Watch Drake Promise to Cover Fan’s Late Mother’s Six-Figure Mortgage Payment
The season of giving never ends for Drake. The OVO boss has been feeling generous on his It’s All a Blur – Big As the What? Tour with J. Cole, where he’s given away thousands of dollars to fans in need. The latest came on Saturday (March 2) during a Kansas City stop, when a fan threw a letter on stage explaining their mother passed away and left them with an outstanding mortgage with no way to pay for it.
Drake paused the action at the T-Mobile Center to read the letter to the rest of the audience.
“You said, ‘[Pay] off my mom’s house, rest in peace.’ Your mom passed away? Alright. And you owe …,” Drake said before briefly pausing in shock. “Oh, this is the outstanding balance right here. This is a lot of money right here.”
Drizzy took the moment in, then revealed he’d be offering to pay off the six-figure debt in full for the fan out of his own pockets.
“But you know what, Imma pay off your mama’s house for you,” Drake asserted. “That’s gonna come from me. Rest in peace to your mama. Hold on, wait. Rest in peace to Jennifer Schumer. Rest in peace. I love you.”
It’s far from the first time Drake has been charitable with his fans while on tour. In February, Drizzy blessed a fan with $100,000 for finishing chemotherapy after seeing her sign in the Nashville concert crowd that read: “Just finished chemo.”
“I hope my manager doesn’t kill me ’cause I’ve never really done this much, but, listen, I want you to cash this in at the end of the night,” he said to the cancer survivor. “We’re gonna give you $100,000.”
According to a report from The Tennessean, the fan was identified as Lauren Schwallie and she has been fighting breast cancer since 2022.
“One thing led to another and I was at the front of the stage and Drake blew me a kiss and told me that he loved me! That’s all I was focused on … And then just like the money on top of it is just insane,” she told the publication of the surprise.
He wasn’t done there, as he went to St. Louis later in February and promised to cover a fan’s surgery bills.
“You got a sign that says, ‘Please help me with my surgery.’ I don’t know what kinda surgery you need, sir. I really don’t but I’ma let you know from me to you St. Louis love, we gon’ take care whatever the surgery is,” Drake said. “We gonna help you out because we want you to be at the next show with us. You gotta show us love.”
The fan’s face appeared on the Enterprise Center jumbotron as he reacted to the rapper’s promise.
Drizzy and J. Cole’s Big As the What? Tour continues this week with a pair of shows in New Orleans before heading to Kentucky.
Watch a video of the moment Drake offers to pay off the mortgage below:
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