Drue Lee-Basham or more popularly known as drue.l on the social media site TikTok is a famous American TikTok star and social media influencer. She is one of the popular TikTok stars who has over 1 million followers on TikTok and over 200 thousand followers on her Instagram account.
Drue.l's Net Worth
Drue Lee-Basham’s net worth is not yet revealed on the internet. But she probably earns a substantial amount of money from various brand deals and collaboration, promotions, virtual gifts, sponsored post and of course, the very popular TikTok creator fund.
Tiktok influencers like Drue.l are paid a substantial amount of money from TikTok. When TikTok creators reach at least 10,000 to 100,000 followers, they become eligible for what is called the TikTok creator fund. Basically, this works as a payment for the videos done in the last 30 Days. (1)
Drue.l also has a lot of endorsements and promotions wherein different brands are paying her to endorse their products. Given her wide reach and number of viewers, Drue has a couple of brands that offered her. One of the companies that trusted her is Scentsy, a company owned by Heide & Orville Thompson. There are also other products and companies that is endorsed by Drue.l and it can be seen linked in her Instagram and TikTok profiles so that her followers can easily have access to it.
Drue.l's Early Life
Dreu.l’s real name is Drue Lee and she was born on October 8, 2001, making her just 21 years old. She was born in Baytown, Houston, Texas, United States. Her parents’ names are Leonard and Dawna Lee.
Drue has two other sisters named D’Layne Lee and Danae Lee. She and her older sister D’Layne have a really close relationship. In fact, when her now-husband Gabe Basham proposed to her, it was her sister D’Layne that helped him out in everything (2).
D’layne Lee can be seen in a lot of videos posted on Drue’s TikTok account and in the couple’s vlogs on Youtube. She works as a teacher in Baytown, Texas as stated in the Tiktok video posted by the TikTok influencer (3).
Drue.l's Education
Drue Lee’s educational background is not found on the internet or on any of her social media accounts which includes her Youtube channel, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook accounts.
There was one Facebook post by an account named Solace Med Spa that features the TikTok star back on August 2, 2020, and it says that Drue Lee- Basham was homeschooled by her mom since she was in 3rd Grade (4).
Drue.l's Husband and Family Life
Drue Lee is married to her long-time boyfriend Gabriel Basham. Gabe and Drue got married in 2019, back when they were still teenagers. The couple has well-documented their journey on their Youtube channel D & G Vlogs. The couple is yet to have a child together, but the TikTok star has already provided her fans with hints that they are planning to conceive when Drue asked her fans about when is the right time to go to a fertility doctor.
In their engagement vlog, Gabe Basham can be seen going on a road trip with 3 others including Drue’s older sister D’Layne Lee. The four of them drove from Baytown all the way to Alabama in order to propose to Drue.
Gabe proposed to the TikTok star using a ring that he got from Kay Jewelers. The couple has been dating for quite some time before deciding to get married. Their parents were completely on board with the idea of them tying the know at the age of 19 because according to Dreu both of their parents thought that they were already mature enough for this kind of responsibility.
In one of the couple’s vlogs titled Talk and Sip, the couple discussed their love story. Turns out, that the couple when were only four years old and they would go to the same church. But they only got to talk to each other when they were 14 years old (5).
The couple became official when they were 16 years old.
On May 20, 2022, the TikTok star posted on her Instagram account that she and her husband are having are facing a major health dilemma. Gabe Basham was taken to the hospital. According to her post, she had heard Gabe screaming due to so much pain. She took him to the hospital where they stayed for a couple more days. She hasn’t disclosed anything about the sickness since he said that they have yet to find what causes the pain. Her last update was a video of Gabe getting taken to get an MRI (6).
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Drue.l's Career
TikTok star Dreu Basham more popularly known as Drue.l started her career as a social media influencer back in 2018. The first platform that she explored was the social media app Instagram. The now-famous TikTok star started gaining fame on her Instagram account by posting photos on the same social media platform.
In 2019, she and her then-boyfriend and now-husband Gabe Basham created their Youtube channel D & G Vlogs. The couple would document their everyday lives and would post them on the video-sharing social media platform. In fact, the couple’s wedding journey can be found on the channel.
Drue made sure that every important milestone in their lives is well-documented on their Youtube channel and she’s successful in doing so. A critical factor in this is having a partner that supports her. Her husband, Gabe Basham is very supportive of her vlogs and he even Vlogged their wedding journey from preparing for the engagement to the actual wedding day.
As of 2022, the couple is accomplished Youtubers with over 40k in subscribers. Aside from that, Drue Lee-Basham is also active on her other social media accounts, this is because she earns a living out of it.
One of the social media platforms where Drue Lee-Basham is famous is the app TikTok. On TikTok, she has over a million subscribers and she has a lot of videos that have gone viral. She is also very active on her TikTok account and she constantly has a lot of views. The majority of her TikTok content are mini-vlogs and some of it became a viral video.
Mini-vlogs are the shorter version of vlogs that typically only lasts for 1 to 3 minutes. Since they are short videos, a lot of people are fund of watching it and Drue had her popularity even grow.
Back when she was 18 years old and has yet to find success on social media as a TikTok influencer and YouTube vlogger, Drue Lee-Basham worked for Solace Med Spa as a front desk personnel.
Trivia
- Drue Lee-Basham began her career as a social media influencer at the age of 18.
- She likes to put salt on her watermelon.
- She loves to shop at Shein.
- She has two dogs, Kirby and Moose.
- She and her husband have known each other since they were kids.
- She and her family are active church members.
- Gabe Basham proposed to her in Alabama.
- She and her husband were 19 when they got married.
- One of her mother’s rules when it comes to having boyfriends is to be mature. This means that she can date as early as 14 as long as her Mom sees that she is mature enough.
- She shops at Fashion nova
Controversies
Being a social media star puts you in a place where people can comment on just about anything about you. In Drue’s case, wherein she has millions of followers on her TikTok account everything she does is under the watchful of eagle-eyed TikTok fans. Here are some instances wherein Drue Basham was caught in a controversy.
As we all know, Drue and her long-time boyfriend Gabe Basham got married. A Reddit user claimed that the TikTok star was very rude when she met with the coordinator and the staff at their supposed venue which was The Orchard at Caney Creek (7).
“She was definitely a bridezilla. I can’t believe people actually can stand to be around her. (Oops I meant to stand around her camera lmao),” says a comment by a Reddit user on the thread.
Another controversy that this young TikTok influencer got herself into was when images of her liking the post of her husband mocking the Black Lives Matter Movement. A TikTok user and fan of Drue, saw that her husband Gabe Basham kept on posting stuff that mocks the BLM movement and George Floyd.
Gabe Basham was caught sharing memes mocking the BLM movement. Some of the memes include, “croc lives matter” and “black people worry about police killing them and dying but yet black babies are the highest aborted race”. He was also seen using hashtags like “#defundgeorgefloyd”. For each post, Drue was liking it.
This has angered a lot of her fans and other TikTok users.
Drue.l's Appearance (Height, Hair, Eyes & More)
| Height | 5 ft 3 in 1.6 m |
|---|---|
| Weight | N/A |
| Hair Color | Blonde |
| Eye Color | Green |
| Body Type | Fit |
| Sexual Orientation | Straight |
Facts About Drue.l
| Nationality | American |
|---|---|
| Estimated Net Worth | Undisclosed |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Zodiac Sign | Libra |
| Birthplace | Baytown, Texas |
| Birthday | October 7, 2001 |
References
- Dan Whateley, How much money Tiktokers make, according to creators retrieved from https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-money-tiktokers-make-real-creator-examples-2021-7
- D & G’s Vlogs, Engagement Vlog | Married At 19??, retrieved from https://youtu.be/V2waUVilGbE
- Drue..b, retrieved from https://www.tiktok.com/@drue..b/video/7102525138360585518?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7087193819661288961
- Solace Med Spa retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/beautybysolacemedspa/posts/helllo-today-we-are-introducing-drue-lee-she-is-our-newest-addition-to-the-solac/767800787315692/
- D & G’s Vlogs, Talk and Sip|| Our Story as a couple of 3 Years, retrieved from https://youtu.be/sgdEDOVPx08
Drue Basham, retrieved from https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cd3OgYBgeNL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
DrueandGabe Thread, retrieved from https://www.reddit.com/r/Drueandgabe/comments/ue119c/drue_was_so_disrespectful_when_she_met_with_the/
