Popular Canadian rapper Drake has lost a whopping $200,000. This comes after he placed a bet on YouTuber Jake Paul to defeat boxer Anthony Joshua, and fans have been reacting.
Jake suffered the second loss of his fighting career against the Brit, who knocked him out in the sixth round of their bout in Miami on Friday night.
Drake had boasted about his bet on Instagram, sharing the huge amount he had wagered, with the caption, “Jakeyyyyy boy. Lock tf in.”
The Canadian artist was supposed to pocket a massive £1.2million ($1.64m) if Paul had beaten AJ, who ultimately emerged victorious.
Recall that the lyricist lost $355,000 (£281,440) after betting on boxing legend Tyson, 59, to beat the YouTuber star back in November of last year.
WOW.
Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986) is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, actor, and businessman. Drake initially gained recognition as an actor on the teen drama television series Degrassi: The Next Generation in the 2000s; intent on pursuing a career in music, he left the series in 2007 after releasing his debut mixtape Room for Improvement. He released two further independent projects, Comeback Season and So Far Gone, before signing to Young Money Entertainment in June 2009.
Aubrey Drake Graham was born on October 24, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario. His father, Dennis Graham, is an African American and a practising Catholic from Memphis, Tennessee, and worked as a drummer, performing alongside country musician Jerry Lee Lewis. Drake’s mother, Sandra “Sandi” Graham (née Sher), is an Ashkenazi Jewish Canadian who worked as an English teacher and florist. His parents met after Dennis performed at Club Bluenote in Toronto, where he first interacted with Sandra, who was in attendance. He is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada. In his youth, Drake attended a Jewish day school, and formally celebrated becoming a Bar Mitzvah in a religious service.
Drake has cited several hip hop artists as influencing his rapping style, including Kanye West, Jay Z, and Lil Wayne, while also attributing various R&B artists as influential to the incorporation of the genre into his own music, including Aaliyah and Usher. Drake has also credited several dancehall artists for later influencing his Caribbean-inflected style, including Vybz Kartel, whom he has called one of his “biggest inspirations”.
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