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Originally posted by The Vza don't hate, don't be jealous... these guys found a way to make millions of dollars and in many aspects... they ARE smarter than you. because they figured out how to be successful. and they are still doing it. shit, baby doesnt need to rap anymore, he can just take his piece off drake, then go find someone else when drake is done. its brilliant if u ask me.

Yeah, but this case can be made for most people. You can justify the money that an Italian mobster makes in this same way, by saying he's done a lot of shit to get there, and sponsored a wing of the local high school building. Or you can say Bernard Mehdoff was smart, because a lot of planning and execution goes into a Ponzi scheme.

They don't deserve our respect though. This country should be reinforcing different ideals than what you've described as "making money" = "being smart". My little cousin Diego shouldn't be wondering when he turns 15 whether he's better off selling dimebags because getting his college degree would take 6 more years.

I don't know, idiots like this offend me, and there's too many of them on TV and in magazines..

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Originally posted by euphoria Wow, you just described exactly how I feel about sports and the players....someone really gets paid THAT much to throw a ball. Most people like sports so I am sure many won't agree with me haha

I adore sports and I still dont agree with their salaries. They get paid to do something they love, while millions of others are getting paid pocket change to wake up every day to something they cant wait to get over with......


There is no reason why these dudes cant get paid $500,000, budget their money, still be rich (ummm arent doctors who make half a mil still doing well? So why cant these guys do it with $20mil??)....and lower ticket prices to boot.....

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Wow, I guess I am not alone lol I was getting ready for some sports fanatic to tear my head off for that comment haha

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since when does having an opinion = hating?


Burak has a point which I see clearly. These people give back but not as much as they buy shit to "floss" with.. or whatever ghetto language they speak.


What's giving back is a women who lived well below the normals means - just enough to survive.. and when she died she gave millions to charity. Money no one even knew she had.

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My take on this as i was telling burak the other day.
People are people there's nothing we can do about it.

We should feel lucky, we have good education, make decent living, live a good life and party every other weekend. while there are small kids in india starving and begging for money that is literally .02 cents in value.

and then there is always a rich turd who was at the right place at the right time, but the ratio is 1:100,000 or even worse.

The only reason athletes,actors,models,rappers make all the money is normal people look up to them.

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Originally posted by Burak14 when birdman buys a new veyron which is like 2.5 millions. it seriously infuriates me that most of us are busting our asses (figuratively) daily for 30-50k a year(average) while being a productive member of society, and somewhat intelligent. then i see these fucking guys making millions monthly singing about stupid shit, with TERRIBLE fucking music that feeds to idiots getting hit by ice cream trucks...

he runs a legitimate business and is personally worth somewhere in the neighborhood of half a BILLION dollars. he's not rich he's wealthy and you don't get to that without busting ass and being relatively intelligent. he made his money in music but he also is in the oil business. him buying a $2.5m car imo is questionable but if that car is 10% of his annual income that's just like someone making $50,000 buying a $5,000 car. nobody would question that. personally i think more people should be like bill gates and warren buffet with their money but the fact of the matter is they aren't and they want to buy toys. few are genuinely productive members of society and most give away just enough money to help them with taxes at the end of the year. rappers/athletes are more extravagant with their purchases or so it seems but i think businessmen like paul allen buying teams is just as frivolous of a purchase as a car (and more expensive). i don't love the birdman's music but i don't feel it's fair to make him out to look like an idiot who stumbled upon some money and is quickly spending it all especially because he's been around for 20yrs and keeps making more money.

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Originally posted by Ygrene I once saw Swamper peel off 4 or 5 $100 bills from a fat roll and say this to Donald Trump: "Go clean yourself up; you look like a bum.". And then he threw the bills right in Trump's face/hair! Then Swamper and his entourage of 30, who were all wearing TA monogramed Rolexes, left the room and flew to Hawaii for a few hours because Del wanted fresh coconut. To his defense, Trump didn't even really look like a bum.

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Originally posted by chimera66 he made his money in music but he also is in the oil business.

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Originally posted by DJ Eco Half of these guys are leasing those cars they're driving. The other half own them, but are gunna be bankrupt in 10 years.

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Originally posted by Zharen

he'll go bankrupt because he's into the energy business?

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Originally posted by Ygrene I once saw Swamper peel off 4 or 5 $100 bills from a fat roll and say this to Donald Trump: "Go clean yourself up; you look like a bum.". And then he threw the bills right in Trump's face/hair! Then Swamper and his entourage of 30, who were all wearing TA monogramed Rolexes, left the room and flew to Hawaii for a few hours because Del wanted fresh coconut. To his defense, Trump didn't even really look like a bum.

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Originally posted by Burak14 ^ yeah, singing about bitches, killing, rape, sex, and throwing cash in music videos is a really beneficial way to help people. if he's was so smart, he would pull up his pants, and be a decent citizen to society. what pisses me off sometimes that these low class, moronic, useless wastes of flesh are paid so much by the recording industry to sing music that i'm pretty sure lowers your IQ as you listen. It's like paying william hung millions to sing his shit. p.s this isn't about birdman. it's about all these athletes and musicians who are overpaid. p.diddy was crying not too long ago because he couldn't afford to fly his jet from LA to NY a few times a month latrell sprewell of nba was crying few years ago about the $21 million he was getting over 3 years and how it was not enough to feed his family. etc.

well said sir I 110% agree with you

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Originally posted by chimera66 he'll go bankrupt because he's into the energy business?

Somehow, I just don't see the oil industry being quite as lucrative 10 years from now. Not if any more oil spills have to do with it.