A video that shows rapper Drake throwing a slide at a drone in Australia was staged. Fans on social media called out Drake for staging the video after they spotted the drone operator hiding inside Drake’s hotel penthouse.
The video, first uploaded by user @FearedBuck, shows Drake pretending to react to a drone hovering over the balcony of his luxury hotel room in Sydney, Australia. Drake was in Sydney to perform on tour.
Someone flew a drone to Drake’s penthouse in Sydney, Australia and caught him gambling ? pic.twitter.com/1M5xKpmJx9
— FearBuck (@FearedBuck) February 18, 2025
X users analyzed the video after it went viral on Tuesday, Feb. 18.
The first clue that the video was staged was Drake’s terrible aim when he threw an orange slide at the flying object. He didn’t even come close to hitting it.
The second clue that the video was staged was the drone operator hiding in a corner in the penthouse.
One X user wrote: “Staged, drone pilot sitting in the corner.”
Another user wrote: “That’s staged. You can see the reflection of the drone pilot in window when Drake launched the shoe.”
A third person commented: “This ain’t even a troll, you can actually see the drone operator in the video. Reflected in the window… this is getting sad. But we here for it.”
Others said Drake agreed to stage the video to promote Stake, the online casino and sports betting company.
A community note was added to the viral video.
