Drake Turns Kick Stream Into a 20-v-1 Dating Show, Warns Rap Rivals His āPen Isnāt Dryā

On Saturday,Ā DrakeĀ continued his ongoing forays into the world of content creators, hostingĀ a stream on Kick, which is affiliated with Stake, the crypto gambling company Drake is partnered with, which saw the rapper, fresh off the release ofĀ threeĀ new albums, flirting with a goth streamer, gifting out birkins, and sending not so subtle warnings to the rest of the rap game, noting that his āpen isnāt dry.ā
The roughly three-hour broadcast marked the ninth anniversary of Stake, the online crypto casino that has sponsored Drakeās livestreams for years. The company announced the stream with an Instagram post advertising more than $1 million in cash and prize giveaways, including a $50,000 grand prize for one viewer. During the actual stream, things moved quickly beyond gambling, turning into something closer to a chaotic Drake variety show. Drake also used the opening portion of the stream to reflect on his recent releases, patting himself on the back a little for dropping three projects at once. He also has a warning for anyone considering taking more shots in his direction. āThese guys are dropping albums, like hello and goodbye, and careful with that reply ācause the pen isnāt dry,ā he said.
Drake has been, of late, repping his Canadian upbringing pretty heavily, so it isnāt much of a surprise that he was joined by NELK co-founder Kyle Forgeard, who presented Drake with an SNL-style take on the popular 20-v-1 dating-show format. The women cycled through conversations with the rapper, who eventually had to choose one to āwife,ā another to hook up with and a third to make his best friend. The proceedings included a contestant asking Drake to demonstrate his favorite sexual position and an appearance from adult-content creator Lily Phillips, who went viral in late 2024 after a documentary chronicled her having sex with 101 men in a single day. Phillips announced that she was ārebranding as Drakeās wife.ā
The final three were influencer Jordyn Lucas, adult-film star Lena the Plug, and goth streamer Pinkchyu. Drake placed Lucas in the best-friend category and gave her $25,000 and a Birkin. Lena, who briefly removed her wedding ring after hugging Drake, received $25,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip reportedly to New Zealand. In something of a callback to his September 2025 appearance on Bobbi Althoffās podcastĀ Not This Again, where he said his destiny was to end up with a āgoth baddie,ā Drake leaned into his self-described type by giving Pinkchyu the āwifeā designation. This after she had him bark on command.
The night also fueled more rap beef speculation. Drake floated the idea of holding Stakeās 10th-anniversary broadcast next year on a yacht, then quickly added that he hates boats. Given rumors that he andĀ Lil Yachty, better known as Boat, have fallen out,Ā Akademiks, naturally livestreaming Drakeās livestream, wondered whether the remark was a subliminal shot. Drake denied it.
In another moment already being heavily clipped online, Drake joked that the āRoc NationĀ subpoenasā were āabout to be cleared.ā The remark appeared to refer to a recentĀ Whatās The Dirt videoĀ speculating that Roc Nation had played some role in the federal class action targeting Drake and Stake. Nine days earlier, a Virginia judge had ordered the plaintiffsā claims against Stake into private arbitration and paused the remainder of the case, including the claims naming Drake.

The stream was the latest example of the new norms of online video, where viral clips can quickly come to flood the feed thanks in no small part to companies like KickāsĀ well-reported army of clippers, dutifully turning each newsworthy moment into viral fodder.
It ultimately worked like a compressed version of Drakeās current internet strategyāespecially the giving away huge sums of money part. Yet another signal that Drake sees real value in this emerging media ecosystem. On āFirst Person Shooter,ā from 2023āsĀ For All the Dogs, he famously rapped, āMy youngins richer than you rappers and they all stream,ā and has since enmeshed himself even more deeply in the world of streamers and content creators. During this yearās Streamer University, hosted byĀ Kai Cenat, Drake delivered a prerecorded address to attendees and left care packages in their rooms stocked with cologne, Nocta clothing, PokĆ©mon cards and other gifts. āI hope you learn something,ā he told the class. āI hope youāre able to teach each other things.ā
SOURCE: ROLLINGSTONE