Drake is a certified gamer boy with Pharrell Williams’ gold PSP

Drake dropped a new music video this week for his tune “Jumbotron Shit Poppin,” and he’s enjoying with a traditional PSP in it. However it’s not simply any PSP; this can be a actual gold-shelled one which was, till not too long ago, owned by Pharrell Williams (via Kotaku).

The customized PSP-1000 was sold on Pharrell’s auction site, Joopiter, in November for practically $20,000. In keeping with the itemizing, its case is fabricated from 14-karat stable gold that weighs 659.7 grams and was personally commissioned by the NERD member in 2008 to enrich his gold BlackBerry. Pharrell tweeted final 12 months that promoting his jewellery and different belongings (together with a gold BlackBerry) was about setting himself free “for the start of a brand new period.”

The tip of an period for Pharrell is seemingly the start of a brand new one for Drake, who’s seen within the music video exhibiting off Pharrell’s previous jewellery and chains and enjoying the gold PSP whereas leaning in opposition to a pink Ferrari Enzo. It’s not clear if Drake personally bought this stuff (together with the most likely $2 million-plus automobile) or if he’s simply borrowing it for the video — however he definitely appears to get pleasure from it as his treasure.

The PSP itself isn’t visibly powered on within the video, however the public sale doesn’t say something about its performance aside from it’s in used situation. “It reveals some indicators of use, notably on the bottom,” the itemizing reads — and hell, it actually does look scratched up within the again. It additionally features a customized Goyard PSP carry case.

I’d think about Drake acquired the PSP polished up for the video, and hopefully, the {hardware} has stayed in good operating order. In keeping with PSP enthusiasts on Reddit, some frequent points that might come up on PSP-1000s embrace free UMD doorways, learn errors, and drifting sticks. Hopefully, Drake is aware of some good recreation restore outlets in his hometown simply in case, or possibly he might additional customise the PSP by adding a new IPS screen and modding it with emulators (which might be even nicer if it were a PSP Vita).

By way of craftsmanship, Pharrell’s PSP doesn’t look as cleanly completed because the gold Nintendo Wii meant for the late Queen Elizabeth II. It additionally doesn’t look as clean because the extreme limited-edition 24-karat Analogue Nt NES system. However nonetheless, it’s nonetheless a gold PSP, and that joystick nub nonetheless seems prefer it’s in ok situation to maintain enjoying.