Dreka Gates seeks more than $73K monthly support in Louisiana divorce

Dreka Gates, the estranged wife of rapper Kevin Gates, filed for divorce in July in Louisiana and is asking a judge to order the artist to pay more than 73,000 dollars a month in combined child and spousal support, according to court filings. In the documents she alleges that beginning in late 2021 Gates stopped covering key family expenses, including property taxes and private school tuition, and that the couple’s Mississippi farm is now facing foreclosure after the Internal Revenue Service placed a 7 million dollar levy on the property.

Dreka Gates is seeking 27,193 dollars a month in child support for the couple’s two children, identified in the filings as 12 year old Islah and 11 year old Khaza, and 46,274 dollars a month in spousal support. She also requests to be designated the children’s primary physical custodian, saying the children have lived with her nearly full time since 2023. In the filings she says the payments are necessary to maintain the children’s living conditions and education.

The divorce paperwork alleges that while obligations to the family were not met, Gates made substantial purchases, including 18 luxury vehicles and a 4.7 million dollar estate in...