Drake is reportedly asking a judge to not disclose his net worth during an upcoming trial. According to The Blast, the platinum-selling superstar is asking the judge to ban any evidence of his immense wealth.
The trial is the result of a 2014 case involving the estate of jazz musician Jimmy Smith and the Hebrew Hustle imprint. The estate sued Drake for allegedly using a sample of Smith’s on his track, “Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2.”
In June 2017, U.S. District Court Judge William H. Pauley III declared Drake legally sampled the 1982 spoken-word recording, “Jimmy Smith Rap,” under fair use doctrine and didn’t commit any copyright infringement.
Following Drake’s victory, he filed a counter-suit against Hebrew Hustle and accused the company of using his face and name on its website to make it appear they’d worked together in the past. He alleges that damaged his brand so he sued for unspecified damages.
On November 9, Drake filed court docs asking the judge to prohibit any evidence of his “financial condition or comparative wealth” or talk about his wealth in court. He believes it would unfairly prejudice the jury.
Hebrew Hustle filed court docs seeking to ban expert testimony Drake planned on presenting regarding the value of his name and image.
The expert put a value of $1 million on using Drake’s name on the website.
He compared the fees of other celebrities who get paid an insane amount of money to appear at clubs or endorse various business ventures. He reportedly cited the Kardashians getting $1 million to appear at a club, Alicia Keys’ $3 million deal with Gunthy-Renkers, Gwyneth Paltrow’s $3 million makeup deal and a Lebron James sponsored tweet going for $140,000.
A judge has yet to rule on either motion.
So whats his net worth?
140,000,000
So they can’t get it from Forbes? Lol! Imagine the court using celebrity net worth as a source.
Forbes is only an estimation. Not actually factually accurate.
@digits That was the joke bro…
?I KNEW DRAKE WAS BROKE OR NEEDED SOME MONEY,SPECIALLY TALKING ABOUT HE DID A SONG FOR SOMEBODY IN ONE OF HIS RAPS FOR 10,000 YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME THEY WAS DOING THAT BACK IN THE 90’S?1MILLION?Y’ALL ARE TO LAVISH OR EXCLUSIVE FOR ME AND I GOT IT!?”HE MIGHT AS WELL COME WORK FOR ME” I’LL SIGN DRAKE?YOUR HONOR HE DONT GOT IT HE BEEN FRONTING JUDGEMENT FOR THE PLANTIF HOW MUCH THEY WANT DRAKE MAKE SURE THEY GET AS LONG AS ITS NOT TO MUCH BECAUSE HE DONT HAVE NO MONEY AND IT GOT TO BE UNDER200,000 THE FACE PICTURE OF YOU JUDGEMENT FOR THE PLANTIF “YOU NEED SOME PUBLICITY”?VERY GOOD PHOTO? DRAKE GET TO WORK IF YOU DONT FEEL ME AND YOU PUT OUT SOME MORE BULLSHIT YOU OUT THE DOOR?MINE. All that good hanging out”you”doing?ok tighten up all the way.
TELL LIL WAYNE TO COME BRING ME SOME WEED TO SMOKE IM AT BURGERKING IN JACKSONVILLE,FL
?because he putting out a false image is why he dont want it disclosed???THAT MAYBE A LAWSUIT TO IN FAVOR OF THE PLAINTIF FALSE ADVERTISING FAKE A SCAM OR SCHEM SCHEMING FRAUD PHONY PLAYING MIND GAMES WITH PEOPLE CROOK” CON ARTIST” THATS MORE MONEY MAN UP TO A MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT AGAINST” DRAKE” ?I DONT WANT HIM YALL CAN HAVE HIM REFUSING TO BE REAL FUGAZI?BY MUSIC COURT? YOUR A FAKE/PHASAD