Viral footage of Drake seemingly attacking a spy drone with a sandal in a hotel is thought to be a promo stunt for a casino.
Drake is currently in the middle of his first Australia and New Zealand tour in eight years, a 14-date jaunt that will wrap up on March 16 in Auckland. It was during this tour that the clip, which shows a drone getting up close to the musician, went viral.
The drone goes up to a laptop which is on an outdoor table. Drake then steps out onto the patio before throwing a sandal at the drone. The footage then breaks up, showing what looks to be a penthouse in Sydney, Australia.
Drake later shared a screenshot from the video to Instagram, where he nodded to online casino Stake, writing: “The stakes are high…but so am I”. Drake has partnered with the online casino since 2022.
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Drake was also recently announced as this year’s Wireless Festival headliner, which will see him take over the prime spot at all three nights of the annual London music bash.
The event will return to London’s Finsbury Park from July 11 to 13 and to mark the occasion, Drake will become the first artist to headline a festival for three nights with three different setlists.
The shows will be the rapper’s first UK performances in six years, and he will be joined across the weekend by artists including Burna Boy, PartyNextDoor, Summer Walker and Vybz Kartel. Tickets for the event are on sale here.
IT’S BEEN A WHILE BUT THE BOY IS HOME 🇬🇧
For our 20th anniversary.… @Drake will headline all THREE nights with three different setlists.https://t.co/TYiE06jNRA for pre-sale info.
General sale on Wednesday 19th Feb at 12pm GMT.@burnaboy @partynextdoor @IAMSUMMERWALKER… pic.twitter.com/CfmMGq0DnC— Wireless Festival (@WirelessFest) February 16, 2025
Drake also released his collaborative album ‘$ome $exy $ongs 4 U’ with PartyNextDoor on Friday (February 14), a collection of sultry R&B-infused songs that sees the rapper address his feud with Kendrick Lamar and tensions with Future, Metro Boomin and Rick Ross.
It is Drake’s first record since 2023’s ‘For All The Dogs‘, which was given a three-star review by NME. “In the hours shortly before the album dropped, Drake announced that he would take a break from music to focus on his health… Hopefully he returns revitalised and renewed, because ‘For All The Dogs’ – his third solo LP in as many years – not only feels tiring, but sounds tired too.”
Kendrick, meanwhile, headlined the Super Bowl Halftime Show on February 10, where he took several shots at Drake — even poking fun at him for suing Universal Music Group for promoting ‘Not Like Us’. “I want to play their favourite song but you know they like to sue,” he quipped before playing the song for one second. He would eventually play the song in full later in the set.
Drake’s father Dennis Graham also recently commented on Lamar‘s 2025 Grammy wins for ‘Not Like Us’. “I don’t care enough about that shit,” he said. “That ain’t got nothing to do with me. All the best to him. I don’t do that bullshit.”