Since entering the music industry, Birdman has gone a long way. He has now taken stock of his carefree antics from the days before his fortune began to pour in.
In a live episode of Renaissance Man on Wednesday, January 24, host Jalen Rose noted that Baby brought forth the “bling-bling era” of Hip Hop, a phenomenon the entrepreneur claimed resulted from starting with nothing.
“We don’t know anything about any of that here in New Orleans,” he said. “We don’t know anything about foreign whips and Rolls Royces.” It was typical for our city that we, the dope dudes, wear Dickies suits.
“To be honest, I saw them n-ggas with foreign cars and all that crap when I went to New York. I think to myself, “Man, I’ma bring that shit down bottom,” as I watch n-ggas flaunting enormous chains. We have never witnessed this kind of thing before, and that’s what inspired me, dude.
He continued by explaining that he and his group then started spending carelessly, saying, “We just showed up. We were crashing and doing donuts in automobiles as if they were nothing.
“I purchased fifty whips for each person. The most I ever spent on some of them was $15,000, although I went a bit over that for a few of my partners. All in all, though, I bought cars for every member of the project who was legally allowed to own one.
While it’s normal in hip-hop culture to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on cars, Killer Mike and Maxo Kream think it’s healthier for the younger members of the community to save their money and practice financial abstinence.
Rapper Liljitm3n, 21, flaunted his newest acquisition—a Honda Accord—in a series of Instagram Stories earlier this week. Unlike many of his friends, he appears to have saved a sizable percentage of his income rather than putting it toward a fancy car.
The resident of Florida boasted, “MY FIRST CAR FRESH OFF DA LOT BRAND NEW BOUGHT WITH MY OWN MONEY.” “I’m rich and have enough money to buy a Benz, but I really wanted a Honda ACCORD [emojis with a middle finger, a snake, and a gorilla].”
“Incredible!” In the Say Cheese TV post’s comments section, Killer Mike discussed the modest flex, while Maxo Kream added, “I fucc wit this lil nicca.”
Yella Beezy and Pierre “P” Thomas, the CEO of Quality Control Music, praised the move in the comments for its long-term viability as well.