From sports, entertainment, and beyond, tracking the famous names out there that have bought into the exclusive, expensive world of Bored Ape NFTs

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have become a new form of investment and have broadened the horizons of digital collectables. Built on blockchain technology, their unique and rare characteristics make NFTs exclusive and hence, expensive.

About Bored Ape Yacht Club

Yuga Labs launched the Bored Ape Yacht Club in April 2021 and since then, the world of digital artworks has witnessed a rise in the price and popularity of NFTs. Each Bored Ape is customised with unique colours, facial expressions and outfits.

The celebrity owners of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs

Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber is one of the recent celebrities to hop on to the Bored Ape Yacht Club bandwagon with his BAYC #3001 purchase on 29 January 2022. The NFT came with a price tag of 500 ETH or about USD 1.3 million.

Many BAYC enthusiasts pointed out that the pop star overpaid considering the Bored Ape’s fairly common traits and characteristics like brown fur and a black tee. But none of that mattered to the Canadian singer.

Snoop Dogg

American rapper and NFT collector Snoop Dogg bought four Bored Apes in December 2021. This included BAYC #7723, along with a BAKC and two Mutant Apes. The rapper also owns CryptoPunks, Artblocks, XCOPY and many other high-value NFTs. The Cheetah fur Bored Ape owned by Snoop Dogg has some funky traits like pink fur coat and a lit cigar.

Paris Hilton

American media personality and actress Paris Hilton bought her BAYC long before other celebrities could be a part of the hype. She sold her blockchain-based artwork in 2020 and has been vocal about investing in NFTs ever since.

Recently, she appeared on The Tonight Show and talked about her BAYC #1294, which she bought for 119 ETH, or around USD 275,000 at the time. The Bored Ape sports red fur, black shades and a chained hat.

Touted as one of the best football players in the world, Neymar Jr. has also made a name for himself in the NFT space. Surprising his ever-growing fanbase of 55 million on Twitter, Neymar announced his Bored Ape debut in January 2022 with two NFTs — #5269 and #6633. The latter is also his social media profile picture on both Twitter and Instagram. It features a party hat #2, a bubble gum mouth and holographic eyes.

Steve Aoki

From buying and selling to creating, DJ Steve Aoki has a longer history with NFTs and Bored Apes than most celebrity ape owners. Other than BAYCs like #118, #1867, #3719, #4190, #5823, #8716, #9050, #9394, Mutant Ape #17438 and Mutant Ape #17439 in his NFT collection, he also owns CryptoPunks. BAYC #118 features laser eyes and a striped tee.

Recently, Aoki launched a Solana-based NFT marketplace along with comic book artist Todd McFarlane.

Stephen Curry

The three-time NBA champion may not be the first athlete to join the Bored Ape Yacht Club, but he surely was one of the most prominent and influential persons to own the NFT in August 2021.

Curry bought the Bored Ape #7990 for 55 ETH, which amounted to approximately USD 180,000 at that time. Some characteristics of the Bored Ape owned by Steph Curry include blue fur, zombie eyes and a tweed suit.

Kevin Hart

In January 2022, celebrity comedian and actor Kevin Hart became a Bored Ape member when he purchased BAYC #9258. At that time, it cost him 79.5 ETH, which was around USD 200,000. Hart’s ape sports guayabera clothes, a spinner hat, ‘phoneme ooo’ mouth and angry eyes.

The Chainsmokers

The American DJ duo became one of the early celebrities to own a Bored Ape. In September 2021, they purchased the Cheetah fur BAYC #7691, for 55 ETH, or about USD 225,000. The Bored Ape NFT sports a Cheetah fur, a basic black tee and a small cigarette.

Marshmello

EDM artiste and DJ Marshmello is an early adopter of NFTs and owns a Bored Ape and a CryptoPunk. The mask-clad artiste bought a rare ape, #4808, featuring rainbow teeth, 3-D glasses and a bone tee. It cost him 75 ETH or about USD 220,000 at that time.

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