Listen up, the divorce saga between Kevin Gates and his estranged wife, Dreka Gates, just got messy with some serious paperwork being filed. Dreka recently went to court, alleging that by late 2021, the rapper straight up “dismantled the financial foundation of their family.”
The tea is scalding: she claims he stopped paying for crucial family bills. We talkin’ private school tuition for their two children, Islah (12) and Khaza (11), and property taxes on their shared farm in Mississippi.
But get this—while the essentials were allegedly neglected, Dreka contends that Kevin was going on a major spending spree. We’re talking 18 luxury vehicles purchased and the drop of a whopping $4.7 million on a whole estate in Calabasas. The contrast between his public wealth and the family’s alleged private financial collapse? It’s giving severe.
The Fight Over the Figures and the Farm
Dreka, who married Kevin back in October 2015 after years together, officially filed for divorce in July 2025, citing “irreconcilable differences.”
Now, she’s not playing small when it comes to the figures. She hit the court with a request for around $70,000 per month in combined support—more than $27K for the kids and over $46K for spousal support.
The drama doesn’t stop there. Dreka’s filing revealed that their Mississippi farm is actually under threat of foreclosure because the IRS slapped a massive $7 million tax lien on the property.
Meanwhile, Kevin Gates’ legal defense is a curveball: he’s claiming that he and Dreka were never legally married in the first place, an argument her side quickly called “factually baseless.”
Custody Claims and Public Perception
This whole split has been under a microscope, especially since Gates had a brief, high-profile marriage to influencer Brittney Renner in early 2025.
Beyond the money, Dreka is fighting for primary custody, stating she’s shouldered 95% of the children’s care since 2023.
The big question now is how Kevin Gates—the artist with the self-made, family-man public image—is going to reconcile that persona with these deep, internal allegations of financial neglect. The streets are watching for the next move. We’ll be circling back with all the updates.
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