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Drake Buys Himself $100K “Back To Back” Championship Ring After Winning Recreation Basketball League Second Year In A Row

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;drake&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Drake<&sol;strong><&sol;a> bought himself another championship ring&comma; this one worth &dollar;100&comma;000&comma; after his team won this year&&num;8217&semi;s SBL Recreation Basketball League Championship for the second year in a row&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Toronto rap star and well-known basketball fanatic once again enlisted Jason of Beverly Hills to create the diamond ring that reads &&num;8220&semi;Back to Back&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;NTIG Champions&&num;8221&semi; on the face of it and &&num;8220&semi;The Boy&&num;8221&semi; and the number 11 on the sides&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In an Instagram Story&comma; Champagne Papi showed off the massive rec league championship ring&comma; and captioned &&num;8220&semi;Better luck next year&comma;&&num;8221&semi; over the image&comma; according to screenshots obtained by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;complex&period;com&sol;music&sol;drake-celebrates-rec-basketball-league-championship-with-100k-diamond-rings" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Complex<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He had previously worked with the renowned jeweler on his team&&num;8217&semi;s last championship ring&comma; however that one reportedly only cost &dollar;50&comma;000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Drake Enlists Renowned Jeweler To The Stars Jason Of Beverly Hills For Second Championship Ring In A Row<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>This time around&comma; Jason went all out with 15 carats of flawless diamonds&comma; with the piece donning two large diamonds to symbolize Drizzy’s back-to-back titles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1568446040696651776" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jason released a statement on the ring&comma; and said he &&num;8220&semi;wishes he could play ball professionally&&num;8221&semi; and that he &&num;8220&semi;respects Drake for making his dream a reality with his own league&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As someone who wishes I could play ball professionally I respect Drake for making his dream a reality with his own league&comma;” Jason said in a statement&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We always have a good time when we work together and it has been fun working on these championship rings with him the last three years&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The jeweler-to-the-stars had previously worked with Drake in 2019 to design his custom &dollar;150&comma;000 ring in celebration of the Toronto Raptors&&num;8217&semi; championship win that year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That one featured 30 carats of diamonds and more design than any ring in NBA history&comma; Complex reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Drake&&num;8217&semi;s Jeweler-To-The-Stars Designed Seven NBA Championship Rings Over The Years<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Jason has created seven NBA championship rings over the years for a few different teams&comma; with the Lakes In 2019&comma; 2010 and 2020&comma; the Warriors in 2015&comma; 2017&comma; and 2018&comma; and the Bucks in 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CfuB2XYpaUf" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Beverly Hills-based jeweler added that for this year&&num;8217&semi;s recreation league championship ring&comma; Drake &&num;8220&semi;had a clear vision of what he wanted&&num;8221&semi; and that the two &&num;8220&semi;worked really well together to make &lpar;it&rpar; happen&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Drake had a clear vision of what he wanted and we worked really well together to make that happen&comma;” Jason added&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I enjoy the challenge of telling the story of the season and incorporating everything into the design and onto a ring&comma; while still using as many diamonds as possible&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Drake&&num;8217&semi;s Passing Down His Love For Basketball To Four-Year-Old Son&comma; Adonis<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s no secret that Drake is a massive fan of basketball&comma; and has even been training his son in the ways of the sport for years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He featured his four-year-old son Adonis in an <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;Cd&lowbar;0oeijGlj&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&amp&semi;ig&lowbar;rid&equals;cb6c663a-4f45-4a70-b61d-c6df909ee38d" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Instagram<&sol;strong><&sol;a> video in May&comma; where his son boasted about his basketball skills after making four of five shots in a row&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Yo&comma; where you learn to shoot like that&quest;” the Canadian superstar asked his son&comma; who he shares with French artist and former model Sophie Brussaux&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cd&lowbar;0oeijGlj" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 35-year-old rapper has emerged himself in NBA culture as well&comma; having been pictured alongside a victorious LeBron James after the Lakers won the championship in June&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Recreation League Championship Comes A Week After Lawsuit Against Drake&comma; LeBron James<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Drake and LeBron were actually both recently sued together&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;drake-lebron-james-sued-for-10-million-over-name-of-hockey-documentary-duo-claiming-lawsuit-loophole&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>The Shade Room<&sol;strong><&sol;a> previously reported&comma; for &dollar;10 million after being accused of stealing the rights to the name of their upcoming documentary about a segregated hockey league&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The two are being sued by former head of the NBA players union&comma; 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