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To be a great rapper you have to be able to do two things well: spend money and . . . we forget what the other one was. In 2009, cutting lyrical checks has become a fine art; from hooking chicks up to get the panties to hooking up your boys, well, just because you can, today's rap world could potentially be holding up 5% of our national economy. But, we'll have to check with Ben Stein on that one. Here we take a look at the real world pricetags behind ten big (and a couple small) spenders currently making noise on the mixtape and rap radio circuit. Gucci Mane's accountant is going to be so pissed, bro . . .
10. The Dream on Fabolous' "Throw It In The Bag"
"I keep her in Louboutin, Louie Vuitton / Gucci down to her feet, yup just like me"
Item: Total look Gucci outfit
Price: $6,000
Item: Louis Vuitton bag
Price: $3,000
Item: Louboutin shoes
Price: $700
Total: $9,700
In the cash-for-ass column, The Dream and Fabolous really know how to rack up a bill. After splashing that kind of coin, we'd be inclined to make up the difference on dinner by skipping Nobu for Rainforest Cafe. Keep that checkbook balanced, son.
9. Gucci Mane on "Wasted"
"I'm so wasted / she's so wasted / shout the bartender send twenty more cases"
Item: 20 cases of Cristal (for the sake of argument)
Pricetag: $144,000
Gucci Mane's willing to plop down a more than decent salary's worth on 240 additional bottles of champagne for his crew just to keep the party raging. What is this guy, drunk?
8. Kid Cudi "Cudderisback"
"Stay home alot, no TV / just thoughts and a heap of good weed / same jeans, same old converse / Bape tees n the Wally, sole works
Item: An eighth of an ounce of high grade marijuana
Price: $80
Item: APC jeans, Converse sneakers and Bape tee ensemble
Price: $250
Total: $330
The average cool dude has pretty average cool dude priorities. Rad clothes, big buds. Let's give him a couple more albums to figure out to really waste his money.
7. Kanye West on "Run This Town"
"I bought my whole family whips, no Volvo'"
Pricetag: $1,000,000
Not exactly sure what the beef is with Volvo (enlighten me), but let's say Kanye bought ten $100,000 dollar cars for family members; that's pretty baller. And also thoughtful.
6. Rakewon on "Surgical Gloves"
"Bags of black, f*ck the feds / paper's in Aruba, gold tuba from Bermuda"
Item: Tuba made of gold
Price: $20,000 (a 20 pound tuba made of $1000 a pound gold)
While everyone else is wasting their money on the predictable cars, pussy and booze, The Chef is investing in one-of-a-kind brass.That's SO Raekwon!
5. Pharrell on "Popular Demand"
"That new CL slide / outside of Popeyes, eatin' chicken and fries"
Item: Mercedes-Benz CL class Coupe
Price: $160,000
Item: 2 pieces of chicken with a side of fries. And what the heck, a Sprite.
Price: $6.98
Total: $160,006.98
I seriously hope these guys don't plan on eating that greasy stuff in the car. Extra napkins, bro.
4. Gucci Mane on "Lemonade"
"Yellow boat parked at the dock, Yellowbone gon', make it drop / Flip da flop mine up the top, then go buy me a yellow yacht"
Item: Yellow boat
Price: $1,000,000
Item: Additional yellow yacht
Price: $1,000,000
Total: $2,000,000
As if one boat wasn't enough, Gucci man has yellow fever to the point that he's doubling up. I guess it's like when you buy two pairs of the same pants you like when they're on sale.
3. Lil Wayne on "On Fire"
"Gasoline, shes on fire / Put her out, but matter fact / Take her out, cause shes on fire"
Item: Flame retardant underwear
Price: $50
Weezy F Baby, the F is for flame retardant. In his ode to hot crotches, the Lil' one acknowledges that some of the greatest things in life don't cost much. Like making your lovers unit reach 400 degrees (no Juvi).
2. Jay-Z on "Empire State of Mind"
"I'm up at Brooklyn, now I'm down in TriBeCa / Right next to DeNiro, but I'll be hood forever"
Item: Condo in TriBeCa
Pricetag: $6,000,000
Hov's plopping down six million dollars in this rhyme, just to chill downtown with Bobby D. Guess he was always destined to become bored of six figures, so why not pump it up to seven.
1. 50 Cent on "Baby By Me"
"Have a baby by me, baby, be a millionaire . . ."
Item: Child support costs
Pricetag: $10,000 /mo.
Item: Living expenses for wife or baby mama
Pricetag: $15,000 /mo.
Total: roughly $6,000,000 by the time the child turns 21
In his ode to unprotected sex, 50 suggest that there is one, or many, women out there that he's into enough to splash down a grand total of six million dollars. That must be one hell of a set of butt cheeks, Curtis.
