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Drake's Toronto Mansion Has The Chicest Basketball Court We've Ever Seen

Photo credit: Architectural Digest
Photo credit: Architectural Digest

From House Beautiful

Just hold on, we're going (to Drake's) home. Canadian rapper Aubrey Drake Graham, otherwise known as Drake, stars on Architectural Digest's May cover, where he opens the doors to his sprawling 50,000 square-foot Toronto mansion. If you've watched his Toosie Slide video, you already know how wildly extravagant this pad is.

The striking interiors, the lavish amenities, and the nods to different design eras make for a masterpiece estate. The home of the God's Plan singer boasts not only an NBA-sized basketball court with a pyramidal skylight, but a chandelier adorned with 20,000 pieces of hand-cut Swarovski crystal. This lighting installation, modeled after the Metropolitan Opera's iconic starburst chandelier, is the second largest of its kind in the world. The 33-year-old started planning this dream home when he was 27, alongside architect and interior designer Ferris Rafauli. “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 tells AD. “It will be one of the things I leave behind, so it had to be timeless and strong."

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Dubbed “the Embassy," by Rafauli, this extravagant "modern Art deco home" was built from the ground up completed with limestone, bronze, and exotic woods, making it a “proper 19th-century limestone mansion." Inside, ceilings climb up to 44-feet high and antique mirrors framed in bronze make up the vast ceilings and walls.

Photo credit: Architectural Digest
Photo credit: Architectural Digest

Drake describes the home as “overwhelmingly high luxury.” Inside his 3,200 square-foot-bedroom, the headboard of his bed is comprised of channel-tufted leather and accented with an antique mirror, not to mention it's equipped with a whiskey-and-champage bar (ok Champagne Papi, we see you!). A 4,000 lb. black marble bathtub graces his bathroom and his closet is two stories.

Photo credit: Architectural Digest
Photo credit: Architectural Digest

Other highlights include a recording studio, a custom-made grand piano, an awards room which tells the story of Drake from his years on Degrassi: The Next Generation to his current days as a Grammy-winning artist. Also, a hall of sports jerseys displayed like a museum exhibit, and an indoor swimming pool composed of black granite make up the home of Drake. You can check out the entire tour of Drake’s luxury abode in AD’s latest issue and online now.

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