--- title: How Drake's Court-Side Moment Became a Viral Meme description: Drake gave the internet a new meme thanks to this hilarious video of him pouring a drink at the Toronto Raptors game. canonical: https://time.com/5042885/drake-basketball-meme/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-30T16:09:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:26.207Z og:title: Drake Getting Caught Off Guard Is Everyone's New Favorite Meme og:description: No one can stop laughing about it og:url: https://time.com/5042885/drake-basketball-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Drake Getting Caught Off Guard Is Everyone's New Favorite Meme twitter:description: No one can stop laughing about it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Drake's Hilarious Reaction to Being Caught Off Guard at a Raptors Game Is Everyone's New Favorite Meme ## Video: Watch Drake Present Rihanna With The MTV Vanguard Award [Watch (HLS stream): Watch Drake Present Rihanna With The MTV Vanguard Award](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xOcFd1Zd.m3u8) (0:30)  _Published 2016-08-29_ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 30, 2017 4:09 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 30, 2017 4:09 PM UTC It’s about time for a new viral moment from slam-dunk [meme machine](http://time.com/4756946/best-memes-2017-so-far/) [Drake](http://time.com/4862716/drake-degrassi-worth/). It came on Wednesday night when [Drake](http://time.com/4570131/drake-sneakin-video/) was sitting court-side watching the Charlotte Hornets play his hometown team, the the Toronto [Raptors](http://time.com/3639714/drake-toronto-raptors/). He was minding his own business until he realized something: he was being filmed. At the time, he was pouring a can of effervescent pink grapefruit Perrier into a cup. The former _Degrassi_ star knows camera time is camera time, so he decided to have some fun. In the short clip shared on the the Raptors’ Instagram, he hams it up with a fake freakout. In just a few seconds, Drake takes fans on an emotional journey with a ton of replay value. The result? Internet gold. Social media users quickly snapped up the moment for all manner of situations that catch them off guard. > [](https://twitter.com/CharyNicks/status/936173877113257984) > [](https://twitter.com/BrooksyRadio/status/936055393440055296) > [](https://twitter.com/EathanKnows/status/936073981848948736) > [](https://twitter.com/CBerd/status/936131260178714625) Post-game, Drake also hopped on the court to [interview Raptors baller Kyle Lowry](https://www.instagram.com/p/BcGoNw6F2%5Fo/), but his court-side moment is getting all the Twitter love. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5042885/drake-basketball-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5042885/drake-basketball-meme/"},"headline":"Drake's Hilarious Reaction to Being Caught Off Guard at a Raptors Game Is Everyone's New Favorite Meme","datePublished":"2017-11-30T16:09:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:26.207Z","description":"Drake gave the internet a new meme thanks to this hilarious video of him pouring a drink at the Toronto Raptors game.","url":"https://time.com/5042885/drake-basketball-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Basketball","celebrities","viral","Drake","Meme","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5042885/drake-basketball-meme/","name":"Drake's Hilarious Reaction to Being Caught Off Guard at a Raptors Game Is Everyone's New Favorite Meme"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch Drake Present Rihanna With The MTV Vanguard Award","description":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/xOcFd1Zd/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-08-29T04:20:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xOcFd1Zd.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5042885/drake-basketball-meme/","duration":"PT30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5042885/drake-basketball-meme/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```