On Tuesday, a video of Drake throwing a shoe at a drone went viral.
The footage begins with a shot of an open laptop and a glass of what appears to be rosé on the upper floors of a penthouse in Sydney, Australia. When the “Gimme A Hug” rapper pops into frame, he notices the drone, grabs an orange slide, and hurls it at the drone — he misses wide. The whole thing is staged a little too perfectly, and people immediately wondered whether it was staged.
Forbes thinks it is, noting that the laptop shows a gambling website, “and that really is the dead giveaway — it’s most certainly an undisclosed ad. Drake has long had an endorsement deal, reportedly worth $100 million per year, with gambling service Stake.” There’s also seemingly “a mirror reflection of a second person in the footage, speculating that it’s the drone pilot himself.”
Drake acknowledged the video in a post on his Instagram. “The stakes are high… but so am I,” he wrote, along with a very clear photo of him hurling the slide at the drone and another pic where he’s wearing a Stake shirt. So…
Is Drake’s Drone Video Real?
Based on the evidence, it appears to have been staged. But you can judge for yourself in the video here.
