Drake Has a Big Announcement Coming Via Instagram On Wednesday & Also, Thanks Fans For Supporting ‘Honesty, Nevermind’
Rapper and pop-culture icon Drake had 200,000 viewers on two channels watching him bet millions at a time on roulette during a game stream on Twitch. To put things in perspective, this is tied with some of the most-watched streams this week, including the Apex Championship, which reached a peak of 215,000 viewers, according to dotesports.com.
The Certified Lover Boy dropped $1 million on the table with French Montana right by his side.
Per dotesports.com, at the time of their article, Drake had just under $12 million on his betting screen to play with and 110,000 views on Twitch.
During the stream, Drake gave away some money to some lucky winners that he FaceTimed. The Jimmy Cooks rapper also shared that he had a big announcement coming via Instagram on Wednesday.
“Big announcement coming tomorrow, by the way; make sure to check my Instagram. Oh, sorry, Wednesday,” said Drake.
“Big announcement coming Wednesday for the city [Toronto].”
He also thanked his fans for supporting his latest album, Honestly, Nevermind.
“Appreciate everyone listening to the new album and embracing something I have wanted to do for a long time. I appreciate all the love; it means a lot that it has been this many years [&] people are still tuning in and being open. Showing a lot of love to different s***, I’m back going crazy just letting you know I’m in a different bag right now. It’s about to get scary for these guys right now.”
Drake also recently partnered with Mike Tyson and launched his next capsule collection for OVO.
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