Remember that time Aussie hip hop artist Illy went incognito (re: took off his flat-cap) and did a vox pop on the streets of Melbourne to get the public’s thoughts on his music?

No, well it was pretty damn funny and revealing if you missed it. And now Canadian rapper Drake has used the same idea – though with a slightly more elaborate disguise – to equally humorous effect. (We’ll let you decide for yourself if Drake copped Illy’s idea or if it’s just pure coincidence).

Looking like a hipster science teacher with his dorky wig and beard combo, Drizzy went undercover on the streets of Hollywood to find out just what people really think about his music as well as faked controversies (like sex tapes and urinating in a baby clothes store).

The public prank was actually shot as a variation of the ‘Lie Witness News’ segment on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which has previously proven the late night US host to be the king of music fan trolling with his previous successes at duping hipsters at Coachella, SXSW, and Rock The Bells with fake band names. He even encourages one of his detractors to improvise a folk jam on his guitar about how much Drake sucks…

Drake’s disguised vox pops finds him taking the mickey out of similarly bullshit-spouting citizens with great humour.

Filmed to promote the rappers’ upcoming appearance hosting the 2014 ESPY Awards, as Consequence Of Sound reports, the fun begins with Drake asking his unwitting victims what they thought of his hosting duties… of a ceremony that doesn’t take place until July.

“I think he definitely killed it,” comes the first reply, while another think its “baloney” that the hip hop star refuses to honour Caucasian sportsmen at the event. As the talking heads get progressively nastier, Drake plays along with full candour, even as one interviewee labels him “a chickenhead” and another “childish” for supposedly crying onstage.

He even encourages one of his detractors to improvise a folk jam on his guitar about how much Drake sucks, dropping a cheeky ‘Amen’ for added effect. We won’t give it all away, but stick around for the highlight, in which the rapper reveals to his random passers-by of his true identity.

So what have we learned from this encounter? Drake may have a bit of an ego, but he’s got a sense of humour to go with it, and that the general public loves talking it up when there’s a camera on them. 

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