In no particular order, here are a few of the most expensive homes rappers actually
own, and not just rent!
10 - Travis Scott
He’s easily one of the rappers with the highest cash flow in the world in 2020.
Travis dropped $23 and a half million dollars in cash on a massive mansion in the ritzy
Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles.
You can probably say that he wanted to keep up with his ex and baby mama Kylie Jenner.
She just bought her own latest mega mansion purchase earlier this year as well!
Originally, this newly built home was listed for a hefty $42 million.
The house’s design was inspired by luxury yachts.
The house is wrapped in a smooth curvy sheet metal that makes it look like a superyacht!
This 17,000-square-foot futuristic mansion sits high up in the Los Angeles hills with
views from downtown LA to the Pacific Ocean.
There are seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, and three powder rooms across three levels.
When you first walk in the glass front door, guests are greeted by a floor-to-ceiling walnut
sculpture.
It was designed by master Japanese carpenter Toshi Kawabata.
Then there’s a 12-foot “green wall” that acts as a natural air purifier.
The house was built with an emphasis on maximizing health and wellness in mind.
There’s also a massive list of upscale amenities, such as a 610-bottle wine cellar, a movie
theater, and a state-of-the-art gym.
There’s a lower-level entertainment area with a full bar, pool table and more.
There’s not just one, but TWO elevators to help Travis get up and down the house.
What’s the tax bill on a property like this?
Roughly $230,000 grand a year!
This means every month Travis essentially needs to basically earn at least $40 grand
a month pre-tax to keep up with JUST the tax bill!
But that’s something he’s not gonna have trouble with any time soon.
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9 - Post Malone
He’s one of the hottest rappers out right now, so it only makes sense he owns a $3 million
dollar mansion.
And apparently, he’s supposedly preparing for an apocalypse with this mansion!
Although he’s spent most of his time living in LA like most celebrities, he decided to
buy this multi million-dollar house located in Utah.
Post Malone’s purchase was a 12 thousand seven hundred square foot home that sits on
nearly seven acres in Cottonwood Heights.
The home features five bedrooms, five bathrooms and a guest house.
It’s surrounded by thousands of acres of conservation land, and that was a big reason
why he bought the property.
This mansion is in a secluded area outside Salt Lake City with breathtaking views of
the canyons and the city skyline.
Post Malone told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe that Utah’s remarkable beauty was a big
reason for his move away from LA.
Well, that and Utah’s gun laws.
That was another big reason!
That’s because Post Malone is an avid shooter and he wanted to enjoy the freedom that Utah
brings.
His mansion has a basketball court, wine cellar, and a home gym.
He’s put in a recording studio AND THIRTY bunk beds for his best friends.
He's putting in a massive underground bunker for him and all his friends to hide out, just
in case 2020 got any crazier!
8 - Drake
He started building his over the top mansion back in 2015.
100 million dollars and 5 years later, it’s finally finished and it’s known as “The
Embassy.”
He first spent $6.7 million dollars for the property located in Toronto’s exclusive
Bridle Path area that’s known as “Millionaire’s Row”.
He basically bought a property lot because he took down the previous mansion, and completely
started from scratch.
He then hired luxury home designer and builder, Ferris Rafauli, to take his home to a whole
nother level.
Today it’s become a 50,000 square-fooDt palace, because the house is just DRIPPED
in luxury!
Since Drake was building this mansion in his hometown, he built it with the finest materials
he could buy because he wanted it to last.
Where do we even begin with this house?
There’s an OVO-branded NBA regulation size basketball court.
There’s the state-of-the-art recording studio and lounge.
The house also has a 44-foot-high living space called the "Great Room".
Drake had a completely custom Bösendorfer concert grand piano put in.
That piano was designed in collaboration with Rafauli and Japanese artist Takashi Murakami!
Apparently, Drake’s favorite spot in the house is his 3,200-square-foot master-bedroom
suite.
His bed and bed base weigh roughly one ton.
And it costs more than most people’s entire homes at four hundred thousand dollars.
His closet is so massive it’s two-stories tall!
Then there’s the master bath.
The centerpiece of the bathroom is the tub.
That was carved from one solid giant piece of black marble.
As for the outside?
Drake got special permission from the city of Toronto to build the fences around his
house at twice the legal height for optimum privacy and security.
And he also spent about a million bucks to surround his property with tall trees!
7 - Dr. Dre
After selling Beats Electronics to Apple for $3 billion in 2014, Dr Dre decided to go on
a little shopping spree.
He celebrated by closing a deal on Tom Brady and Gisele's 14,000-square-foot LA mansion!
Of course, we don’t need to say he already could have afforded it, but his Beats deal
definitely helped him to afford it a lot more!
This Brentwood home sits on a four-acre lot.
Tom and Gisele bought it in 2008 for $11.75 million.
They then renovated the property to five bedrooms, nine bathrooms and seven fireplaces.
The house was designed by megamansion master-builder Richard Landry.
Tom and Gisele listed the custom-built mansion for $50 million dollars after it got a huge
feature in Architectural Digest.
But that’s not what Dre paid.
He got it on a 20% discount at $40 million bucks!
The French château-inspired estate includes a fully-equipped gym, a media room, a sauna,
a six-car garage as well as a double-height, wood-paneled library.
AND there’s a recording studio of course, because Dre is known as a workaholic.
What about the outside?
There’s a rock-shaped pool with a waterfall and a diving rock.
Then there’s the moat that’s stocked with koi.
When Dr. Dre gave a tour of his mansion in 2017, he said that this mansion is the last
place he plans on living, which is why he’s done a lot of renovations trying to make it
perfect for his family.
6 - Will Smith
Does it surprise anyone that the older Fresh Prince of Bel Air lives in a $42 Million dollar
9-bedroom mansion in Calabasas, California now?
This mansion is right around 25,000 square feet and sits on a whopping 150 acres!
The Calabasas Compound project first began in 2003 by architect Stephen Samuelson.
It took Will and his wife Jada seven long years to complete their vision.
The house was planned down to the last detail.
So that means that all the adobe-styled interiors were custom designed.
There’s the quality of the traditional three-layer stucco, with all its designed imperfections.
There’s the exposed ceiling timbers harvested from old homes and barns.
Then there are the floors inlaid with river stones in spiral and infinity-knot patterns
to reinforce the project’s handmade feel and spiritual aspirations.
Everything HAD to be done by hand because that’s what Will wanted.
They needed to quote “feel the love and labor that went into every piece of this place”.
The house had to feel as natural as possible!
But there’s modern amenities of course.
Outside there’s a basketball court, volleyball court, tennis court, a built-in trampoline,
and an outdoor pool.
This place is its own huge complex.
There’s also a large garage which has enough space to fit eight cars.
Oh and this place has its very own lake, complete with a small gazebo in the middle.
Will says the quiet lake gazebo is his favorite spot of the entire house.
He told Architectural Digest that’s where he gets all the answers.
So he doesn’t use the meditation lounge that’s in the house?
There’s also a recording studio.
That’s the studio where Willow Smith recorded her 2010 hit song “Whip My Hair”!
5 - Jay Z
Jay-Z and Beyoncé have a staggering net worth of over a BILLION dollars.
They currently live in their $88 million dollar megamansion in Bel Air!
They bought this megamansion back in 2017, and it was the most expensive property bought
in LA that year.
Even for a couple that’s worth over a billion, they put down 30 million and they took out
a $52.8 million dollar mortgage to buy the house!
That equates to $252,000 thousand dollars a MONTH for a 30 year loan.
That’s close to buying a house in cash every month!
Still, that’s much less than the $400,000 dollars a month they were paying to rent a
Malibu home while they were looking for this mansion.
This huge 30,000 square feet house is made of six different structures.
There are 8 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms.
The windows are made of bulletproof glass, and of course, there’s a state-of-the-art
security system installed.
Expansive patios, numerous sunbathing decks and FOUR swimming pools make up their almost
two-acre garden.
There’s also a basketball court, a spa, a media room, and a garage that fits up to
15 cars!
4 - Kanye West
He wanted a futuristic Belgian Monastery.
And Kim wasn’t gonna disagree!
They bought an estate for $20 million bucks back in 2014 in the exclusive gated community
of Hidden Hills, California.
When they first walked by the house in 2013, Kim absolutely loved it.
Kanye called it quote, “workable”.
So it makes sense why they dropped another 20 million dollars in renovations to bring
it up to their style.
That took almost five years of renovation and construction.
Of course, Kris Jenner has claimed that the house is now worth $60 million!
The couple had worked closely with Belgian architect Axel Vervoordt to completely remodel
the home and to create an almost stark, church-like aesthetic.
The floors alone are made of Belgian plaster that can only be repaired by a special crew
flown in specially from Europe.
Basically, a lot of the 20 million meant a wholesale transformation of the proportions
of the house’s many rooms.
They’re all sheathed in a luminous, off-white plaster and accented with other pale natural
materials.
The entire home is decorated in muted shades of white, brown and grey.
That’s the color scheme that’s supposed to relax and calm Kim and Kanye from all the
chaos around them!
The house sits on three and a half acres.
There’s also some usual big house amenities such as a regulation-sized basketball court
with its own locker room.
There are also TWO swimming pools, TWO spas, two barbecues, and a vineyard!
We have to mention this original Jean Royère Polar Bear sofa that’s in the house.
Kanye actually sold his Maybach so he could buy this couch!
Even Kanye’s got a budget when it comes to things he really wants!
3 - Lil Wayne
He’s got a net worth of roughly $150 million so he can afford to splurge a little.
He owns this $17 million dollar mansion in Miami.
Lil Wayne used to live in another house in Miami that he bought for $11.6 million in
2011.
When he sold it, he lost $1.6 million on the sale, because it only sold for $10 million
in 2017.
But we doubt he’s really feeling that loss!
His newest mansion is located just off the coast of Miami Beach on Allison Island.
It’s a little over ten thousand six hundred square feet, and it’s got seven bedrooms
along with 11 bathrooms.
Each of the bedrooms has its own private balcony.
The master suite has the largest balcony with an L-shaped terrace to enjoy the view of the
ocean!
The mansion features an entry with grand mahogany and a room with windows that extend from the
floor all the way up to the 22-foot ceilings.
However, the coolest feature about the house is the overall feel.
The entire design for this home is to make it feel as though it's floating on water!
It begins with a pond that feels like a moat you have to cross to get to the front door.
Once you’re indoors the moveable walls make it hard to tell where the outdoors starts
and the indoor end.
Inside the house is an open-air atrium with "living walls" of vegetation that thrive in
the tropical sub-climate of Allison Island.
There’s also of course, the required pool, some outdoor dining space, and a cabana.
His living room also has an entire wall of glass sliders that open onto the backyard
to give the best views of the water!
2 - Rick Ross
Rick Ross easily owns the biggest mansion in Georgia!
Long story short, former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield had to sell his 45,000-square-foot
mansion to a bank for seven and a half million dollars.
That house quickly went back on the market for $8.2 million.
But, Ross submitted the largest bid on it and it was sold to him at a steal for just
$5.8 million dollars!
The mansion located in Fayetteville County was built back in 1994.
It’s a whopping 54,000 square feet!
With that kind of square footage, that means it has a ridiculous 109 rooms that includes
12 bedrooms and 21 bathrooms!
It came with a pool that holds more than 350,000 gallons of water.
Other features of the house include an indoor pool, because who only has outdoor pools?
There’s a tennis court, a handball court, a bowling alley, a SOFTBALL field, AND a movie
theater!
In addition to this insane mansion, Ross bought even more land and properties next to the
mansion he owns.
Rick Ross has paid a million bucks for 2 more houses and 2 lakes, on 87 acres in Fayetteville,
Georgia!
1 - Gucci Mane
Gucci and Keyshia Ka’oir are one of hip hop’s hottest couples.
With Gucci’s success since he got out of prison, he’s made plenty of money to splurge
on a mansion in Fort Lauderdale.
Gucci and Keyshia have reportedly spent $20 million dollars already on their mansion.
This house was in the process of being built back in 2017, and Gucci and Keyshia have shown
glimpses of the progress on social media.
Their new mansion basically feels like a Versace palace with all the gold throughout their
house.
Here’s what’s next!