Slim Thug has called out those who wish they had $1 million to their name, claiming it isn’t enough to make a broke person happy.
Taking to Instagram on Monday (June 17), the Houston rapper put out a PSA to anyone who believes seven figures in their bank account will change their life around.
“If you broke, a million dollars is not enough,” he began. “If you broke, stop saying, ‘If I had a million dollars, I’d be good for the rest of my life.’ No you won’t.
“If you broke, you got a million dollars worth of shit you need to buy right now. You need a house, car, most of y’all muthafuckas gonna spend money at the mall. You gon’ celebrate you got a million dollars. By the time you do all that shit, you gon’ be broke again.”
Instead, Slim Thug claimed having a high work rate and reaping the benefits of your success is what life’s truly about.
“So stop saying, ‘If I had a million dollars’ — it ain’t about a number,” he said. “It’s about being a hard worker every day and grinding every day, and keep going and keep going. It’s a lifestyle, it’s not a destination.”
He added: “So stop putting a destination on your goals if [you] had a million dollars. Grind every day and get you some income forever.
DJ Paul added in the comments: “I know a rapper that just got a million and broke because he forgot taxes is 400k of that,650k in cali.”
In 2012, Slim Thug released a book called How to Survive in a Recession and talked about the ways people spend their money during his press run.
“Some people are riding around in a Benz, but die and don’t even have enough money to be buried,” he said on Houston’s 97.9 The Box at the time.
“That may sound like a harsh statement to many, but it is true for so many more. You need to feel like you are committing a crime once you go in your cash.”
Speaking to KHOU about the common mistakes that people who fall into new money make, he said: “[They] forget that they have to pay taxes and what the check says isn’t really what they have. I myself am even guilty of rapping about spending money in careless ways.”
He basically just described himself and projected it onto everybody else. Like who in the hell goes to the mall in 2024 except a dusty dude like Slim? He always saying some stupid shit.
Nah Slim got over a million in cars probably alone. Too bad they don’t pay you to post on here hating everyday, you’d be rich.
Is he stupid? Million dollars can be the START of something great, people like him love to try to project intelligence but anyone w an actual IQ knows hes stupid as shit.
Slim has a successful real estate company and has made good investments. You probably should evaluate your own accomplishments or lack of before you try to discredit him.
LOL @ weirdos getting offended. He’s got a point. If you’re broke you don’t have the financial literacy to keep that money.
Who told you that? Not everyone is as stupid as the people you champion for 😆 stick to the ghettos
Yes, financial literacy comes from how much you have. SMH.
The news stories keep getting worse…this site really fell off. Hard.
I ain’t mad at slim thug, everybody got an opinion. But why the fuck does joe Walker feel like we give a fuck? The avg IQ of the staff and commenter here is painful to watch.
I’ll tell you what, why don’t send me a million or even half if you.can afford it and I’ll tell you how good I will be. Carry on!!!
The kind of people he’s talking about don’t read books.