Lil’Wayne, Birdman, T-Pain, Chris Brown; Akon what does all these
rappers have in common? Besides being rappers, they have a need for speed, and
a desire to drive one of the most exclusive and exotic cars in the world. This
is why each and every one of these rappers has in their garage, a Veyron. This
is one of VW’s best sports car projects by far and is evident from the price
tag that each unit has been meticulously crafted to detail. In fact it is so
expensive- multimillion dollar rappers use it as a bench mark for success in
their respective careers.
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| Lil'Wayne the first rapper to own a Veyron |
This 30 year old young rapper has a number of exclusive
automobiles including Bentley and Maybach 62s parked in his yard that he
cherishes and respect but says that the Veyron for him is the summit of all his
possessions; his $14million home included. Lil Wayne aka Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. goes on to say that he respects
the car so much that he does not allow his entourage to touch it, let alone put
it in any of his videos for models to shoot in; in fact, “if I had my way I’d keep
it locked up behind high walls and bars” he said.
He adds that though rappers always brag about what they have
accomplished in their songs and videos, he will never say anything about this
vehicle and wants no 'props' or compliments from anyone regarding the acquisition
there of. He claims he is the first black man and rapper in the USA to drive
one and that the guys at the dealership even called him “The Barak Obama of Bugatti”
bestowing him the title of being the first.
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| YMCMB rapper Birdman on the night his Bugatti Veyron was delivered |
Birdman, often referred to as the Dr. Dre of YMCMB a.k.a
Brian Williams, claims he has more money than the Dr. himself. This is one man who is
known to flaunt all his belongings from chains to watches, cars, homes - he
puts them out there for any media that is interested. He is never the type to
buy it and keep it away from the public. In most of his TV interviews Birdman
would grab a bag full of his latest collection and bring it along to set, we
don’t know the reason behind that as yet but it seems to be working for him. On
his latest interview with Tim Westwood TV, Birdman brought a bag of diamonds
worth over $3 million to set. But yet, with his caliber he still had his Veyron
delivered in a container in his yard and had his publicist call the press to
witness the delivery. This is besides the number of supercars that he owns and
a one of a kind convertible limited edition Maybach 62s (only three made, one
in Dubai and the other with a certain king in Africa, we suspect it could be
the one owned by Hnr. Makhosetive Dlamini a.k.a King
Mswati III) which he never gave attention to as far as the press is concerned.
T-Pain
T-Pain had a total of 33 vehicles in his villa before he
added number 34, the Veyron, which brought a tear to his eye when he looked
back a few years, as he puts it “from the most hated to achieving this, truly
must mean there’s something I am doing right …”. He goes on to say that he
feels that he has represented the hood very well as not many can get to this
kind of achievement. He believes that with this car he will encourage many
young stars from his hood and all over the world to hold on to their dreams and
make it a reality. “Even if I lose this vehicle in the future, I will rest
assured that I have lived and fulfilled my dream” he said.
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| Chris Brown seen at the mall in his Veyron |
Chris Brown
Though Chris is not known to be the guy in flashy cars than
his diamonds, the fact that he spent $1.8 million on a two tone (grey and red)
Veyron simply says that he does subscribes to the concept of the Veyron
milestone to success by default. With no exclusive shots to his story, ‘Chris
Brizzy’ as he is known to his peers, had been spotted at shopping malls around
Virginia (US) in his Bugatti.
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| Multi Platinum selling artist Akon dedicated a song to the Veyron |
In his 2009 hit ‘HERO’ featuring Rick Ross and the clan,
Akon dedicates a whole three and a half minutes to the Veyron. The song praises
the car as a hero close to what they are as rappers. Akon owns a fleet of cars
and a helicopter for special occasions but we do not know whether he does not
feel like has been successful enough to acquire a Bugatti or perhaps he had run
out of space in his garage. It definitely is not because of the speed that
gives him the phobia as he owned a white Lamborghini Murcielago which he wanted
to give away at some point in some marketing stunt. Whatever his reasons, we believe
just from the song that he subscribes to the concept of the Veyron being the
career success highlighter.
So you are an artist like Zahara wondering what this car will set you back at in South African terms, or perhaps you won the Power Ball lottery on the weekend and you need to get your hands on a Veyron. It will set you back a whopping R 15 000 000,00. So, you are wondering how much it will cost you to finance this car over 72 months on a 9.5% prime; let's do the Maths, shall we; R 260 500,00 before you start saying maintenance. What? All of a sudden you feel inadequate? That's called being realistic.
TMakhubedu
Editor - Autozeen.biz
