New Orleans rapper Dee-1 recently spoke with DJ Smallz to explain why he drives around in a 1998 Honda Accord.
“I got one car, and it’s a 1998 Honda Accord,” Dee-1 says. “Right now, I think it got like 262,000 miles on it. Thugging! The car [is] almost 20. We had the sweet sixteen celebration for it a couple of years ago, when it turned 16, so it’ll be old enough to drink soon [laughs].”
Dee-1 says the reason he doesn’t drive expensive cars is because he doesn’t want his fans to think it’s the only way to define one’s success.
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“I’m not defined by my car,” he says. “I could buy me a Benz tomorrow if I wanted to, cash. I’m not no rich dude but I’m just telling y’all the truth, so don’t get it twisted. I could go buy something way doper tomorrow if I wanted to, but I don’t want y’all little young ones to look at it and feel like you’ve got to define your success as a human being by what kind of car you drive.
“You don’t need to define yourself with this fancy car,” Dee-1 adds. “I don’t have any less fans because of the car I drive. I really feel that way.”
Dee-1’s interview with DJ Smallz can be viewed below:
