{"id":641071,"date":"2026-10-25T17:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T17:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/641071\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T17:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T17:48:15","slug":"drake-celebrates-40-with-a-big-rolex-free-birkins-and-the-backstreet-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/641071\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Celebrates 40 With a Big Rolex, Free Birkins, and the Backstreet Boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Never one to exercise restraint when it comes to his wristwear, Drake brought out his one-of-one, diamond-encrusted Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, reportedly worth multiple millions. The watch is engraved with the phrase \u201cFreeze the World,\u201d a lyric from his song \u201cMake Them Know\u201d off \u201cIceman.\u201d An appropriately ostentatious finishing touch for a man with a heart-stopping collection of rare timepieces, custom jewelry, and highly coveted Herm\u00e8s Birkins in a litany of colors.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper was equally generous when it came to accessorizing his guests. According to People, partygoers were gifted Chanel and Herm\u00e8s handbags, and a game-show-style giveaway saw cash prizes starting at $10,000 and climbing to a staggering $1 million. Forget the usual birthday goodie bag, someone walked away with a flap bag and a Kelly.<\/p>\n<p>The entertainment was a nostalgic affair. The Backstreet Boys took to the stage to perform their 1999 hit \u201cI Want It That Way,\u201d with Drake joining the group for a singalong. (It might seem a bit random, but Drizzy has previously performed with the group.) Amid all the festivities, the rapper also offered a sentimental toast. \u201cTonight is not about a tour or an album release or a bunch of videos that we shot or a fragrance or a Nike shoe,\u201d he told his guests. \u201cTonight is just about being alive, staying alive.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Never one to exercise restraint when it comes to his wristwear, Drake brought out his one-of-one, diamond-encrusted Rolex&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,470,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-641071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-drake","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}