It shouldn’t be news that a rap star has a sick ride. I mean, have you ever seen ‘Pimp My Ride’? That show is pretty much the pinnacle of suburban excess. Sometimes I wish they’d follow up that show with a ‘Where Are They Now’?
You know. Where the people with the pimped rides were re-united with cameras, and the world could see the toll it takes on a car battery to constantly operate giant 50” televisions that nobody asked for. Or their girlfriends when they were like, ‘You don’t need a giant amplifier in your car. Your band is going nowhere and it saps so much energy.’ The point of this is Kanye West just bought a sweet ride. The kind of ride you’ll never be able to afford, because you will never write a song as good as ‘All of the Lights’. A 1.7 million dollar Mercedes McLaren SLR. The kind of car that middle school boys hang on their wall when they run out of women to hang on the wall – the only kicker?
There’s no windshield. You pay 1.7 million dollars for a car that’s the ultimate status symbol and put yourself out there to have your eyes raped with insects.
Swag.
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Dan
May 24th, 2011 - 7:58:53 AM
You can see more info here: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/kanye-west-drives-mercedes-slr-stirling-moss-at-cannes-ar109976.html That is a sweet ride!
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