The 20 Dumbest Rapper Purchases Part 1
We used to think they just used to say it in their songs for fun but cash really does rule everything around rappers, unfortunately common sense does not. When an artist makes it big and finally has money in their pockets they start to compensate for all the bad times they had in the past. Instead of saving up and insuring they never go broke again, they actually spend like crazy people lol. Rappers can be too extravagant when it comes to money, and more often than not, flat out dumb. From multi-million dollar chains to buying your kid two Maybachs in a row, here are The 20 Dumbest Rapper Purchases:
1. Lil Wayne’s Diamond Teeth
Cost: $150,000
Date: Around 2009
Lil Wayne the one responsible for popularizing Lean. Leaning is part of the culture in New Orleans which is his hometown and Wayne says he picked up the cup when he was 8 years old. By the time Weezy was 25 his teeth were stained so he decided to replace then with diamond teeth.
2. 50 Cent Bought A Tour Bus for Soulja Boy
Cost: Undisclosed
Date: August 2009
Soulja Boy was gifted a tour bus from 50 Cent for his birthday in 2009. He claims his labelmate gave him the gift so that he could record his album. Let’s imagine 50 was actually broke for real, do you think Soulja Boy would hook him up with a mill?
3. Drake’s Experience Shower
Cost: Undisclosed
Date: 2011
The most luxurious addition to his bathroom: an experience shower. What exactly does that mean? Drake explains it pretty well:
“It’s a shower that’s lit by all LED lights. It has 10 jets, an overhead, and it sprays out lavender or whatever scents you want. It’s something I’ve always wanted.”
4. Kanye West’s Dining Room Replica of Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Cost: $350,000
Date: 2005
A dining room made for a king. Kanye’s commissioned Ernie Barnes to create a painting to depict his life-changing near-fatal car crash. The painting, A Life Restored, hangs on West’s dining room ceiling. In the painting, the larger angel is reaching to a smaller figure of West.
5. Russell Simmons’ Gold Toilet
Cost: Undisclosed
Date: Early 2000s
Sure, Kimora Lee Simmons got the New Jersey palace after she and Russell separated but we all know the real owner of that gold-plated throne. Their mansion was home to a “gold-leaf-and-carved-jade powder-room toilet” supposedly owned by only two other people in the world, “Oprah and some king.” The perfect throne for a king.
