Women went home with new G-wagons and BMWs, while others received as much as $100,000 — including a special surprise for his former Degrassi co-star.
Drake often makes it a point to give back and uplift the women in his life, and he achieved that once again on Tuesday (Aug. 4) when he hosted his third annual Strong Women, Stronger Drinks event in Toronto.
Women pulled up to the Casa Loma mansion, and each was greeted with a welcome gift, which came in the form of $1,000 in cash, according to social media posts.
Drizzy explained during a speech captured on video that he started Strong Women, Stronger Drinks based on an event he attended around 2007-2008.
“There was an event by a lovely woman,” he began. “She used to do an event called What Women Want. It was essentially women gathering to network, to socialize and to be a man at the event, you had to work. I always loved that aspect of it. We would show up and work the event because that’s what the event was about.”
He went on to explain how the evening worked. “What we’ve done is sent out an invite list. All of you who are doing incredible things in your respective fields,” he shared during his speech. “Whether you’re grinding or ascending to the moon, or somewhere in between. We hope that you can be social, talk to each other, learn from each other, and we have an incredible evening for you.”
He continued: “We’ll do some giveaways and hopefully change some lives and then we’ll go inside and get drunk and do what we’re supposed to do.”
Drake wasn’t kidding when it came to his claims of changing the lives of the lucky women in attendance. Heartwarming clips surfaced on social media and went viral of Drizzy gifting women with $50,000 and $100,000 prizes. Ten women each received $50,000, while six others walked away with $100,000.
One of those $50,000 recipients was Andrea Lewis, who played Hazel Aden — the on-screen girlfriend of Drake’s character Jimmy Brooks — on Degrassi: The Next Generation. In a clip she shared, Drake called out their shared history while presenting the gifts, noting, “This is poetic because me and Andrea used to be on Degrassi together.” Lewis later posted about the moment with the caption, “My TV boyfriend stays blessing me!”
The 6 God even raffled off luxury cars, with one woman winning a brand new BMW, while Toronto Raptors reporter Kayla Grey went home with a Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon. Guests also left with Birkin bags and other high-end gifts, pushing the total value of the night’s giveaways well over $1 million.
2026 has already been a busy campaign year for Drake, as he returned to release his ICEMAN, HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR trifecta earlier this year. Nights like this one show he’s still finding ways to celebrate his city and the people in it.
