Drake hosted the ninth-anniversary livestream for gambling company Stake at the weekend, the latest step in his growing involvement in online streaming. The event featured a 20-vs-1 speed-dating segment hosted by NELK Boys co-founder Kyle Forgeard, which drew widespread attention online, particularly a clip of Drake barking on command for a streamer.

The rapper narrowed his speed-dating contestants to three women for a "wife, pipe, bestie" game: actress Jordyn Lucas won a Hermès Kelly bag and $25,000 as "bestie", adult performer Lena The Plug received $25,000 and a holiday as "pipe", and streamer Pinkchyu was named "wife", receiving a promise from Drake to buy her mother a house. Elsewhere in the stream, Drake gave a viewer $50,000, praised Tate McRae's music, issued a lighthearted warning to rival rappers about further releases, and teased a possible 10th-anniversary stream on a yacht in 2027, continuing a run of high-profile gestures that included his recent Strong Women, Stronger Drinks event and his chart-topping May album trifecta.