The Real-Estate Drama Buried in the Rap Feud

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 CELEBRITY REAL ESTATE [The Real-Estate Drama Buried in the Rap Feud]( Drake’s $100 million Toronto mansion and Kendrick Lamar’s empire of pied-a-terres and rentals somehow came up. Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photos: Getty, Google Earth Drake and Kendrick Lamar have brought up a lot about each other’s personal lives — including how they live. In response to a track from Drake that accused Lamar of being shorter and poorer, Lamar [released “Euphoria,”](which turns that allegation into a metaphor for how he lays relatively low. “Yeah, I’m out the way, yeah, I’m low, okay” and “the island here’s remote, okay.” Drake lives in a $100 million mansion in Toronto that he has broadcast to the world with a [glossy spread in Architectural Digest.]( It’s 50,000 square feet. There is an indoor basketball court and a great room with 44-foot-high ceilings. The artist Takashi Murakami painted the inside of a showy grand piano. There are chandeliers, and there is furniture of “ostrich skin and mohair … macassar and bronze,” according to AD. He [also owns]( a $15 million ranch compound in Texas with multiple houses and Robbie Williams’s former $75 million Beverly Hills mansion, which he’s been trying to flip. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Martha Stewart and Her Daughter Bought at the Belnord And she’s already shopping at Zabar’s.]( By Clio Chang [A Beachy House in Broad Channel for $449,000 Plus a dramatic Murray Hill studio and 2.5 bedroom in Sunnyside.]( By Kim Velsey [Caroline Calloway’s Tribute Plaque Is Gone She says she did not have anything to do with it in the first place.]( By Adriane Quinlan [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved