--- title: Drake God's Plan: Funny Memes Parody Rapper's Recent Video description: Hilarious memes of Drake's video for "God's Plan" have taken over the Internet, parodying the rapper's heartfelt charitable efforts. canonical: https://time.com/5180878/drake-gods-plan-memes/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-01T15:34:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T09:01:01.156Z og:title: The Memes For Drake's 'God's Plan' Are Here og:description: And they celebrate the most basic feats of human generosity og:url: https://time.com/5180878/drake-gods-plan-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81c5ec2cf753ac3c/698927f1ab6d77ae886b1cac/drake.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1515 og:image:height: 852 og:image:alt: drake og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Memes For Drake's 'God's Plan' Are Here twitter:description: And they celebrate the most basic feats of human generosity twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81c5ec2cf753ac3c/698927f1ab6d77ae886b1cac/drake.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Memes For Drake's 'God's Plan' Celebrate the Most Basic Feats of Human Generosity > Sponsored content. 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Grammy-winning artist Drake once rapped, “Donate a million to some children, that’s just how I’m feeling.” This week, he didn’t quite get to a million, but Drake is donating to more than just “some children.”_ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Mar 1, 2018 3:34 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Mar 1, 2018 3:34 PM UTC Drake, forever your [slam-dunk](http://time.com/5042885/drake-basketball-meme/) [meme machine](http://time.com/4148212/hotline-bling-drake-supercut/), has become an inspiration for online fun again, and this time it’s emotional. In his feel-good February music video “[God’s Plan](http://time.com/5162778/drake-gods-plan/),” the [rapper](http://time.com/4570131/drake-sneakin-video/) goes on a generosity spree through Miami, giving away exactly $996,631.90 to people in need. Think free cars, shopping market sprees and college scholarships. Truly a blessed occasion for everyone involved. And when someone famous takes you on a poignant emotional journey, you can count on the good people of the Internet to serve up some entertaining parody memes. Twitter users have snapped up a GIF of Drake hugging one of the lucky fans as “God’s Plan” plays, but with a twist. They’re captioning it with the most minor acts of kindness imaginable. Many of the memes run with the theme of the cash transaction. It’s free to be a part of this magical moment. All you need to do is think of the least effortful nice thing to do for someone, like giving them your leftovers, and you can make the world brighter with a tweet. “God’s Plan” is one of the rare songs to surpass 100 million streams in one week. The massively popular hit has been sitting pretty atop the [Billboard Hot 100 chart](https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8220361/drake-gods-plan-100-million-streams-blocboy-jb-look-alive), which explains why people are still having fun with satirical takes. See some of the best of what the Internet has to offer below. > [](https://twitter.com/AbeikuLytle/status/969223900512038913) > [](https://twitter.com/CapitalOfficial/status/969218323308269568) > [](https://twitter.com/parisse/status/969211091246075904) > [](https://twitter.com/ianharris/status/968563182515126273) > [](https://twitter.com/LifeAsPat/status/968724903221395457) > [](https://twitter.com/fejay3/status/968537865155203072) > [](https://twitter.com/AyoooJJ/status/968010970621657088) > [](https://twitter.com/ziwe/status/969024264941768737) > [](https://twitter.com/logandotmaz/status/969210668904837122) > [](https://twitter.com/justcallmeBABA/status/968939848148111360) > [](https://twitter.com/deliberatedaily/status/967487588171993088) > [](https://twitter.com/tyron%5Fbrewer/status/968604436972089344) > [](https://twitter.com/Realest%5FToronto/status/968672212080254977) > [](https://twitter.com/HDKG/status/968568919081537537) > [](https://twitter.com/MasonObispo/status/968037273236267009) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ INAUDIBLE ] Uniforms to you guys. [ APPLAUSE ] I'm sure you'll know what this [ UNKNOWN ]. So I hope you're all proud. I hope you all have a great year. 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