Drake Exchanged Autographs With A Little Girl Waiting For A Heart Transplant

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By Jenny Singer August 21, 2018

Sometimes, Aubrey Drake Graham makes it so easy to love him.

On Monday, the record-breaking Jewish rapper surprised 11-year-old Sofia Sanchez at Chicago’s Lurie Children’s Hospital after a video of Sanchez and her (adorable) cousin doing the popular “In My Feelings” challenge caught the singer’s attention online, BuzzFeedNews reports.

Sanchez, who just underwent heart surgery and is awaiting a transplant, said in a video that she hoped Drake would come visit her — it was her birthday wish. Drake, who had a concert the week of her birthday in Chicago, decided to surprise her.

In a video made by the hospital, Sofia screams “OH MY GOD” upon seeing Drake. “It’s a miracle,” she later tells the camera. Sofia and the three-time Grammy winner take a selfie. “I gave him my autograph, and he gave me his,” Sofia says. Drake captioned an Instagram post of the two of them, “Me and my love Sofia talking about Bieber and Owls and Basketball.”

Today, Lurie Children’s Hospital heart transplant patient Sofia Sanchez, who turned 11 on Saturday, had one of her birthday wishes come true– a surprise visit from Drake, @champagnepapi. #all4your1 #drake #kikichallenge

A post shared by Lurie Children’s (@luriechildrens) on Aug 20, 2018 at 7:02pm PDT

Happy birthday, Sofia! We wish you a refua shlema!

Jenny Singer is the deputy lifestyle editor for the Forward. You can reach her at [email protected] or on Twitter @jeanvaljenny

Jenny Singer is a freelance writer with pieces in Vox, the Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, Teen Vogue, and more. She was previously a staff writer at Glamour and the Forward, and she’s currently getting an MFA in nonfiction writing at the University of Iowa.

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