Drake is a Canadian rapper-songwriter with an estimated net worth of $55 million. He is currently making some buzz after surprising his fans by releasing a 17-track album late Thursday. After debuting a short film titled, "Jungle," the 28-year-old artist tweeted what seemed to be his album cover.
Drake, who currently has an estimated net worth of $55 million as listed by Celebrity Net Worth, started in the entertainment industry as a child actor on the television series, "Degrassi: The Next Generation." In February 2006, Drake's musical career after releasing his first mixtape "Room for Improvement" through MySpace.
In June 2009, Drake signed a recording contract with Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment after receiving some of Drake's music from Rap-A-Lot founder, Jas Prince. Since then, he became one of the industry's acclaimed rappers who has collaborated with superstars Kanye West, Eminem and Jay-Z.
As Drake became a huge rap artist with a remarkable net worth value, he has been nominated for numerous accolades including several Grammys. As of February 2014, Drake has released three studio albums that have sold a total of 5 million copies. He has won a Grammy, two Juno Awards and a BET award.
However, Drake's successful career was never without controversies. He had his first public feud with Pusha T through song lyrics. In June 2012, he got involved in a physical altercation with Chris Brown. Drake's most recent feud was with Diddy, when he slapped Drake outside a Miami nightclub last Dec. 7, Hollywood Life reported.
Drake has been under public scrutiny lately after his mentor, J. Prince's threats of vengeance was released. TMZ revealed Drake has found an ally through Prince when the latter released a controversial recording about warning another artist, Diddy, who Drake had an intensifying feud.
But now, Drake seemed to be increasing his personal net worth value as he released an unexpected album titled "If You're Reading This It's Too Late" via Twitter. As The Verge cited, the surprise album features collaborations from Lil Wayne, Travi$ Scott, and PartyNextDoor.
Meanwhile, Drake's net worth seems to have been contradictorily listed. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Drake's fortune is estimated to be $55 million however, The Richest lists $60 million. It appeared quite odd, maybe it's safer to say the range of the rapper's wealth is around $55 to 60 million.
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