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        <title><![CDATA[Inside Drake’s extravagant modern art deco Canadian compound]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Drake</strong> is showing off his extravagant 50,000 sq ft mansion dubbed &#8220;The Embassy&#8221; — complete with a 4,000 lb. black marble tub and NBA regulation basketball court.</p><p>The 33-year-old superstar graces <strong>the cover of Architectural Digest</strong> for the tour of his multi-million dollar mansion, which also features a one-ton bed and bed base in his 3,200 sq ft master suite, made by Hästens, the official supplier to the Swedish Royal Court.</p><p>The &#8220;God&#8217;s Plan&#8221; singer made his home in Toronto and told AD, “Because I was building it in my hometown, I wanted the structure to stand firm for 100 years. I wanted it to have a&nbsp;monumental scale and feel.</p><figure id="attachment_5211455"  class="wp-caption alignright"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/04/drake-ad-1.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/04/drake-ad-1.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/04/drake-ad-1.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Drake in Architectural Digest</span><span class="credit">Jason Schmidt, Architectural Digest</span></figcaption></figure><p>“It will be one of the things I leave behind, so it had to be timeless and strong,” he added.</p><p>He hired Canadian architectural and interior designer Ferris Rafauli, who was not afraid to go big or go home &#8211; using bronze, exotic woods and limestone.</p><p>Drake insisted: “It’s overwhelming high luxury. That message is delivered through the size of the rooms and the materials and details of the floors and the ceilings.</p><p>&#8220;I wanted to make sure people can see the work I’ve put in over the years reflected from every vantage point.”</p><p>Rafauli added: &#8220;This isn’t stucco, paint, and fake gold. That’s not what Drake wanted, and that’s not what I do.”</p><p>Aside from an awards room, the epic great room features a bespoke concert grand piano by famous Austrian piano maker Bösendorfer designed in collaboration with Japanese artist Takashi Murakami.</p><p>“Drake’s world completely revolves around music, so he wasn’t going to buy just any piano. This prized possession is an authentic marriage of artistry, craft, and quality,” Rafauli noted.</p><p>The second jewel of the great room is a whopping copy of Lobmeyr’s iconic chandelier, originally designed to decorate the Metropolitan Opera in NYC in 1963- with more than 20,000 pieces of hand-cut Swarovski crystal.</p><p>Meanwhile, the lavish canary-yellow lounge, which, like several other spaces in the house, can be glimpsed in Drake’s videos for his hits “When to Say When”/“Chicago Freestyle” and “Toosie Slide.”</p><p>Drake’s favorite spot in the house is his master suite, which also features an additional 1,100 sq ft of covered terraces. “The bedroom is where I come to decompress from the world at the end of the night and where I open my eyes to seize the day,” he said: “The bed lets you float, the shower lets you escape and gather your thoughts, and the closet makes you want to talk to yourself while you’re getting dressed.”</p><p>There&#8217;s a hall of sports jerseys displayed in museum-like vitrines, and the indoor swimming pool is sheathed in black granite.</p><p>Surveying the splendors of his Canadian pleasure palace, Drake said: “I think the house shows that I have true faith in myself to take on this task when I was just 27 and see it through.</p><p>“I also think the house says that I will forever remain solid in the place I was born.”</p>]]></content:encoded>
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