Drake Gives Away Cash and Luxury Cars at Annual Event Celebrating Women

Drake is giving back in a big way.

The rapper hosted his third annual Strong Women, Stronger Drinks event in Toronto this week. The evening celebrates women who are making an impact in their communities and careers.

According to sources, each guest received $1,000 in cash when they arrived at the Casa Loma mansion. But that was just the beginning. Throughout the night, Drake surprised attendees with giveaways that included $50,000 and $100,000 cash prizes, as well as luxury vehicles. One woman won a brand-new BMW, while Toronto Raptors reporter Kayla Grey drove home in a Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon.

During a speech posted to social media, the Canadian rapper says he started the event based on one he attended in the early 2000s.

“There was an event by a lovely woman,” he said. “She used to do an event called What Women Want. It was essentially women gathering to network, to socialize, and to be a man at the event, you had to work. I always loved that aspect of it. We would show up and work the event because that’s what the event was about.”

Drake also went on to explain what he hopes guests take away from the night.

"All of you who are doing incredible things in your respective fields… We hope that you can be social, talk to each other, learn from each other, and we have an incredible evening for you. We'll do some giveaways and hopefully change some lives, and then we'll go inside and get drunk and do what we're supposed to do," he said.

Videos from the event quickly spread across social media as winners accepted the surprise gifts.

This year has been busy for the Toronto native, from his triple release of three albums in May to this major event.