There were so many athlete cameos in Drake’s latest video for Laugh Now Cry Later — Kevin Durant! Odell Beckham Jr.! Marshawn Lynch! — but there were also some references you might not have gotten on the first viewing of the new video that dropped Friday.
Drake himself appears at one point — around the 1:25 mark — in an all-white suit, and of course he was wearing a Toronto Raptors hat. But that suit? It looks exactly like the one worn by LeBron James on the night the Cleveland Cavaliers took him with the No. 1 overall pick in 2003.
Check out the comparisons people made on Twitter:
Drake wearing that ‘03 Lebron draft suit. #LaughNowCryLater 🎭 pic.twitter.com/hSIpL1sFBR
— Word On Road (@WordOnRd) August 14, 2020
This man Drake got the lebron draft night fit on 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/Kef7jXs1An
— Jamison (@Jamison_Lytle) August 14, 2020
And that shot of Drake posing at the bottom of the pool? That’s a nod to an iconic Muhammad Ali pool shot:
Drake imitating the Muhammad Ali underwater picture from 1961 pic.twitter.com/DyFpqcM7ov
— Complex Ambition (@ComplexAmbition) August 14, 2020
Drake paid homage to Muhammad Ali and LeBron James in his “Laugh Now Cry Later” music video. pic.twitter.com/rPKIwC3xiR
— Pop Tingz (@ThePopTingz) August 14, 2020
Drake with the homage to Ali 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/xQf5n6YtCm
— Alberto Molina Jr. (@_TheNotoriousAJ) August 14, 2020
Here’s the full video (WARNING: there’s NSFW language in it):
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