Drake has achieved another milestone in his music career as he smiled all the way to the bank with a whopping $5 million/Ksh710 million paid for his performance.
The Canadian musician became the first rapper to be paid $5 million for a single arena concert in U.S. history.
Drake performed in Washington, D.C. for a pair of shows on July 28 and 29.
According to Touring Data, the Capital One Arena concerts each banked an average of $5.032 million in ticket sales, which amounts to a combined $10.064 million across the two nights.
The back-to-back sold-out concerts drew a reported 34,303 attendees, with tickets prices averaging $293.40.
These huge figures mean his July 28 stop in D.C. is also the highest-grossing concert of Drake’s career.
The Canadian rapper made reference to the $5 million pay cheque during his tour stop in Montreal last month while performing his 2013 hit “Started From the Bottom”.
The current trajectory puts Drake on the right track to eclipse Kendrick Lamar’s Big Steppers Tour, which currently holds the top spot for the highest-grossing Hip Hop tour of all time.
Kendrick broke Drake’s Aubrey & The Three Migos Tour record earlier this year after his 2022 trek pulled in $110.9 million from 929,000 tickets across 73 shows.
The Big Steppers Tour began in July 2022 following the release of Kendrick’s long-awaited fifth album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers and came to an end that September.
