People are questioning whether or not Drake has any genuine fans after seeing the signs displayed at one of his Australian concerts.
Fans holding up signs in hopes of catching their idol's attention isn't anything new at concerts, however it's the nature of the requests which are raising eyebrows online.
The Canadian rapper's Australian tour seems to have made it into the headlines for every reason but music, with the 38-year-old seemingly rumbled by fans for his role in a drone video promoting a gambling company.
In this story, Drake had finally made it onstage to perform, only to be overshadowed by fan behaviour at his Sydney show.
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An image shared on social media by Complex, taken from behind the singer, showed fans of the 'Hotline Bling' hitmaker begging for cash to pay for holidays, cars, hospital bills and more.
Examples of Drake's fans begging for money
"Help me buy an engagement ring," read one of the signs, while another fan held up the following message: "Papi help pay off my mum's mortgage."
The picture has since gone viral online as people were shocked to see the shameless behaviour from fans.
"Do they like his music or are they all just there begging for money," one person replied to the image.
"When did signs become just people asking for s**t," a second person wrote, while a third added: "It's as if he's playing to the GoFundMe website."
"All they do is look at me, see me as opportunity," another penned, referencing a lyric in Drake's recent song 'When He's Gone' with PARTYNEXTDOOR.
Why do Drake fans ask for money at concerts?
In all fairness to Drake's fanbase, they didn't all wake up one morning and decide to be cheeky en masse — as the rapper previously decided it was in God's plan to hand out fistfuls of cash to lucky souls in the right place at the right time.
In his Anita Max Win tour across Oceania alone he's promised $30,000 and VIP seats to a pregnant woman he spotted in the standing area as well as handing about another $30,000 to a fan hoping to quit their job at McDonalds.
Which equals around £23,783 or £15,165, depending on whether Drake is signing checks in American or Australian dollars.
This isn't including the one lucky couple who decided the concert was the perfect spot for a romantic proposal, as Drake congratulated the pair with a free honeymoon and $25,000 for good measure.
Proving that it does pay to be cheeky sometimes.
Encouraged by Drake or not, the idea of fans attending a concert with the hopes of coming away with more money in their pockets still paints a grim image of the state of our music industry, summed up by one fan who wrote: "Drake aside (literally replace him with any celeb), this is one of the most genuinely dystopian photographs I’ve seen in recent months."
Brenna Cooper