LIFE CHANGING GIFT. I WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO GO. IT JUST COINCIDENTALLY HAPPENED THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET TICKETS IF BRITNEY WASN’T DRAKE’S BIGGEST FAN BEFORE, SHE IS NOW. I HAD MADE A SIGN JUST TO GET HIM TO JUST NOTICE IT. DID NOT EXPECT IT OR, YOU KNOW, THINK THAT I WAS GOING TO GET RECOGNIZED AT ALL BY HIM. DRAKE, YOU GOT ME THROUGH CHEMO CANCER. I LOVE SEEING THAT BRITNEY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DIFFUSE. ASTROCYTOMA IN 2022, A TYPE OF BRAIN TUMOR. FOR YEARS, SHE SAYS DRAKE’S MUSIC KEPT HER FIGHTING. WHEN I WAS DOWN, I COULD LISTEN TO MUSIC AND JUST GET PICKED BACK UP AND KNOW THAT I JUST NEED TO CARRY ON AND JUST KEEP ON GOING AND DEFINITELY FIGHTING FOR MYSELF AND MY SON. WHEN DRAKE HIT THE STAGE IN OKC, SHE HELD UP HER POSTER THANKING HIM FOR KEEPING HER ALIVE. THAT’S WHEN DRAKE DID SOMETHING THAT TOOK BRITNEY’S BREATH AWAY. SO TONIGHT, FROM ME TO YOU, I’M GOING TO GIVE YOU 30 BANDS. YOU GO ON A VACATION, GET YOU SOMETHING NICE. I JUST FELL TO MY KNEES. EVERYONE HAD TO HELP PICK ME BACK UP BECAUSE I WAS IN TOTAL SHOCK. KIND OF BLACKED OUT WHILE HE WAS TALKING TO ME. A $30,000 GIFT THAT COULDN’T COME AT A MORE PERFECT TIME. I AM ABOUT TO COMPLETE MY CHEMO NEXT WEEK. I’M JUST REALLY TRYING TO START OVER. IT’S GOING TO HELP ME WITH MEDICAL BILLS TREMENDOUSLY AND JUST GET ME AND MY SON BACK ONTO OUR FEE
Drake gives $30,000 to Mustang woman with brain tumor during concert
An A-list musician is helping a Mustang woman through one of her toughest battles with a life-changing gift
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An A-list musician is helping a Mustang woman through one of her toughest battles with a life-changing gift. | MORE | Fans already lining up outside Paycom Center for first of 2 Drake, J. Cole shows in OKCWhen Drake performed a two-night concert series in Oklahoma City, he gave one attendee a present she will never forget. "I was not supposed to go. It just coincidentally happened that I was able to get tickets," said Brittanie Rangel, who attended the Drake concert. If she wasn't Drake's biggest fan before, she is now. "I had made a sign just to get him to notice it. I did not expect or think that I was going to get recognized by him," Rangel said. "'Drake, you got me through chemo. cancer,'" Drake said while reading the sign at the concert. "I love seeing that ."Rangel was diagnosed with Diffuse Astrocytoma, a type of brain tumor, in 2022. For years, she said Drake's music kept her fighting. "When I was down, I could listen to his music and get picked back up and know that I just need to carry on and definitely fighting for myself and my son," Rangel said. When Drake hit the stage in Oklahoma City, she held up her poster, thanking him for keeping her alive. That's when Drake did something that took her breath away. "Tonight, from me to you, I'm giving you 30 bands. You're going on vacation," Drake said. She was given a $30,000 gift that couldn't have come at a more perfect time for the Oklahoman. "I just fell to my knees. Everyone had to help pick me back up because I was in total shock. Kind of blacked out while he was talking to me," Rangel said. "I'm about to complete my chemo next week.She said the money will help her start over, helping her with medical bills and getting her and her son back on their feet. Anyone who would like to help Rangel can donate to her GoFundMe page here.Top Headlines Crash causes traffic delays on Airport Road in west Oklahoma City Cargo ship hits Baltimore bridge, bringing it down; Rescuers looking for people in water Video shows moment when Baltimore's Key Bridge collapses after cargo ship crash Brothers identified after California mountain lion attack that left 1 dead, the other injured Women's NCAA Tournament Day 4 recap
MUSTANG, Okla. — An A-list musician is helping a Mustang woman through one of her toughest battles with a life-changing gift.
| MORE | Fans already lining up outside Paycom Center for first of 2 Drake, J. Cole shows in OKC
When Drake performed a two-night concert series in Oklahoma City, he gave one attendee a present she will never forget.
"I was not supposed to go. It just coincidentally happened that I was able to get tickets," said Brittanie Rangel, who attended the Drake concert.
If she wasn't Drake's biggest fan before, she is now.
"I had made a sign just to get him to notice it. I did not expect or think that I was going to get recognized by him," Rangel said.
"'Drake, you got me through chemo. [Expletive] cancer,'" Drake said while reading the sign at the concert. "I love seeing that [expletive]."
Rangel was diagnosed with Diffuse Astrocytoma, a type of brain tumor, in 2022. For years, she said Drake's music kept her fighting.
"When I was down, I could listen to his music and get picked back up and know that I just need to carry on and definitely fighting for myself and my son," Rangel said.
When Drake hit the stage in Oklahoma City, she held up her poster, thanking him for keeping her alive. That's when Drake did something that took her breath away.
"Tonight, from me to you, I'm giving you 30 bands. You're going on vacation," Drake said.
She was given a $30,000 gift that couldn't have come at a more perfect time for the Oklahoman.
"I just fell to my knees. Everyone had to help pick me back up because I was in total shock. Kind of blacked out while he was talking to me," Rangel said. "I'm about to complete my chemo next week.
She said the money will help her start over, helping her with medical bills and getting her and her son back on their feet.
Anyone who would like to help Rangel can donate to her GoFundMe page here.
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