Luxury is never only about money.

Luxury is never only about money. Rick Ross giving a tour of his Star Island mansion and Drake immediately mocking one major flaw says something interesting about celebrity culture. At that level, even a mansion becomes a public performance. People do not only look at the size of the house. They look for status, taste, weakness, comparison, and power. Maybe that is why celebrity homes attract so much attention: they are not just homes. They are signals.