The Kevin Gates divorce battle has produced a court order directing $1,079,341.50 from the rapper’s music catalog sale to his estranged wife, Dreka Gates, but he says he is not upset about the payout. Speaking on “The TMZ Podcast,” Gates addressed the seven-figure obligation as their fight over money and the legal status of their marriage continues.
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According to the order, first reported on October 21, Dreka is allocated $929,341.50 in child and spousal support. She will also receive a separate $150,000 payment, bringing the total designated for her to $1,079,341.50. The ruling specifies how proceeds from the catalog transaction must be handled while the divorce dispute remains unresolved.
The Kevin Gates divorce order also limits his control over those funds. The money is to flow through Gates’ company, Bread Winner Alumni LLC, before being deposited into a Morgan Stanley account. Court documents reviewed by Complex indicate the account will be managed by the company’s chief financial officer, with accountant William Duerksen also authorized to oversee it. Gates himself cannot be an authorized individual on that account.
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The order sets aside another $125,000 for Dreka’s attorneys, $100,000 for her accountant, Harvey Bezozi, and $103,000 for Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services. Kevin is allocated $538,798 upfront, followed by $225,000 per month beginning in October 2026. Reports have not identified the buyer, disclosed the catalog’s total sale price, or established how long those monthly payments will continue.
Despite those restrictions, Gates sounded calm when asked about the ruling on “The TMZ Podcast.”
“Anybody I ever loved, I gave them the world, so a portion? What is a portion to somebody that can give you the world?” he said.
“I ain’t mad at nothing. I’m blessed.”
His comments arrive after months of public accusations and competing accounts of the couple’s finances. The divorce proceedings have brought new scrutiny to a relationship that was also a longtime business partnership, with Dreka playing a central role in building the career behind the catalog that is now generating court-directed payments.
The two were together for years before holding a wedding ceremony in October 2015. Dreka was involved in Kevin’s music career well before his major commercial breakthrough. In a 2016 interview with The Source, she described learning the music business herself, approaching promoters to secure shows, and helping establish Bread Winners’ Association in 2010.
She also worked as his booking manager, helping turn his recordings and early performances into an independent rap business. Their partnership became visible to fans through his music and public appearances. His debut studio album, Islah, named after their daughter, reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in 2016. The couple also share a son, Khaza.
By July 30, 2025, their relationship had reached divorce court. Dreka filed in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences and listing July 10, 2025, as their date of separation. She initially requested joint legal and physical custody of their two children, along with spousal support.
The financial dispute sharpened that October, when Dreka asked for $27,193 a month in child support and $46,274 in spousal support, a combined $73,467. In court filings, she alleged that Kevin had begun to “dismantle the financial foundation of their family” in 2021 by failing to cover expenses including property taxes and the children’s private school tuition. Those were her allegations, not findings made in the catalog ruling.
Another dispute in the Kevin Gates divorce case concerns whether the couple was ever legally married. Kevin claimed their union was a religious marriage under Islamic tradition rather than a legally binding civil marriage. He also publicly maintained they had separated years earlier than the date listed in Dreka’s filing. The reported payment order does not establish a final court determination on either dispute.
The conflict grew more personal in January 2026, when he accused Dreka and members of her family of taking money from him. He alleged that some funds went toward a dispensary that later closed. Dreka’s attorney, Marty Singer, rejected the accusations as “completely false and fabricated.” No evidence cited in the recent catalog order establishes those theft allegations.
