--- title: Drake Donates Money to Miami Charities description: Drake gifted over $100,000 in checks to different establishments in Miami while filming his music video for "God's Plan." canonical: https://time.com/5137207/drake-miami-charity/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-07T17:17:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:24.912Z og:title: Drake Has Been Super Busy Giving People a Lot of Money og:description: He gave out thousands to charities, students and lucky shoppers og:url: https://time.com/5137207/drake-miami-charity/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5773691af3a987e9/6988fae4fb4eac0e95895989/drake-tiff.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2017 Toronto International Film Festival og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Drake Has Been Super Busy Giving People a Lot of Money twitter:description: He gave out thousands to charities, students and lucky shoppers twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5773691af3a987e9/6988fae4fb4eac0e95895989/drake-tiff.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Drake Has Been Very Busy Giving a Bunch of People Gigantic Checks Like a Benevolent Angel  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 7, 2018 5:17 PM UTC  TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 09: Drake attends the premiere of "The Carter Effect" during the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival at Princess of Wales Theatre on September 9, 2017 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic) TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 09: Drake attends the premiere of "The Carter Effect" during the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival at Princess of Wales Theatre on September 9, 2017 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)Taylor Hill—FilmMagic  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 7, 2018 5:17 PM UTC He may call himself [Champagne Papi](http://time.com/4676886/drake-on-rihanna-birthday/), but this week Drake is acting more like Father Christmas. He bestowed more than a hundred thousand dollars in checks on a number of establishments in Miami while filming his music video for latest release [“God’s Plan,”](http://time.com/5119127/5-songs-you-need-to-listen-to-this-week-39/item/gods-plan-drake/) which is currently at the top of the Spotify and _Billboard_ [charts.](https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100) In one instance, he dropped off a check of $50,000 to a women’s homeless shelter, according to [CapitalXtra](http://www.capitalxtra.com/artists/drake/news/pays-for-groceries-customers-local-supermarket/). In another, he gave a $50,000 scholarship check to a student at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, [according to the Miami _Hurricane_](https://www.themiamihurricane.com/2018/02/05/drake-makes-surprise-visit-to-campus-to-present-scholarship-perform-concert/). And in a third documented case of pure generosity, he offered up $25,000 to the Miami-area high school [where he was filming](http://www.capitalxtra.com/artists/drake/news/gods-plan-video-first-look-watch/) part of the video. (He also gifted them uniforms designed by his fashion brand, OVO.) But the giving spree didn’t end there: a day later, he [paid for everyone’s groceries](http://www.eonline.com/uk/news/912179/drake-gives-over-125-000-to-strangers-for-god-s-plan-music-video) at a local Sabor Tropical Supermarket, totaling out at about $50,000 in food for the many happy customers who happened to be doing their shopping that day, E! reports. OK, Drake, we see you and your big heart. He seems to be enjoying his time in Miami, too; he’s even taken a moment to go jet-skiing in between his good deeds. > [](https://twitter.com/CapitalXTRA/status/961237276109017088) > [](https://twitter.com/MiamiHurricane/status/960635803314675712) > [](https://twitter.com/MiamiSup/status/960650538235973632) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5137207/drake-miami-charity/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5137207/drake-miami-charity/"},"headline":"Drake Has Been Very Busy Giving a Bunch of People Gigantic Checks Like a Benevolent Angel","datePublished":"2018-02-07T17:17:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:24.912Z","description":"Drake gifted over $100,000 in checks to different establishments in Miami while filming his music video for \"God's Plan.\"","url":"https://time.com/5137207/drake-miami-charity/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Drake"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5773691af3a987e9/6988fae4fb4eac0e95895989/drake-tiff.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5773691af3a987e9/6988fae4fb4eac0e95895989/drake-tiff.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2017 Toronto International Film Festival","caption":"2017 Toronto International Film Festival","creditText":"Taylor Hill—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/5137207/drake-miami-charity/","name":"Drake Has Been Very Busy Giving a Bunch of People Gigantic Checks Like a Benevolent Angel"}}]}] ```