Fresh off the release of his new album For All the Dogs, Drake is celebrating by gifting himself a new chain with a memorable name: the crown jewel of Toronto.
On Tuesday, the 6 God hopped on his Instagram Stories to show off the piece crafted by celebrity jeweler Alex Moss. The chain includes a diamond-encrusted design of Toronto's CN Tower—which famously featured on the cover of Drake's 2016 album Views—that pays tribute to the city's sports teams with a detailed raptor and a baseball bat-wielding blue jay. It's also got a smaller pendant of the Maple Leafs symbol, which holds a secret key inside.
"A project with my brother for ending it in the 6 and dropping on the 6th in the 6," Drake captioned the photo. "We call it the crown jewel @alexmoss. Any team that wins a chip we bring this straight to you for the whole off season."
Alex Moss took to Instagram to post an image of the chain, writing, "The Crown Jewel of Toronto @champagnepapi. For All The Dogs." He also posted a clip indicating Drake was wearing the piece in his surprise-released "8AM in Charlotte" video last week.
Moss gave Complex some insight into the creation, saying, "We started speaking about this concept about a year ago. There was a lot of back and forth for the design concept. We wanted to make sure this piece was perfect, timeless and designed as well as possible. That takes time, and I’m happy we kept re-inventing the concept until we landed on the final."
The jeweler revealed the piece includes 18K white gold, VVS diamonds of the white, blue, and yellow varieties, Burmese red rubies, and emerald-cut white diamonds. Asked for a rough estimated value, Moss told us, "Some pieces that are in a museum have no price. That’s what this is."
Back in November 2022, Drake enlisted Moss for another chain (below) to celebrate his exes. Titled "Previous Engagements," Drizzy first showed off the piece at Lil Baby's birthday party last year.
“I wanted to design something fit for royalty,” Moss told Artnet News. “We strive to create timeless iconic pieces in all of our work, but this one is definitely in my personal top five. Working with Drake just feels so natural.”
Moss added that the necklace, which features 42 diamonds, took 14 months to complete and was built by hand in New York City.
“Just the diamond sourcing took [an] extreme level of work,” Moss explained at the time. “The entire team at our NYC in-house factory was laser focused and working at peak performance to make sure literally every millimeter of this project was to our high standards."
