--- title: Drake Wants a First Edition Harry Potter Book description: Rapper Drake has revealed that his Harry Potter super fandom is so great he's considering buying a $160,000 first edition of a book. canonical: https://time.com/5015168/drake-harry-potter-fan/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-08T18:13:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T08:27:44.567Z og:title: Drake's Harry Potter Super Fandom Is Very Expensive og:description: He's a bigger fan than most og:url: https://time.com/5015168/drake-harry-potter-fan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4547f23d0c6e9ec0/6988e500fb4eac4946894775/drake-harry-potter-fan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Celebrity Sightings in New York City - October 10, 2017 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Drake's Harry Potter Super Fandom Is Very Expensive twitter:description: He's a bigger fan than most twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4547f23d0c6e9ec0/6988e500fb4eac4946894775/drake-harry-potter-fan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Drake's Harry Potter Super Fandom Is Becoming a Very Expensive Pastime > Sponsored content. 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MONEY VIDEO_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 8, 2017 6:13 PM UTC MONEY VIDEO  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 8, 2017 6:13 PM UTC Canadian rapper [Drake](http://time.com/4930078/drake-beyonce-poster/) is well-known for his [viral dance moves](http://time.com/4543490/obama-dances-to-drake-hotline-bling/), his role as [Jimmy Brooks on _Degrassi: The Next Generation_](http://time.com/4862716/drake-degrassi-worth/), and his [love for Rihanna](http://time.com/4465225/drake-rihanna-relationship/). However, what fans might not know is that Drizzy is a die-hard Harry Potter fan — so much so, in fact, that he’s considering dropping $160,000 on a copy of _Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone_. In an interview with [_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/drakes-hotline-hollywood-inside-an-ambitious-push-film-tv-1055765), the _More Life_ rapper revealed that he’s been pursuing a first edition of J.K. Rowling’s first book in the series for the past four years and has recently found one on sale for $160,000. While the price point might be staggering to some, Drake is considering treating himself when the occasion presents itself. “My birthday’s coming up,” he said. “Maybe I’ll buy it for myself as a treat.” Now that we know that Drake’s a Harry Potter superfan, the only question that remains is [what house he would be sorted into](http://time.com/4809884/harry-potter-house-sorting-hat-quiz/). ## Transcript [01:07] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [01:20] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5015168/drake-harry-potter-fan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5015168/drake-harry-potter-fan/"},"headline":"Drake's Harry Potter Super Fandom Is Becoming a Very Expensive Pastime","datePublished":"2017-11-08T18:13:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-12T08:27:44.567Z","description":"He's a bigger fan than most","url":"https://time.com/5015168/drake-harry-potter-fan/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Harry Potter","Drake"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4547f23d0c6e9ec0/6988e500fb4eac4946894775/drake-harry-potter-fan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4547f23d0c6e9ec0/6988e500fb4eac4946894775/drake-harry-potter-fan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrity Sightings in New York City - October 10, 2017","caption":"Celebrity Sightings in New York City - October 10, 2017","creditText":"Raymond Hall—GC Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5015168/drake-harry-potter-fan/","name":"Drake's Harry Potter Super Fandom Is Becoming a Very Expensive Pastime"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"You Can Now Buy Harry Potter's Childhood Home","description":"MONEY VIDEO","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/FyndqIQG/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-10-09T18:19:41.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/FyndqIQG.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5015168/drake-harry-potter-fan/","duration":"PT1M38S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5015168/drake-harry-potter-fan/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```