Drake showed off his comedy chops in these hilarious sketches from the NBA Awards

The INSIDER Summary:

• Drake hosted the first-ever NBA Awards and entertained everyone with various skits.
• One skit had him imitating Steph Curry in a parody of the hit film "Get Out."
• But the standout sketch of the night was with Will Ferrell, in which the two played "handshake coaches." 

Drake‘s been wanting to get back into acting since finishing up "More Life," and it is pretty evident he’s been working on his thespian skills. The superstar hosted the inaugural NBA Awards last night, and in between a slew of quips he presented a variety of truly hilarious sketches.

His hosting gig started out with some inspired banter with Shaq and chatting with James Harden.

Up next came a genius sketch saw him imitating Steph Curry via a parody of the movie "Get Out," which was followed by an insane skit of ducking out of hard questions in a press conference using puppies, children and cookie-holding grannies.

But then came a sketch with comedy genius Will Ferrell, which saw the pair as the most aggressive ‘handshake coaches’ imaginable.

The event also saw 2 Chainz and Nicki Minaj perform their new track “Realize” from "Pretty Girls Like Trap Music." Watch that below.

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