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Drake Drops $100,000 On Rings Commemorating His Rec League Basketball Championship
One of the best things about Drake — or worst, depending on how you look at it — is how he romanticizes practically everything about his life. His son’s finger painting is the next Picasso, he envisions himself as a smooth player from the 1970s complete with a shag cut, and he treats his rec league basketball championships like the NBA. In short, he does what I fully believe most of us would do with his kind of money. The real sticking point is that he chooses to show it all off, which is pretty revolutionary, in its way.
And when I say he celebrated his back-to-back Sanctuary Basketball League championships as if they were NBA ones, I mean he really went all-out. According to Complex, Drake apparently had championship rings made for his team at $100,000 per ring. He’s shown them off via his Instagram Story, while the jeweler, Jason Arasheben of Beverly Hills, provided the details, as well as a statement:
As someone who wishes I could play ball professionally I respect Drake for making his dream a reality with his own league. We always have a good time when we work together and it has been fun working on these championship rings with him for the last three years. Drake had a clear vision of what he wanted and we worked really well together to make that happen. I enjoy the challenge of telling the story of the season and incorporating everything into the design and onto a ring, while still using as many diamonds as possible.
Drake contracted Jason for his rec league previous championship in 2020, paying $50,000 per ring, as well as one for the Toronto Raptors’ 2019 NBA championship. Check out this year’s rings below.
Drake Celebrates Rec Basketball League Championship with $100,000 Diamond Rings
Drake Celebrates Rec Basketball League Championship with $100,000 Diamond Rings
Drake and LeBron James Sued $10M Over Rights For Hockey Documentary
LeBron James and Drake are being sued for allegedly stealing the rights to a movie about a segregated hockey league. Billy Hunter, the former head of the NBA players union, claims he holds the exclusive rights to produce any movie about Canada’s old Colored Hockey League, an all black hockey league founded in 1895.
The lawsuit states Lebron and Drake used their production companies to go behind Hunter’s back and sign a deal with the authors of a book their Black Ice documentary is based on.
The authors, George and Darril Fosty, are also listed as defendants, citing breach of contract for allegedly violating the agreement. However, the authors say no one violated any agreements because a documentary is different from a movie.
READ MORE: LeBron James and Dwyane Wade Executive Produce ‘The Redeem Team’ Documentary, Set for Oct. 7
The lawsuit says Hunter paid the authors a total of $265,000 for the movie rights to the story. Hunter is asking for a cut of Lebron and Drake’s profits off their documentary and an additional $10M in damages.
James and Drake’s documentary, directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Hubert Davis, is being showcased at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 10.
Representatives for LeBron James and Drake haven’t made any comments on the allegations.
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10 Reasons Why Kanye West’s ‘Graduation’ Remains Memorable
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Image via Getty The Release Day Battle with 50 Cent
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Image via Getty The Emergence of Electronic Arena Rap
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Image via Getty It Reflected Kanye’s Perfectionism and Tenacity
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Image via Getty That T-Pain Feature
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Image via Getty Takashi Murakami’s Involvement
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Image via La Times It Yielded the Glow in the Dark Tour
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Image via Getty Its Rock Influences
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Image via Getty Inspired Artists like Drake, Childish Gambino, and Doja Cat
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Image via Getty It Still Has Some of His Best Egotistical Anthems
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Image via Getty “Big Brother” Foreshadows ‘Watch the Throne’
Nav Reveals Why Drake Does Not Appear On ‘Demons Protected By Angels’: ‘We Could’ve Done A Better Song’
Over the years, there have been multiple cases of rappers or producers withholding big features from their albums because it “wasn’t the right time” (Rick Ross removing Pusha T from “Maybach Music VI”), they didn’t want one song to overshadow the entire project (Swizz Beatz not placing “Just Because” with Jay-Z, Nas, and DMX on Poison) or various other reasons. In the most recent case of this confusing phenomenon, NAV spoke on why his collaboration with Drake did not make it on his new album Demons Protected By Angels.
NAV Left a Drake Track Off His New Album
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— Full Send Podcast (@fullsendpodcast) September 9, 2022
In the “Myself” artist’s recent appearance on Full Send Podcast, he told the hosts “We did a song. I feel we could’ve done a better song and the timeframe was just not good, it didn’t work out.” He continued on saying “He’s such a big artist that I didn’t want to put the song on the album and have it take away from anything else on the album. You know, take away life from all the other moments.”
Co-host Kyle Forgeard was bewildered and replied, “So you had a song with Drake and you’re purposefully not putting it on your album? That’s pretty crazy.”
Elsewhere in the conversation, NAV had nothing but positive things to say about the “Six God,” saying “Drake’s an amazing person and we hang out all the time in Toronto.”
Demons Protected By Angels was released on Friday (September 9) with features from Future, Travis Scott, Gunna, Bryson Tiller, and more. Though the decision was questionable, the hope is that maybe one day this collaboration will see the light of day.
Check out NAV’s appearance on Full Send Podcast above.
Demons Protected By Angels is out now via XO and Republic. Listen here.
Drake Shoots Hoops At The Nike Headquarters
Drake continues to indulge in his most well-known hobby by shooting hoops at the Nike headquarters. Recently, the “6” superstar went to shoot some hoops at the Nike headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. A bystander’s video surfaced on social media showing the rapper participating in a three-point shooting contest. The Toronto artist started cold before getting […]
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Bleu Celebrates Buying a Private Jet: ‘It Took Me 10 Hard Years To Get Here’
Bleu is letting his fans and followers know the value of hard work. Hitting Instagram, the young star released a video handling business on a private jet that he now owns, letting people know anything is possible.
“It took me 10 hard years to get here,” Bleu wrote. “We’re can I start. I used to day dream all day when I lived with my mama. I used to tell people everyday Ima be successful. Some people believed some didn’t. I just Kept going ! On my road to success I fell off bout 4 r 5 times . Lost Alotta loved ones . Gave away Alotta money blowed a lot to . But I dnt regret !”
He added, “IM PROUD OF MYSELF ! U A FUCKING BEAT. I not even owning a car to owning a plane! I couldn’t afford to buy Corbin diapers now to owning my own private jet.”
— SAY CHEESE!
(@SaycheeseDGTL) September 8, 2022
BLEU is looking forward to assisting the next generation of musicians, revealing the progress of his forthcoming music academy, Moon Boy University.
Hitting Instagram, BLEU highlighted the construction site and revealed the university will be open in January.
“Moon Boy University otw,” Bleu wrote. “This January! Facility for all my Moon Boy University producers, My artist, video production team etc . Top of the year gone be some amazing shit getting done I promise.”
BLEU added, “Studio , conference room . Video/Movie production room im even gonna start inviting young upcoming producers doing classes etc ! I’m so excited about this.”
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