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Dr. Dre is nearly ready to close on the purchase of Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen's French Chateau style home in Los Angeles for $50 million.Photo: Splashnews.com
Dr. Dre — the self-proclaimed first billionaire of hip-hop — is celebrating Apple’s bid to buy Beats Electronics by picking up Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady’s sprawling $50 million mansion in California, Page Six has learned.
Apple is said to be acquiring Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion, and while the deal is yet to be formally confirmed, Dre has been busy looking for a new mansion fit for a mogul.
Sources tell us that Dre has made an offer near the $50 million asking price for Bundchen and Brady’s palatial pad in Brentwood. The 14,000-square-foot mega-mansion, featured in Architectural Digest, boasts six bedrooms, a library, a state-of-the-art gym, infinity pool, waterfall and even a moat. No word on the sound system, but Dre will be sure to have his own put in place.
A source tells us, “Dre put an offer on the mansion as soon as it came on the market, and is a few weeks away from closing.” It was not clear if Dre would immediately put his current mansion in the Hollywood Hills on the market.
As news of Apple’s move to acquire Beats emerged late on Thursday, a Facebook video uploaded by actor Tyrese Gibson featuring Dre suggested the deal was done.
In the clip, actor Gibson — known for his roles in the “Fast & Furious” and “Transformers” franchises — congratulates Dre, the CEO of Beats and a co-founder with Jimmy Iovine, on the acquisition.
Gibson jokes about the Forbes list, which ranked Dre the second-wealthiest hip-hop artist of 2014 with an estimated wealth of $550 million, saying, “They need to update the Forbes list. S–t just changed.”
Dre adds, “The first billionaire in hip-hop, right here from the motherf–king West Coast.” The video has since been pulled from Gibson’s Facebook page.
The title of richest man in hip-hop, according to Forbes, currently belongs to Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs, who the magazine says is worth $700 million. Jay Z is in third place with $520 million.
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