...and the luckiest man alive IS!
12-08-2010, 08:34 PM
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...and the luckiest man alive IS!
Apparently Jay-Z.
While most of us would be lucky to get a new pair of socks or maybe even a car care kit for our birthdays, rapper Jay-Z has been given a $2 million Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport for his 41st birthday by his lovely wife Beyonce Knowles.
Jay-Z, who celebrated his birthday on December 4, is said to have been thrilled with the present, despite already having one of the most extensive car collections in the country. Some of the cars he’s fortunate enough to own the keys to include a Maybach 62S, a Ferrari F430 Spider and a Pagani Zonda Roadster.
Considering that money is probably no option for the well-to-do couple--they were recently named the highest-earning couple in entertainment, beating the likes of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and David and Victoria Beckham--you'd have to wonder why Beyonce didn’t spring for the more exclusive Veyron Super Sport.
The answer to that is simple: Even for the Veyron Grand Sport, she had to order the car a full year in advance to ensure it would be ready in time Jay-Z’s birthday. Ah, the lifestyles of the rich and famous…
You can check out what it will be like for Jay-Z to drive his Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport in our own drive report here.
Source: http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1...-41st-birthday
While most of us would be lucky to get a new pair of socks or maybe even a car care kit for our birthdays, rapper Jay-Z has been given a $2 million Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport for his 41st birthday by his lovely wife Beyonce Knowles.
Jay-Z, who celebrated his birthday on December 4, is said to have been thrilled with the present, despite already having one of the most extensive car collections in the country. Some of the cars he’s fortunate enough to own the keys to include a Maybach 62S, a Ferrari F430 Spider and a Pagani Zonda Roadster.
Considering that money is probably no option for the well-to-do couple--they were recently named the highest-earning couple in entertainment, beating the likes of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and David and Victoria Beckham--you'd have to wonder why Beyonce didn’t spring for the more exclusive Veyron Super Sport.
The answer to that is simple: Even for the Veyron Grand Sport, she had to order the car a full year in advance to ensure it would be ready in time Jay-Z’s birthday. Ah, the lifestyles of the rich and famous…
You can check out what it will be like for Jay-Z to drive his Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport in our own drive report here.
Source: http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1...-41st-birthday
12-08-2010, 09:43 PM
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Man....I knew I didn't like her for a good reason-she didn't buy it for me!
12-08-2010, 10:39 PM
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She'll get it back in their divorce settlement.
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12-08-2010, 11:01 PM
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^ I'm sure Beyonce makes a pretty big chunk of money on her own as well. Not exactly a golddigger.
Good for him at least, he seems to have good taste in cars.
Good for him at least, he seems to have good taste in cars.
12-08-2010, 11:52 PM
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they just built an outrageous $20M house next to my old high school. every now and then ill see him rolling around in a baby blue bentley drop top if im home for the holidays. gotta keep a lookout for this!
here's his house: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ex...ed=0CBQQ8gEwAA
the one with the motorcourt
here's his house: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ex...ed=0CBQQ8gEwAA
the one with the motorcourt
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12-09-2010, 07:28 AM
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they just built an outrageous $20M house next to my old high school. every now and then ill see him rolling around in a baby blue bentley drop top if im home for the holidays. gotta keep a lookout for this!
here's his house: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ex...ed=0CBQQ8gEwAA
the one with the motorcourt
here's his house: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ex...ed=0CBQQ8gEwAA
the one with the motorcourt
Do the Clintons still have a house up there?
12-09-2010, 09:32 AM
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no. they were looking many years ago, but decided against it, since the driveway led out to a windy uphill road that was used to connect the neighborhood to the retail strip. caravans of security = no go. they are up in rhinebeck now.
12-09-2010, 09:46 AM
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I'd rather have Kelly Rowland and an Audi S5 over what Jay-Z has. Just me.
12-09-2010, 01:23 PM
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Hells ya, he gets to tap that fine ass nightly and he's a fugly mofo. Mad rapper though.
She don't need HoVa's bankroll when she's raking in 87 million A YEAR! I give her mad props for being a savvy entertainer with a brilliant marketing plan. Plus, she tours like it's going out of style and is one of the hardest working women in the music industry.
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/06...ce-empire.html
She don't need HoVa's bankroll when she's raking in 87 million A YEAR! I give her mad props for being a savvy entertainer with a brilliant marketing plan. Plus, she tours like it's going out of style and is one of the hardest working women in the music industry.http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/06...ce-empire.html
12-09-2010, 01:33 PM
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. I don't care about no Veyron.
12-09-2010, 06:06 PM
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Hells ya, he gets to tap that fine ass nightly and he's a fugly mofo. Mad rapper though.
She don't need HoVa's bankroll when she's raking in 87 million A YEAR! I give her mad props for being a savvy entertainer with a brilliant marketing plan. Plus, she tours like it's going out of style and is one of the hardest working women in the music industry.
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/06...ce-empire.html
She don't need HoVa's bankroll when she's raking in 87 million A YEAR! I give her mad props for being a savvy entertainer with a brilliant marketing plan. Plus, she tours like it's going out of style and is one of the hardest working women in the music industry.http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/06...ce-empire.html
Still probably nothing compared to Jay-Z. He's worth over a billion, right?
12-09-2010, 06:14 PM
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yup
http://blogs.forbes.com/davidewalt/2...he-forbes-400/
that's a pretty good article too...
12-09-2010, 07:26 PM
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Can't remember the last time I saw the HoVa on a commercial.
Jay-Z is still the top earning hip-hop star with his yearly income estimated at $35million.
Forbes Magazine have just published a countdown of the richest rappers titled 'Hip-Hop Cash Kings 2009' which collates earnings from music and lifestyle ventures for each individual artist.
Close on Jay-Z's tail is Diddy with an income of $30million, while Kanye West comes in a close third with £25million.
Earlier this week, Jay-Z's wife Beyonce Knowles was named in another Forbes poll as the best paid celebrity under the age of 30 with an annual earning of $87million.
The top ten earning hip-hop stars is as follows:
1. Jay-Z - $35 million
2. Sean 'Diddy' Combs - $30 million
3. Kanye West - $25 million
=4 50 Cent - $20 million
=4 Akon - $20million
6. Lil Wayne - $18 million
7. Timbaland - $17 million
8. Pharrell Williams - $16 million
9. T-Pain - $15 million
10. Eminem - $14 million
12-09-2010, 10:25 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE7HuHB5V0M
12-09-2010, 10:38 PM
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One on the right for me
12-10-2010, 05:03 AM
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top lyricists of the past decade (exception for biggie)
studio: eminem > biggie > nas > jay > black thought > mos def > jada
street: mook > cassidy > jae millz > serius jones
studio: eminem > biggie > nas > jay > black thought > mos def > jada
street: mook > cassidy > jae millz > serius jones
12-10-2010, 08:53 AM
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Meh. Should have gotten him a Super Sport.
12-10-2010, 09:02 AM
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12-10-2010, 09:02 AM
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moat people who think jay-z can't rhyme don't get his lyrics. no offense meant by that, just a connection I've made throughout the years. sit down with a fan andhave him explain the meaning of the lines and you'll gain respect. I promise.
as for people calling them names and saying they will split, I don't see it happening. she is way out if his league and he obviously does everything to keep her happy. it's the perfect balance.
it's a great gift and she obviously knows he wanted it. no way it was a lucky guess
as for people calling them names and saying they will split, I don't see it happening. she is way out if his league and he obviously does everything to keep her happy. it's the perfect balance.
it's a great gift and she obviously knows he wanted it. no way it was a lucky guess
12-10-2010, 09:03 AM
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they just built an outrageous $20M house next to my old high school. every now and then ill see him rolling around in a baby blue bentley drop top if im home for the holidays. gotta keep a lookout for this!
here's his house: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ex...ed=0CBQQ8gEwAA
the one with the motorcourt
here's his house: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ex...ed=0CBQQ8gEwAA
the one with the motorcourt
12-10-2010, 10:25 AM
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^^and 
freestyles always make me laugh. I haven't been into hip-hop/rap for a while now but that was nice. You totally left out Canibus though.
and meh, a Veyron. It's more of a status symbol than anything. If it said he got a McLaren F1, then I'd truly be jealous.
freestyles always make me laugh. I haven't been into hip-hop/rap for a while now but that was nice. You totally left out Canibus though.and meh, a Veyron. It's more of a status symbol than anything. If it said he got a McLaren F1, then I'd truly be jealous.
12-10-2010, 05:20 PM
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I don't get it either FWIW. He's basically the Ryan Seacrest of hip hop music...selling generic plain vanilla to vast swaths of the mainstream audience, and he's become hugely wealthy doing it.
12-10-2010, 06:37 PM
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. . . and by his 42nd b-day they'll be divorced and the car will be crashed, thrashed and trashed.
