{"id":2041521,"date":"2026-07-13T22:33:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T19:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2041521"},"modified":"2026-07-13T22:33:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T19:33:28","slug":"watch-drake-freestyle-at-nba-star-shai-gilgeous-alexanders-28th-birthday-2-on-the-jersey-but-were-here-for-the-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2041521","title":{"rendered":"Watch Drake Freestyle at NBA Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander\u2019s 28th Birthday: \u20182 on the Jersey, But We\u2019re Here for the 1\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tDrake pulled up to celebrate NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander\u2019s 28th birthday on Sunday (July 12), and even dished out a brief freestyle showing love to the Oklahoma City Thunder superstar. <\/p>\n

\n\tSGA posted the clip of Drizzy toasting his fellow Toronto native and rapping a few bars dedicated to the Canadian hooper.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cTo everybody here\/ To many more nights\/ To the ones that loved and to the ones that hated\/ And to the ones that are here to celebrate the greatest\/ Too many nights\/ We\u2019ve had too much fun\/ 2 on the jersey\/ But we\u2019re here for the one,\u201d he rapped, which drew applause from others at the party. <\/p>\n

\n\tGilgeous-Alexander is somewhat of a poet when crafting his own Instagram captions, which he\u2019s been known to turn into a few rhyming bars. \u201cAnother trip around the sun gotta step carefully now i can\u2019t trip around my son,\u201d he captioned his birthday post.<\/p>\n

\n\tDrake and SGA, who were both raised in Toronto, have been tight for years. Gilgeous-Alexander\u2019s manager, Simon \u201cSteez\u201d Gebrelul<\/strong>, is also cool with Drake and manages several producers affiliated with the 6 God.<\/p>\n

\n\tDrizzy has often been present courtside whenever SGA\u2019s Thunder visits the Toronto Raptors, and he even covered up his LeBron James tattoo with ink dedicated to the NBA\u2019s second-leading scorer.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI understand why it might seem crazy that Drake tattooed me on his arm. But to me, that\u2019s just the homie,\u201d SGA told GQ<\/em> in October about Drake getting a tattoo of his Thunder No. 2 jersey.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlongside Giveon and his manager, Steez, SGA graced the cover of Billboard<\/em>\u2018s Sports & Music issue in February, in which he named Drake as one of the four artists he listens to \u201creligiously.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI listen to four artists religiously: [Giveon], Drake, [Lil] Yachty and Justin Bieber. Two rappers and two singers,\u201d Gilgeous-Alexander said. \u201cThose are my defaults. And then I just mix rappers in every now and then. If we\u2019re on the plane, the vibes are a little different. So I have to work the room and not just play what I want to play.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDrake is coming off his trifecta of albums in May, which debuted simultaneously in the top three slots of the Billboard 200. Drizzy also name-dropped SGA on HABIBTI<\/em>\u2018s \u201cHURRR NOR THURRR\u201d featuring Sexyy Red. \u201cYou flew out and Drake gave your boyfriend a 30-piece all in your face,\u201d he croons in the song.<\/p>\n

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