Drake’s two shows at Frost Bank Center have been pushed back until March. Credit: Shutterstock / Jacob giampa

Channeling his inner Oprah, Drake gave away $35,000 during his Friday show at Frost Bank Center, sharing the cash with a pair of fans facing hardships.

During the sold-out performance, the Grammy-winning rapper gave a shoutout to concertgoers who brought along homemade signs. Among those was one that read, “I’m 5 months pregnant. Will you be my baby daddy?”

“First of all, I don’t want to offend your real baby daddy,” Drake said. “But, I would love to, first of all, get you out of the pit so we can put you somewhere safe, like VIP or some shit.”

Drake continued: “I’d love to give you $25,000” to help out with childcare expenses. 

Loud cheers erupted from the crowd.

The “God’s Plan” performer wasn’t done, however. He walked toward another woman holding a sign that said, “Just got Dumped. Make My Night.”

“We gonna send you on a nice date. We’re gonna give you $10,000 too,” Drake said, pointing at the fan.

Indeed, giving away large sums at shows has become a fixture of Drake’s It’s All A Blur Tour. During his Thursday gig in San Antonio, he pledged to pay the college tuitions of Janyssa and Julie Hernandez, young women from Brownsville who lost their mother in a 2022 automobile accident, according to MySA.

At a show in Kansas City earlier this month, Drake also said he would pay off the mortgage of a concertgoer’s deceased mother, the Kansas City Star reports. And during a show in Buffalo, he gifted $25,000 to a fan who survived cancer, according to that city’s local CBS affiliate.

Drake certainly has money to spread around. His net worth is estimated at around $250 million, according to Investopedia.

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This article appears in Mar 6-19, 2024.

Michael Karlis is a multimedia journalist at the San Antonio Current, whose coverage in print and on social media focuses on local and state politics. He is a graduate of American University in Washington,...