Franchising

Drake invests in Dave's Hot Chicken

Provided by Dave's Hot Chicken

September 20, 2021

Multiplatinum recording artist Drake is the latest to invest in Dave's Hot Chicken, a parking lot pop-up concept founded in Los Angeles in 2017.

"I tried the food, and it was amazing," Drake said in a company press release. "After meeting the founders and hearing their story I jumped at the opportunity to invest."

Created by Arman Oganesyan and best friend Chef Dave Kopushyan, along with brothers Tommy and Gary Rubenyan, Dave's Hot Chicken struck a deal in 2019 with Wetzel's Pretzels co-founder and former CEO, Bill Phelps, and movie producer John Davis to begin franchising the Dave's Hot Chicken concept throughout the U.S. and beyond. It has since sold the rights to more than 500 franchise locations in the U.S. and Canada.