Was Drake the lucky buyer of Michael Jackson’s crystal-encrusted white gloves?
Drake, until Monday (Oct. 17), had the most No. 1 songs by a male solo artist on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but now he has tied Michael Jackson’s record. Drizzy shared three images of himself on Instagram, each one showing him wearing a glove reminiscent of Michael Jackson’s. Drake also shared the news of his success on his Instagram Story by reposting a tweet about it.
On top of the post, he wrote, “‘Sicko Mode’ technically made 14, but they didn’t count my feature, so we got work to do.”
A subsequent IG Story showed him with a gloved hand carrying a wine glass. The glove looks like the one Michael Jackson wore when he sang “Billie Jean” at the Grammys in 1983 and on his 1984 Victory Tour; Swarovski crystals adorn its surface. Drake also posted a photo of his daughter Aubrey dressed like Michael Jackson. The “Rich Flex” rapper also uploaded a photo of Michael Jordan wearing an OVO hoodie that was digitally altered to depict him wearing the same glove. He also uploaded a second photo of himself wearing the white glove while carrying a martini glass.
The late fashion designer Bill Whitten’s custom-made glove for Michael Jackson has been up for auction more than once. Wanda Kelley, a collector from Los Angeles, purchased it in 2010 for $190,000. It went back up for auction in February of last year and sold for $123,000 that very month.
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Drake is no stranger to purchasing stuff from the collections of renowned people. He spent $2.5 million in January on Pharrell’s old jewelry collection, which he had auctioned off. Drake dropped over a million dollars in July for a one-of-a-kind ring that belonged to Tupac Shakur. His It’s All a Blur Tour merch was similarly influenced by Michael Jackson’s Dangerous World Tour merch from 1992.