Drake might be one of the current reigning kings of hip-hop but that doesn’t mean he’s forgotten his humble beginnings. The multiplatinum rapper and millionaire shared on Instagram Story that his uncle gifted him a framed copy of the first check he ever received in the music industry for Christmas.
The OVO boss wrote, “My uncle found and gifted me my first earnings from music. Came a long way from 3 bills in royalties.”
The check from the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers was worth $304.04 and was issued prior to him connecting with Lil Wayne and Young Money records. The grind is real as this seems to have been the first stop on the road to his estimated $49 million fortune.
Drizzy also released a line of candles this month to expand his assets with his new company, Better World Fragrance House. The candles retail for $80 and come in five different scents including Carby Musk, which is said to smell like him.
The Toronto MC is scheduled to release his sixth album, Certified Lover Boy, early next year as well. The project is already highly expected thanks to the hit first single “Laugh Now Cry Later” with Chicago spitter Lil Durk.
In related news, Lil Durk dropped a surprise album called The Voice on Wednesday, Dec. 23. The project features Young Thug, YNW Melly, Booka 600, 6lack, and his protégé, the late King Von. He also paid tribute to King Von on the new video “Backdoor” from the project and Von appears on the track “Still Trappin.”
Von was killed in Atlanta in November after allegedly provoking an altercation with rapper Quando Rondo. A member of Quando Rondo’s crew named Timothy Leeks has been charged with the killing, which was caught on video and has claimed self-defense.
