"Me and my friends, we got money to spend," Drake raps on his collaboration with Future, Change Locations. We can't speak for his friends, but he definitely has a lot of money – some $260 million by some accounts – to spend.
Drake's merits as a performer, lyricist, and hip-hop artist might be debatable, but there's no denying that his flair for collecting cars is growing more impressive by the day.
Never the kind to go for subtlety, Drake's garage packs the most eclectic, eye-popping, and expensive vehicles that are now part of his daily fleet, including a rare Mercedes-Maybach G650 Landaulet and a Chrome Hearts-edition Rolls-Royce Cullinan. We're not including here his $200 million Boeing 767, which he claims he bought in cash (*but probably didn't).
And said fleet just got better last weekend. Drake has taken delivery of a custom, 1-of-15 Brabus Crawler, an insane, limited edition dune buggy that's not even road-legal. Perhaps more impressive than the addition itself (after all, what good is coming up as the best-selling rapper of the year if you can't afford to splurge on yourself?!) is the fact that Drake has yet to show it off on his own social media.
Instead, news of the delivery comes via longtime friend, collaborator, and manager of Driving Emotions Motorcar Tony Bet and Brabus themselves. Details on the custom work have not been provided, as neither has an estimate for the final price of the project. Bear in mind that this is Drake we're talking about; it couldn't have been cheap.
Photo: Instagram/Brabus
The Crawler is an open-cabin dune buggy drawing on the Mercedes-AMG G63, and packing a twin turbocharged V8 engine that produces 900 hp and 922 lb-ft (1,250 Nm) of torque, mated to a nine-speed automatic gearbox. Unveiled last year by Brabus, only 15 such Crawlers will be built, and Drake is the only celebrity to take delivery of one as of the time of writing.
Bet mentions that Drake's Crawler is fully custom but doesn’t go into details. The photos in the gallery show the same high-strength steel tubular frame in bright red and carbon-backed red quilted leather bucket seats as on the original unit, but the body is painted a different shade of gray. A plaque inside the vehicle reads, "Specially Built for Aubrey Drake Graham." Drake, for short.
When it debuted, the Brabus Crawler came with an $800,000 price tag, give or take a dime, but a unit can sell for as much as $1 million on the second-hand market.
Until Drake decides to take his out, if only for a photo op for social media, chances are we won't find out more in terms of custom touches and pricing, but, as said before, he's not a man of subtle tastes. Whatever he had done, it must be as outrageous as the vehicle itself.
Elena has been writing for a living since 2006 and, as a journalist, she has put her double major in English and Spanish to good use. She covers automotive and mobility topics like cars and bicycles, and she always knows the shows worth watching on Netflix and friends. Full profile
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