--- title: Drake Visits Cancer Patient Awaiting a Heart Transplant description: After seeing Sofia Sanchez's video of her "Kiki Challenge," rapper Drake paid her a visit in the hospital while she waits for a new heart. canonical: https://time.com/5373577/drake-visits-cancer-patient/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-21T19:08:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:27.678Z og:title: Drake Just Visited a Young Fan Awaiting a Heart Transplant og:description: After Drake saw Sofia Sanchez's "Kiki Challenge," he paid her a hospital visit og:url: https://time.com/5373577/drake-visits-cancer-patient/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05d73dbe6017d218/6989384822fb857132e267b0/drakevisitshospital.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Houston Rockets v Toronto Raptors og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Drake Just Visited a Young Fan Awaiting a Heart Transplant twitter:description: After Drake saw Sofia Sanchez's "Kiki Challenge," he paid her a hospital visit twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05d73dbe6017d218/6989384822fb857132e267b0/drakevisitshospital.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Drake Paid a Hospital Visit to a Young Fan Awaiting a Heart Transplant  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 21, 2018 7:08 PM UTC  Drake speaks at NBA Raptor Game (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images) Drake speaks at NBA Raptor Game (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)(Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 21, 2018 7:08 PM UTC Sofia Sanchez, eleven years old, got the surprise of her life on Monday when rapper [Drake](http://time.com/money/5326833/drake-net-worth/) stopped by her Chicago hospital room to pay her a visit. Drake, whose song “In My Feelings” off of his most recent album [_Scorpion_](http://time.com/5326409/drake-scorpion-album-review/) has spawned a [social media dance phenomenon](http://time.com/5333612/in-my-feelings-challenge/), heard about Sanchez [after a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqbB8-sBuvg) of the young heart transplant patient dancing the “In My Feelings Challenge,” also known as the “Kiki Challenge,” came to his attention; Sanchez, still hooked up to an IV, stands up from her wheelchair to dance to the track while walking down a hospital hallway. So while Sanchez remains at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital ahead of her surgery, the rapper decided to pop by and give her something to smile about. “Right when he came in I was like, ‘Oh my God,'” Sanchez says in a video that the hospital [shared on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/luriechildrens/videos/448449198998034/) of the encounter. “I didn’t talk for a minute. I was like, ‘Is this real or fake?’ He was like, ‘It’s me, Drake!'” Sanchez underwent open heart surgery three weeks ago; she “came in with heart failure and was so ill,” according to a doctor quoted in the video, and continues to wait for the right donor. “This is the best birthday present I ever had,” she added. Plus, Drake left her with some neat swag, including a _Scorpion_ hat. He also sang for her — and they swapped autographs, because as Drake knows, Sanchez is a star too. 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