“While Jay-Z is going crazy”- Internet reacts as Drake receives ice sculpture replica of Kimi Räikkönen’s iconic McLaren MP4-21 celebrating ‘ICEMAN’

“While Jay-Z is going crazy”- Internet reacts as Drake receives ice sculpture replica of Kimi Räikkönen’s iconic McLaren MP4-21 celebrating ‘ICEMAN’
Drake (Image via official Instagram @champagnepapi)

Drake recently received the ice sculpture replica of Kimi Räikkönen’s iconic McLaren MP4-21 celebrating the release of the rapper's new album ICEMAN. The life sized sculpture, as per Complex, is a 1:1 recreation of Räikkönen's F1 car back in 2006's Monaco Grand Prix. The scuplture the rapper received was recreated using original design files for said car.

The rapper's receival of this ice sculpture has now generated reactions on the internet, with netizens expressing their views on the matter in different comments.

"While Jay-Z is going crazy."
A netizen's to Drake receiving a ice scupture of sculpture replica of Kimi Räikkönen’s iconic McLaren MP4-21 celebrating 'ICEMAN' (Image via X account Grand chef/@thebigboii19)
A netizen's to Drake receiving a ice scupture of sculpture replica of Kimi Räikkönen’s iconic McLaren MP4-21 celebrating 'ICEMAN' (Image via X account Grand chef/@thebigboii19)
"This dope but drake face hilarious. He like what a do with a ice sculpture man." one netizen reacted.
"ok real q — does Kimi even know about this, and is this album actuallyF1-themed or just the aesthetic? need answers." another netizen asked.
"some album rollouts get billboards, Drake got a full scale replica of an F1 legend’s ice sculpture." one commenter said.
"Drake really collecting “cool guy starter packs” like it’s a side quest at this point. Next stop: borrowed personality DLC." another commenter stated.
"While they’re busy obsessing, Drake’s living in a luxury ice sculpture museum." one reactor opined.

Kimi Räikkönen has not reacted to the gift of a replica of his car to the rapper as of the writing of this article.

For those unaware, Kimi Räikkönen had the nickname of 'Iceman' back in his racing days. McLaren celebrated their 40th anniversary ahead of the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix with an full sized replica of their F1 car.

McLaren was in a factory partnership with Mercedes at the time. The team stopped using Mercedes engines in 2015, switching first to using Honda engines and then to Renault engines from 2018. They returned to using Mercedes engines in 2021.

The above gift of a ice sculpture of Kimi Räikkönen's car to the Canadian rapper is not the first time the two's names have come up in relation to each other in news. Previously in 2024, the rapper wore Kimi Räikkönen autographed pants when performing at a concert. This was noticed by Räikkönen at the time and he commented on the rapper's Instagram post at the time:

"Nice pants mate."

Drake recently broke Michael Jackson's record of the most number 1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart by a male solo artist

The rapper recently broke Michael Jackson's record of the most number 1songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart by a male solo artist. Drake now has 14 number 1 hits on the chart, while Michael Jackson has 13 number 1 songs on the chart.

The rapper is now tied with Rihanna and Taylor Swift, all three having 14 number 1 songs on the chart. Ahead of the rapper, Rihanna and Taylor Swift is Mariah Carey with 19 tracks, while Beatles have 20 chart toppers on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, placing them at the top of the list.

The rapper's above mentioned achievement came after the track Janice STFU debuted on the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The rapper now also has the most Hot 100 chart entries with 402 tracks from his catalog having entered the chart, including all most all of the songs from his newly released albums.

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Edited by Soumyajyoti Mukherjee