Drake plays Rob Ford in new video for Energy

In his new music video, Toronto-born rapper Drake gives a nod to the city's former mayor Rob Ford in his most internationally notorious moment.

In the official music video for the song Energy, off the chart-topping rappers' surprise mixtape If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake recreates a now notorious photograph of Ford, flanked by three men, taken on a phone.

The photo is a play on the real-life photo Ford took with Anthony Smith, Monir Kassim and Muhammad Khattak outside 15 Windsor Rd. in Etobicoke, where an infamous video showing Ford smoking crack is said to have been shot.

• Inside the infamous Ford photo

The video shows Drake as Ford, in a white shirt and striped tie, posing for a similar photo. There are a few discrepancies, as Ford was in a sweatshirt in the original but wearing a dress shirt and dress pants in the video. Drake also retains his short beard, though he does have short, blonde, Ford-like hair.

The rapper also makes references to Miley Cyrus's Wrecking Ball, Justin Bieber's Calvin Klein ad, and O.J. Simpson's white Ford Bronco.

The music video is available exclusively on Apple Music.