Lamar‘s 2025 Grammy wins for ‘Not Like Us’. “I don’t care sufficient about that shit,” he stated. “That ain’t bought nothing to do with me. All the most effective to him. I don’t try this bullshit.”