Drake Gifts Adin Ross 2,000 Subs Following Ross's Twitch Return

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Adin Ross returned to Twitch on Monday and Drake was right there to welcome him back after two years off the platform.

Adin Ross recently confirmed that his period of exclusivity with Stake and Kick has come to an end. The streamer, who'd been at the forefront of Kick's community of creators, had been one of their biggest names since being permanently banned by Twitch in 2023. On his Kick channel, he created content with celebrities including Kanye West and then-presidential hopeful Donald Trump, who he endorsed ahead of the 2024 election. But there is perhaps no person more prominently featured in Ross' circle than Drake, who also had his own run of streams on Kick.

On Monday (September 22), Ross had his first stream on Twitch in over two years. Drake welcomed him back to the platform in a big way. Sitting in the chat as "icemanthebig6er," the rapper sent a message that read "OMG OMG DADDYS HOME," referring back to their viral moment from earlier this summer. He also gifted Ross a staggering 2,000 subs. That is $10,000 in revenue.

The replies to FearBuck on X (formerly Twitter) were quick to make fun of Drake for calling Ross "daddy." One of the top comments simply featured a Google screenshot of his age. He will be 39 years old in about a month.

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Of course, Drake and Ross both left Kick at the same time, for different reasons. For Ross, it seems like he's opting to maximize his earning potential by multistreaming across platforms. He has not completely left Kick behind, but Twitch is a much bigger money-maker for most. Drake left the platform after a dispute with its owners and subsequently being unable to withdraw his casino winnings from their site. He half-jokingly offered to box Stake cofounder Ed Craven in August. It remains to be seen if Drake follows Ross and begins his own Twitch streams or if the cameo was just a one-off.

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Devin Morton is a News and Evergreen Content Writer at HotNewHipHop from Queens, New York. He started with HNHH in July 2024 as an intern while entering his last year of college, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication from Stony Brook University's School of Communication and Journalism. He has previously written album reviews covering some of the most popular artists in the game, including Childish Gambino and Ice Spice, as well as conversation starting pieces about the Grammy and BET Hip-Hop Awards. Some of his favorite rappers include Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, and Nas, though he also has a soft spot for the Blog Era guys from when he used to read HNHH as a kid. Besides hip-hop, he's a huge fan of sports (primarily basketball, #HeatCulture) and wrestling. His work for HNHH has reflected his outside interests, also covering sports, politics, and the greater pop culture world, which he has extensive knowledge of in addition to his hip-hop expertise.

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