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Heaven Or Drake's Mansion
Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Sep 14, 2020 (message contributor)
Drake is a famous rapper from Toronto who lives is a mansion valued at $100,000,000.
Measuring 50,000 square feet it includes a 3,200 foot square master bedroom; A basketball court and a "Great Room" with a 44-foot-high ceiling and containing a Bösendorfer concert grand piano.
Drake's mansion features a one-ton bed, a two-story closet and a 4,000-pound bathtub carved from a single slab of black marble.
The mansion is Drake's statement to "forever remain solid in the place I was born...Because I was building it in my hometown, I wanted the structure to stand firm for 100 years. I wanted it to have a monumental scale and feel," Drake is quoted as saying in Architectural Digest; "It will be one of the things I leave behind, so it had to be timeless and strong."
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