Drake, amidst a rivalry with Kendrick Lamar fueled by public diss tracks, brought his philanthropic spirit to his Australian tour, generously funding a fan's tech startup and another fan's European trip. While performing in Melbourne, Drake responded to signs in the crowd, highlighting his generosity and engagement with fans. He also performed a private concert in Melbourne, further emphasizing his connection with Australian fans.
Rap superstar Drake has continued his philanthropic Australia tour, pledging to fund a group of friends' trip to Europe and contribute $US30,000 (about $AU48,000) for a fan to start their own tech business at a show in Melbourne on Monday night. About halfway through the concert, Drake stopped to say he liked two signs he'd spotted in the crowd – one that said, “Fund the lads’ euro trip”, and another asking for help to start a new tech firm.
“I don’t know how much it costs to start a tech company, but I’ll give you, say, $US30,000,” Drake told the fan to wild cheers from the audience. The show at Rod Laver Arena began mere hours after rival Kendrick Lamar performed his incendiary diss track at the US Super Bowl.While both artists dropped deeply personal diss tracks that included accusations of grooming, illegitimate children and violence against women, Lamar’s latest shot fired at Drake, the explosive “Not Like Us”, dominated the Grammys last week – scooping up five awards – as well as the rapper’s star-studded tour. The track, featuring accusations that Drake sleeps with underage girls, is one of the biggest songs of Lamar’s career and is the subject of a lawsuit. Drake denies the allegations in the song and is suing Universal Music Group, which represents both men, for defamation. On Monday night, Drake performed “No Face”, one of the diss tracks he released during the back-and-forth rap battle with Lamar in 2024. However, it was relatively low energy and he let his backing track do most of the vocal work, chiming in with a live “yeah” here and there.As his nemesis was being crowned the undefeated rap battle king, Drake arrived in Australia for his tour early, on January 28, eight days before his first show in Perth last week. Since then, there have been sunset snaps, wholesome pictures of him dining with friends, and even a late-night “Hey Australia, who’s up?” call-out via Instagram. He has also handed out tens of thousands of dollars to fans at his Perth and Melbourne shows and performed an intimate gig at a private Melbourne club for a hand-picked crowd
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