Drake and Jeff Bezos bond over their humble beginnings as Amazon billionaire leaves comment on rapper's Instagram: 'Started from the bottom now we're here'
Drake on Wednesday received a response to an Instagram post from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, with the topic being their humble beginnings.
The 35-year-old Canadian superstar posted a pair of images, one of him outside of his former apartment in Toronto, the other Bezos working in a small office when Amazon was a start-up.
The Toronto native captioned the shot, 'Gotta start somewhere' while Bezos, 58, responded with the title of Drake's 2013 hit, 'Started from the bottom.'
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The latest: Drake, 35, on Wednesday received a response to an Instagram post from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, 58, with the topic being their humble beginnings
The God's Plan performer, whose full name is Aubrey Drake Graham, had past mentioned the apartment, located a 15 Fort York in Toronto, on his 2015 track Know Yourself.
Drake and collaborator Noah '40' Shebib, 39, were at the location when they put together Drake's 2009 mixtape So Far Gone, which launched his career to new heights, Complex reported.
Shebib's room in the apartment was used as a studio space.
Bezos - who has a personal net worth of $138 billion, according to Bloomberg, second only to Elon Musk - initially launched Amazon in 1994 as an online bookstore headquartered out of the garage of the Seattle home he was renting at the time.
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Drake posted an image of Bezos working in a small office when Amazon was a start-up
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Bezos initially launched Amazon in 1994 as an online bookstore headquartered out of the garage of the Seattle home he was renting at the time
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Drake and Bezos are no strangers to one another, as earlier this year they worked together investing in the sports company Overtime
Drake and Bezos are no strangers to one another, as earlier this year they worked together investing in the sports company Overtime, which received $80 million in capital earmarked toward paying the athletes and hiring new staff for the company's teen basketball league, Overtime Elite, according to CBS News.
Drake and Bezos are two of the project's high-profile investors, which has also received funding from NBA stars including Devin Booker, Trae Young, Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant, among others.
The rapper and the business mogul rang in 2022 in St. Barts at an island bash hosted by Richie Akiva, Ernesto Bertarelli and Darren Dzienciol, Page Six reported.
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