Top 10 Rockstars with Incredible Taste in Real Estate
Everyone needs a place to live, and these beloved musicians know how to do it in style. Check out this top 10 list of rockstars who know real estate and how to live the good life.
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE, known professionally by his stage name Sting, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist, actor, and philanthropist. He is best known as the lead singer for the English band The Police Music icon and The Police frontman/bassist Sting is known best for his incredible voice and tasteful bass lines over some of radio’s top singles of all time. His taste in real estate is equally as impressive, as the singer and his wife own multiple United States based properties ranging from West Coast beach homes to East Coast penthouses. As Variety reported, the singer regularly rents his Malibu home for a whopping $200,000 per month. Sting has been quoted as caring deeply for the design, aesthetic and feel of each room inside his properties.
Tramar Lacel Dillard, better known by his stage name Flo Rida is an American rapper and pop music artist from Carol City, Florida. He is known for songs such as "Low", "Right Round", "Sugar", "Club Can't Handel Me", "Good Feeling", "Whistle", "Wild Ones", "My House" and "GDFR." The famed Florida based rapper has been successful in music just as he’s been with purchasing gorgeous properties in his home state. According to Realtor.com, Flo Rida purchased his producer Elric “E-Class Prince’s home in 2017 which was completely rebuilt from the ground up. Many of his fans are just as excited to hear about his real estate purchases just as they are to hear new music.
The Toronto Born, Los Angeles based artist and producer recently listed one of her gorgeous estates in Southern California for an impressive 6.75MM which boasts some of the most exciting amenities we’ve seen in a musician owned home. Moon has put just as much thought and design into her property as she has into her music which includes 8 albums and dozens of charting singles.
Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She was born on December 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania. Swift is best known for writing personal songs and has won 13 Grammy Awards... read more Worldwide superstar Taylor Swift's real estate portfolio is about as diverse as each one of her chart breaking albums. The pop star owns property spanning from coast to coast and if the rest look anything like what Elle Decor showcased online, then we’ll be dying for more home previews. The singer may write about love and heartbreak, but one thing she’ll never write about is lacking an incredible place to call home.
Aubrey Drake Graham, known professionally as Drake, is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor, born on October 24, 1986 in Toronto, Canada. He started his career on Canadian reality show "Degrassi: The Next Generation". One of rap's biggest players is constantly in the news for his infectious hit singles and meme worthy music videos. His real estate adventures continue to make the news and relationships with companies like Airbnb set Drake up with incredible properties that value at $10,000 per night (see Architectural Digest). From homes being built in Toronto to living the good life in his Beverly Hill Villa, Drake’s breathtaking estates are not only fun to look at but will also give him lifelong equity and assets.
Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American alternative rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. �You oughta know” Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morrisette loves real estate and making beautiful properties like her own. According to Mansion Global her former LA property recently sold for a whopping $5.325MM, and was chalked full of meaningful upgrades that impressed her social media following and clearly the buyer who put down the money to purchase. After owning the home for over 20 years, she parted with the property to relocate to likely another beautiful destination in her portfolio.
Ye (born Kanye Omari West; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer and fashion designer. He is regarded as one of the most influential, as well as controversial, artists of the 21st century. ...read more. Love him or hate him, Kanye West is one of our generation’s most creative and innovative artists and visionaries. In addition to sharing property with the most famous of The Kardashians, and having multiple spots of his own, Mr. West has his eyes set on real estate innovation. With the goal to create affordable housing for the masses, Realtor reported some beautiful photos of his “prefabricated concrete dwellings” that are ironically luxurious to the eye yet easy on the wallet. The collaboration with Jalil Peraza could be a groundbreaking moment in both Kanye West’s music and business careers.
Mark Allan Hoppus is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality best known as the bassist and co-lead vocalist for the pop punk band Blink-182. Born in Ridgecrest, California, Hoppus spent his childhood moving back and forth between his mother and father's houses, as they divorced when he was in third grade. When you think of Blink-182’s “All The Small Things” it’s truly those moments that make us collectively love Mark Hoppus and his music, properties and charity work. The bassist/singer and wife have been reported by People for donating a portion of their recent home furnishings to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, which makes a huge difference in the lives of children. Not only is his taste in real estate and design top notch, but giving back to those in need shows how humble a rockstar can be.
Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, better known as Logic, is one of the most influential artists in the rap game today. He was Born on January 22, 1990, in Gaithersburg, Maryland and first gained major fame through making 2013's edition of the XXL Top-10 Freshmen List and has easily become the most successful in that entire class (Only Schoolboy Q, Joey Badass and Chief Keef come close). Logic even got more popular in 2017, when he released his song, 1-800-273-8255. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Music Video and the Grammy Award for Song of the Year. It also reached number 1 on the billboard charts. It was on his album, Everybody. The newly famed rapper and producer Logic has seen much media coverage lately with his hit singles and live performances on worldwide television. Behind the scenes, fans of both his music and real estate purchases can check out his newly purchased $3,567MM home in the affluent community of Calabasas in Southern California. The Grammy nominated artist behind the important “1-800-273-8255” hit single has been reported by Variety of purchasing the incredible home after a brief relationship ended with singer Jessica Andrea.
Saul Hudson, known professionally as Slash, is a British-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Guns N’ Roses lead shredder Slash has been an icon for guitarists and music fans around the globe, and who can forget his unforgettable top hat? Without a doubt Slash has owned his share of beautiful properties, and his latest includes a “fresh start” move to Encino according to website Yolanda’s Little Black Book. The guitarist recently sold his longtime mansion to rapper Big Sean and purchased this beautiful 6.25MM mansion in the quiet town of Encino which will absolutely blow your mind.