Kendrick Lamar Claims Drake ‘Lost Money’ Trying To Find Dirt On Him—Their Net Worths Compared

Drake's Net Worth

Drake’s net worth is estimated to be $250 million according to Celebrity Net Worth. The Toronto-native rapper mostly gets his earnings through his music but has also ventured into other businesses.

In an interview with XXL, money means to him as “less than the dollar value. It’s just more about the idea of growth and a business mindset: $25 million at the time seemed crazy to me, but when you start becoming a headlining touring act and brands want to get involved with you and you can go do private events and whatnot, you’re capable of making it.”

Drake's Music Earnings

Drake’s music earnings are what got him to the top. According to Celebrity Net Worth, he has an annual salary of $70 million as founder of his label OVO Sound. His latest album For All The Dogs sold 402,000 equivalent album units in its first week including 391,000 streaming equivalent album units (514.01 million on-demand streams of the songs), 10,000 in album sales, and just a little over 1,000 in track equivalent album units.

Drake is currently tied with The Beatles for a record of 19 No. 1s on the Billboard 200.

Drake's other ventures

Drake has a ton of endorsements ranging from Sprite, Nike, and Apple Music. Does anyone remember that weird Drake robot Sprite advertisement? But he lucked out in his Apple Music endorsement when he signed an exclusive deal that amounted to $19 million.

Of course, he dabbled in acting (Degrassi: The Next Generation) and producing (Euphoria). He’s also the owner of DreamCrew Entertainment, 100 Thieves, MoonPay, and Ovo Clothing.

Drake has a ton of properties

In 2012, Drake purchased the YOLO mansion in Hidden Hills, California which included six bedrooms and ten bathrooms house for $7.7 million. He listed the property for $12 million in 2022. He’s also sold a pair of ranches to Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford and sold three homes after moving to Beverly Crest earlier this year, spending $75 million on a 20,000-square-foot home on 20 acres owned by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams.

He also keeps a residence in his hometown of Toronto. Amid the Kendrick and Drake diss battle, a shooting took place outside Drake’s house around 2 a.m. and Toronto Police Service officers found a man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound when they arrived at the scene, according to Inspector Paul Krawczyk of the Integrated Gun and Gang Task Force at the Toronto Police Service.

Kendrick Lamar's Net Worth

Kendrick Lamar’s net worth is an estimated $75 million according to Celebrity Net Worth.

In 2014, the good kid, m.A.a.d City rapper got candid about his biggest fear of losing money. I’ve got this thing where I’m scared I’ma lose all my money,” he told Complex. “I be talking to a few of my partners that’s doing they thing. A few of them don’t feel the same way but it’s like a real deal for me. I treat myself every now and then, but for the most part I be wanting to be smart about it. If my music were to stop today, how would I make this stretch for the rest of my life? My kid’s lifetime? Hopefully my grandkids. If I stopped today, how would I do that?”

He continued, “Of course, I treat myself but that’s always in the back of my head. This could be your last moment and your last shot to keep that revenue coming. I got a lot of people to support, a lot of people to inspire.”

Kendrick Lamar's Music Earnings

According to Celebrity Net Worth, the 17-time Grammy Award-winner and Pulitzer Prize winner made $9 million in 2013; $9 million in 2014; $12 million in 2015; $19 million in 2016; $30 million in 2017; $60 million in 2018; and $39 million in 2019 for a total of $178 million over the course of seven years. 

Kendrick’s latest album Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers debuted No. 1 on the Billboard 200. In 2023, The “Big Steppers Tour” became the highest-grossing rap tour of all time earning more than $110.9 million across 73 shows with nearly a million tickets sold.

Kendrick Lamar's Properties

Kendrick Lamar currently owns a $8.6 million four-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, NY, which Drake mentioned in “Taylor Made Freestyle.” He also bought a $16 million home in LA’s Bel Air neighborhood.

Kendrick Lamar's Other Business Ventures

Kendrick Lamar has several endorsements with Reebok and Nike. In 2020, Lamar announced that launch of his “artist-friendly service company” PGLang with music producer Dave Free. “[PGLang] is not a record label, a movie studio, or a publishing house. This is something new. In this overstimulated time, we are focused on cultivating raw expression from grassroots partnerships,” Free said in a press release for the company. In 2022, news also broke that Kendrick and Free were set to produce a comedy film with South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. According to the press release, the film will “depict the past and present coming to a head when a young Black man, who is interning as a slave re-enactor at a living history museum, discovers that his white girlfriend’s ancestors once owned his.”