Drake’s 9‑ft sculpture

A nine-foot sculpture tied to Drake and made by artist Rebecca Maria spread across social media this week after reposts on April 15 and April 16 showed the piece towering over viewers. (24vids.com) The work was described in reposted video captions as a sculpture of Sade inspired by the cover of *Love Deluxe*, Sade’s fourth album, which the band’s official site says was released in late 1992. (24vids.com) (sade.com) A repost carried by XXL Magazine said the piece took six months to complete and was entirely hand-sculpted with five different clays. Rebecca Maria’s studio site says she makes sculptures and commissions work rooted in hip-hop and album-cover imagery. (24vids.com) (rebeccamaria.studio) The reaction online centered as much on the choice of subject as on the scale of the object. Drake has been publicly linked to Sade fandom for years, including earlier coverage of his admiration for the singer in 2017. (boxden.com) (okayafrica.com) That history gave viewers an instant frame for the sculpture: not random celebrity decor, but a commissioned homage to a specific album image with long-standing meaning in Drake’s orbit. Sade’s official site says *Love Deluxe* later went quadruple platinum in the United States. (sade.com) Rebecca Maria was not an unknown name dropped into the cycle. Her site includes separate sections for sculptures and commissions, and online discussion this week pointed to prior commissioned work for Drake as well. (rebeccamaria.studio) (boxden.com) The images also fit a familiar internet formula: a recognizable face, an oversized physical object, and a direct tie to a musician with a large fan base. By Thursday, April 16, reposted clips on video platforms were already pulling tens of thousands of views within hours. (24vids.com) For now, the sculpture’s afterlife is happening online, where a hand-made object built over six months has been reduced to a few viral angles and one very tall silhouette. (24vids.com)