{"id":786040,"date":"2026-07-14T02:21:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T02:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/786040\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T02:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T02:21:49","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:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/786040\/","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":"

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

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

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“To 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’ve had too much fun\/ 2 on the jersey\/ But we’re here for the one,” he rapped, which drew applause from others at the party.<\/p>\n

Gilgeous-Alexander is somewhat of a poet when crafting his own Instagram captions, which he’s been known to turn into a few rhyming bars. “Another trip around the sun gotta step carefully now i can’t trip around my son,” he captioned his birthday post.<\/p>\n

Drake and SGA, who were both raised in Toronto, have been tight for years. Gilgeous-Alexander’s manager, Simon “Steez” Gebrelul, is also cool with Drake and manages several producers affiliated with the 6 God.<\/p>\n

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

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

Alongside Giveon and his manager, Steez, SGA graced the cover of Billboard<\/a>‘s<\/a> Sports & Music issue in February, in which he named Drake as one of the four artists he listens to “religiously.”<\/p>\n

“I listen to four artists religiously: [Giveon], Drake, [Lil] Yachty and Justin Bieber. Two rappers and two singers,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “Those are my defaults. And then I just mix rappers in every now and then. If we’re 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.”<\/p>\n

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

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