Drake confirms he was paid $100 for his first concert in 2006 as opening act for Ice Cube

Four-time Grammy winner Drake might be worth well over $150M, but he was paid only $100 to serve opening act duties for gangsta rap icon Ice Cube 16 years ago.

The Flyer Vault unearthed the original flier for the Canadian 35-year-old’s first concert gig where he performed songs from his debut mixtape Room For Improvement at Kool Haus in his native Toronto.

They also included copies of the schedule and blacked-out invoice from Ramos Entertainment Management Group detailing Drake’s (born Aubrey Graham) $100 compensation.

Roots: Four-time Grammy winner Drake (L) might be worth well over $150M, but he was paid only $100 to serve opening act duties for gangsta rap icon Ice Cube (R) 16 years ago

The Sticky singer – who boasts 243.7M social media followers – Instastoried on Tuesday: ‘This is for anybody getting 100 a show right now… keep going.’

In 2016, Drake returned the favor by inviting the 53-year-old Big3 co-founder onstage the Kia Forum in Inglewood to perform Straight Outta Compton during his $84.3M-grossing 54-date Summer Sixteen Tour.

But two years later, Ice Cube (born O’Shea Jackson) indicated that the Falling Back star’s ‘reign’ might soon be over because he said most people only have ‘three years’ at the top of the rap game.

Drake responded by referencing the Boyz n the Hood alum’s 106 KMEL interview in the diss track 8 Out of 10 where he rapped: ‘I been on top for three sets of three years.’

Throwback! The Flyer Vault unearthed the original flier for the Canadian 35-year-old’s first concert gig where he performed songs from his debut mixtape Room For Improvement at Kool Haus in his native Toronto

Receipts: They also included copies of the schedule and blacked-out invoice from Ramos Entertainment Management Group detailing Drake’s (born Aubrey Graham) $100 compensation

The Sticky singer – who boasts 243.7M social media followers – Instastoried on Tuesday: ‘This is for anybody getting 100 a show right now… keep going’

‘No, I’m not dissing Drake. Drake is a great artist. He deserves everything that he’s getting, you know, as far as being an artist,’ Ice Cube clarified to 106 KMEL afterwards.

‘I’m just looking at it from the industry. If you really look at the history. There are trend, but trends are made to be broken. But from my experience, most artists usually have three to five years at the tip top of the game before the industry [starts] looking for another cat to replace them.’

The Amsterdam executive producer is next scheduled to perform at the Apollo Theatre in Manhattan’s Harlem neighborhood on November 11.

Drake is also up for six trophies – including artist of the year – at the 50th Annual American Music Awards, which air November 20 on ABC.

Full-circle moment: In 2016, Drake returned the favor by inviting the 53-year-old Big3 co-founder (R) onstage the Kia Forum in Inglewood to perform Straight Outta Compton during his $84.3M-grossing 54-date Summer Sixteen Tour

‘Live from the Apollo’: The Falling Back star is next scheduled to perform at the Apollo Theatre in Manhattan’s Harlem neighborhood on November 11

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