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The 34-year-old rapper has taken a minority stake in Los Angeles-based restaurant, Dave’s Hot Chicken. The food chain, which was founded in 2017, specializes in hotchicken tendersand sliders that are served at seven different spice levels.
The restaurant currently has 22 locations across California,Las Vegas, Chicago, Dallas and Portland, with hopes of reaching 500 locations after selling franchising rights.
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Drake is reportedly one of the food chain’s largest investors alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Boston Red Sox Chairman Tom Werner, according toBloomberg.
"I tried the food, and it was amazing. After meeting the founders and hearing their story I jumped at the opportunity to invest," the rapper said.
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This isn’t the first time the hip-hop artist has snatched up an investment opportunity in the food world.
In May, Drake invested invegan brand Daring Foods, which debuted its faux chicken last year as a part of its $40 million Series B funding round. According toBloomberg, the investment would help Daring Foods expand its products into 4,500 stores across the country this year.
Back in 2015, Drake celebrated the opening of Fring’s, his own restaurant in his hometown of Toronto, where he teamed up with acclaimed restaurateur andTop Chef Mastersfinalist Susur Lee.
The rapper also partnered withWhole Foodsin 2017 to release their new Better Energy bottledmatchadrink.
source: people.com
