Drake’s new mansion? Inside the hip-hop star’s US$65 million holiday rental in Beverly Hills – complete with six-metre waterfall and 2,000-bottle wine cellar
- Will Elementi in Trousdale Estates, Beverly Hills – with celebrity residents like Elvis Presley, Jennifer Aniston and Katy Perry – join Drake’s real estate portfolio?
- His Toronto home costs US$100 million, but Elementi boasts seven bedrooms with marble bathrooms, a wellness centre and gym, and an entertaining floor
After several media reports about superstar performer and songwriter Drake moving into the upscale Trousdale area of Beverly Hills, its residents must be wondering if they will soon be able to call him a neighbour. But is Drake shopping for real estate, or is he just testing the water with his recent holiday rental of one of the neighbourhood’s most elegant contemporary homes – Elementi?
The multi-platinum artist already has a collection of properties in the LA area and another home where he lives when in town, but after his over-the-top US$100 million Toronto digs, his taste will only allow the finest. Did he find that in the US$65 million Elementi?
First noticed for his acting in the Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation that ran for six years until 2007, Drake left television for a career in music, where he excelled – literally off the charts. He rapped, he wrote and he sang. Starting in 2006 with “Room for Improvement” up to 2021 with his album “Certified Lover Boy”, his rise in popularity has been meteoric.
All astounding successes for such a young age. And as reported by Forbes, his endorsements and business partnerships brought in US$94 million, just between 2016 and 2017.
So it’s no surprise that he became a real estate investor. Four years later, he’s apparently trying on Elementi for size.
One of California’s most spectacular new homes, the facade of Elementi displays designer Michael Chen’s unique talents, including the home’s bridge entry to a large pivoting front door over a six-metre (20-foot) stone waterfall that cascades down past a dining room suspended over a lower courtyard, and then continues into an atrium on the lower level.