‘Not like us’: Canadian rapper Drake roasted by Argentina after losing Copa bet

MIAMI – Rap artiste Drake was trolled by the Argentina national football team after the Canadian lost US$300,000 (S$404,000) on a bet his home country would beat the defending champions in the Copa America semi-finals on July 9.

Drake, 37, posted a receipt for his Canada-Argentina wager on Instagram before the match with the caption, “This could get Messi”, along with a Canadian flag emoji.

He also tagged Stake, the Australian gambling company he reportedly has a sponsorship deal worth US$100 million a year with. It was with Stake that he placed the bet. 

Had Canada upset tournament favourite Argentina, the rapper would have got US$2.9 million, an amount partly determined by the valuation of Bitcoin.

Instead,

Argentina won 2-0,

with the second goal scored by Lionel Messi.

After the game, the reigning champions posted a photo with the line Not Like Us, using American rapper Kendrick Lamar’s song to take a shot at Drake.

Not Like Us is the title of a diss track released by Lamar in May, which criticised the Canadian artiste. It has been streamed nearly half a billion times on Spotify.

The music video has more than 115 million views on YouTube after both rappers released several solo tracks taking aim at each other.

Argentina, World Cup winners in 2022, are looking to secure a record 16th Copa America title on July 14 when they play Colombia in the final at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium.

Drake’s US$300,000 loss marks his third significant loss after gambling on underdogs in recent weeks. 

In June, Drake – whose real name is Aubrey Graham – bet US$500,000 on the Dallas Mavericks to beat the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association Finals.

Minutes later, he wagered a similar amount on the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League to defeat the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Finals.

Both fell flat, preventing him from payouts of US$1.4 million and US$1 million, respectively. BLOOMBERG, REUTERS