Drake told a 23-year-old streamer he'd 'love to' buy her mom a house after picking her on dating show. Who pays the tax?

Drake picked streamer Pinkchyu out of 20 women on a Kick speed-dating stream Aug. 8, hosted for Stake's ninth anniversary, and told her she could have anything she wanted. Pinkchyu, real name Lin Lamar, asked whether he'd buy her mother a house so her mom could retire. "Oh yeah, I'd love to," he said.

Days later, Lamar told TMZ the offer was real: she picks a listing and he'll cover the payment. Her OnlyFans earnings have climbed since.

Two things decide who owes the IRS on a house like that — whether it's a gift or a prize, and where the person paying lives.

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The tax code doesn't touch genuine gifts, but it taxes prizes as ordinary income. The line between them comes down to why the giver made the transfer, not what anyone calls it afterward.

Duberstein, the 1960 Supreme Court case that still governs, says a transfer counts as a gift only if it comes from "detached and disinterested generosity," not obligation or an expectation of something in return. What matters is Drake's dominant motive when he hands it over.