{"id":141721,"date":"2020-12-25T15:16:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-25T12:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/drakes-uncle-has-his-1st-royalty-check-framed-dated-2007\/"},"modified":"2020-12-25T15:16:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T12:16:39","slug":"drakes-uncle-has-his-1st-royalty-check-framed-dated-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/drakes-uncle-has-his-1st-royalty-check-framed-dated-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"#Drake\u2019s Uncle Has His 1st Royalty Check Framed \u2014 Dated 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Drake\u2019s Uncle Has His 1st Royalty Check Framed \u2014 Dated 2007<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image large\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2020\/12\/GettyImages-88734211-e1608922471437-900x506.jpg\" alt=\"Drake\u2019s Uncle Has His 1st Royalty Check Framed \u2014 Dated 2007\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\">\n<span>John Shearer\/WireImage<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy  js-entry-text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nDrake has come a long way since the days of receiving three-digit checks for is music. As part of the season of giving, Drizzy\u2019s uncle found the first check his nephew ever made from music and then framed it and gifted it back to the 6 God for Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy uncle found and gifted me my first earnings from music,\u201d he posted about his humble beginnings to his Instagram Story on Friday (December 25). \u201cCame a long way from 3 bills in royalties.\u201d<\/p>\n<style>.centered-ad {\n                                    text-align: center;\n                                    margin: 0 auto;\n                                    }\n                                    #div-gpt-ad-body1 >div {\n                                     line-height: 0;\n                                     position: relative;\n                                     margin-bottom: 16px;\n                                    }<\/p>\n<p>                                #div-gpt-ad-body1 >div>iframe {\n                                    margin-bottom: 240px;\n                                    position: absolute;\n                                }<\/p>\n<p>                                .article-advertisement.article-body.article-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>{\n                                    margin-top: 16px;\n                                }<\/p>\n<p>                                .article-advertisement.article-body.article-news p {\n                                    margin-top: 0;\n                                }\n                                    <\/style>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-body1\" class=\"centered-ad\">\n<script>\n                        googletag.cmd.push(function () { \n                            googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-body1');\n                            googletag.pubads().refresh([window.ad_slot_body1]);\n                        });\n                    <\/script><\/div>\n<p>The check is made out to Aubrey Graham and his former Toronto address from the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada for $304.04 on November 15, 2007. At the time, Drake was not signed to Young Money under Lil Wayne and just released his <em>Comeback Season<\/em> mixtape in September of the same year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CJNYQqGjB5A\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CJNYQqGjB5A\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\">A post shared by Our Generation Music ? (@ourgenerationmusic)<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>13 years later, Drake\u2019s bank account is looking a bit different and contains a few more zeroes. According to<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/celebrities\/\"> <em>Forbes\u2019<\/em><\/a> highest-paid celebrity list, Drizzy came in at No. 49 for 2020 with $49 million.<\/p>\n<p>That slot puts Drake just behind reality star-business mogul Kim Kardashian and ties him with Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/photos-drake-net-worth-real-estate-music-business-2019-9#:~:text=Drake%20has%20an%20estimated%20net,the%20list%20by%2010%20years.\"><em>Business Insider<\/em><\/a> estimated Drake\u2019s fortune to have a net worth of $150 million earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Drake is expected to release his anticipated <em>Certified Lover Boy<\/em> album in January. 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