| Author | Message | ||
| Tim N (Timn88)
Intermediate Member Username: Timn88 Post Number: 2399 Registered: 6-2001 |
So it looks like he just invested very wisely. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bio.asp?oid=2822&cf=2822 he turned $10,000 into the sh*tload of $ he has now. I wish he was in charge of my funds. | ||
| Tim N (Timn88)
Intermediate Member Username: Timn88 Post Number: 2398 Registered: 6-2001 |
"b. Percy Miller, 29 April 1970, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. As the founder of the highly successful underground hip-hop label No Limit Records, Master P is the mastermind behind one of the biggest commercial sensations of the late 90s. With mainstream labels disassociating themselves from the gangsta rap genre, Master P and his crew of MCs have tapped a rich vein with a remarkable glut of gangsta-related product. Miller grew up in New Orleans, a city with a violent underbelly but far removed from the urban centres that would become associated with rap music, New York and Los Angeles. He spent time in California as a teenager, and eventually moved to that state to study business in Oakland. Left a substantial sum of money by his grandfather in the late 80s, he invested it in a music store in Richmond, California, No Limit, before starting the label of the same name in 1990. Noting a gap in the market for hardcore rap records with street beats, Master P and his production team Beats By The Pound began churning out records characterised by their use of lifted hooklines and rather clich?d G-funk backing." taken from http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/master_p/bio.jhtml | ||
| Manu (Manu)
Member Username: Manu Post Number: 645 Registered: 2-2002 |
MASTER P is a rapper??? I thought P-Diddy would be richer than him - Not many people in the UK have even heard about Master P ...... Silly looking 360 Spider and yet strangely cool at the same time... I think I'm losing it.  | ||
| Spyder (Spyder)
New member Username: Spyder Post Number: 9 Registered: 10-2002 |
Looks kinda carbon fiberish.. Have you ever seen a funky painted little low rider pickup with hydraulics with the Tasmanian Devil on it. The guys name is air brushed on the side door. Personally I think it looks like crap. The funny thing is there is some girl out there that would love to have her name air brushed on the other side. And you know what, that girl is exactly what he is looking for. Other words, P did it for some reason and it wasn't for me. | ||
| nick m........ (Nickm)
Junior Member Username: Nickm Post Number: 191 Registered: 8-2001 |
I thought the car looks kinda interesting. The guy is oviously an innovator, not a follower. Thats why he's got the cash and we dont! (betcha he's got different wheels on the car by now). | ||
| Bart Boonacker (Sharky666)
Junior Member Username: Sharky666 Post Number: 186 Registered: 9-2002 |
At first I thought it was just a yellow spider with the shade of a fence on it, but reading the posts it's really painted like that  IMHO it's friggin' ugly, but if I got it, well no complaints here. I just can't understand why someone wants to •••• up a Ferrari like this. But lucky tastes are different. | ||
| Ernesto (T88power)
Intermediate Member Username: T88power Post Number: 1218 Registered: 2-2001 |
The founder of BET is, like Ernie stated, black. His name is Robert Johnson I believe, and he sold the company to Viacom. He remained in day-to-day control of the network for a little while, but finally quit and left. Now he is starting a new channel, don't remember about what though. Ernesto | ||
| Dan (Bobafett)
Member Username: Bobafett Post Number: 254 Registered: 9-2002 |
Ernie: that's applicable to anyone. The most shameless display of such exorbitance *always* goes to the man I dislike the most: Larry Ellison (don't even get me started). If ever there was an inferiority complex... --Dan | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Intermediate Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 2140 Registered: 8-2002 |
Ernie, i was told that the owner of BET was a white guy- Is this true...? Did he purchase it from the founder or is my information completely false...? If the founder and current owner are two different people, do you know their names...? | ||
| Dino Micalizio (Ingenere)
New member Username: Ingenere Post Number: 35 Registered: 12-2001 |
Money doesn't by class or taste. All this needs is a gold package and a TV...How 'bout a big 'ol Caddy Escalade monstrosity painted the same way. hmmmmm...I'd rather walk, but it's his coin | ||
| Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
Member Username: Ernie Post Number: 538 Registered: 11-2001 |
Hey what ever floats your boat. If that's what makes him happy then why not. It is HIS car, and he does have the money to do it. If he wants a Gucci piant job, have at it. How ever, I would not do that to my car. As far as him being worth $1B, that is a big NO! He is how ever worth over $250M. Now for the richest American black man, well that award goes to the founder of Black Entertainment Television. He was the first black man in this country to become a billionare. See what you guys are for getting is that sometimes people get so much money that they just don't know what to do with it all. So what they end up doing is trying to out do one another. In the world of rap videos thats what it is all about. One might say "Oh yeah well I have a Benz". Then the other "Well my Benz have gold plated rims". "Oh yeaaaah, well do you have a Ferrari". "Not only do I have a Ferrari but my Ferrari has a Gucci paint job" and so and so forth. This is what the Old Money people did back when they were New Money. But they did it with houses. Hearst Castle is one example of this. Hey there are people that call us "Dumb" for owning a Ferrari. To each his own. | ||
| John A. Suarez (Futureowner)
Member Username: Futureowner Post Number: 438 Registered: 3-2002 |
There is no way in hell Baby is worth $1,000,000,000. But his platinum teeth with diamonds in them are worth a pretty penny. Craziness | ||
| Dan (Bobafett)
Junior Member Username: Bobafett Post Number: 250 Registered: 9-2002 |
Michael: I wouldn't be too sure. They did, however, recently receive a 100M 3 year contract... --Dan | ||
| Michael Yip (Mightyslash)
Junior Member Username: Mightyslash Post Number: 122 Registered: 4-2002 |
I'm sure Baby "the Birdman" (CEO of Cash Money record) is richer than him. That dude has like a billion. Man, these lucky guys are still making a lot of money in this suck @ss economy | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Intermediate Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 2128 Registered: 8-2002 |
Jordan, from what i understand he's pretty intelligent and a very shrewd business man... Modman, isn't Michael Jackson the richest black person in america...? i mean, if we can look past the bleached-skin jokes, on a serious note...? | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 333 Registered: 12-2002 |
How well was he educated? There are so many great hard working people who will never see that kind of money... Moral of the story...Become a rapper! | ||
| Modified348ts (Modman)
Member Username: Modman Post Number: 445 Registered: 11-2001 |
He don't need bling bling wheels, all he has to do is say uhh, uhhh, na na na na as he opens his mouth and bling bling there it is so no need for big 29" chrome wheels to take the shine away. Supposedly he's the richest black man in the U.S. from what I've heard, pretty impressive entrepenuer. | ||
| Jamil Jamal (Jameel)
New member Username: Jameel Post Number: 30 Registered: 9-2002 |
I guess it's true what they say, money can't buy you taste! According to Forbes he's worth around $280 Million. I was watching a show called "Livin' Large" and they showed Master P with a $2 Million, yes a $2,000,000 watch! Now that's a lot of Bling Bling (as they say). | ||
| Eric Eiland (Eric308gtsiqv)
Member Username: Eric308gtsiqv Post Number: 587 Registered: 11-2001 |
Ron...I thought the exact same thing...looked just like a chain-link fence! | ||
| Ron Thomas (Ronsupercar)
Member Username: Ronsupercar Post Number: 436 Registered: 5-2002 |
At first glance I thought the picture was taken behind a fence and you guys were commenting on the gold paint. Upon further investigation I realized, THERE IS NO FENCE, THAT IS THE PAINT.. WWWOOOOOWWWWW!!!!!! What was he thinking! My take is this. If someone is worth the kind of numbers you guys were throwing around, who cares what he does to his own property.. We may all think, what was he thinking about. He did it cause he could. Bottom line.. Some may think a 360 spyder in Tour de France blue with a red interior is ugly. I don't.. If you ask me, this Gucci paint would be awesome as a Challenge car paint idea. Don't hate, just appreciate. | ||
| rob ferretti (Robiferretti)
Junior Member Username: Robiferretti Post Number: 59 Registered: 4-2002 |
Once a... always a | ||
| Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator Username: Rob328gts Post Number: 3497 Registered: 12-2000 |
I like it. Not the price though, think of all the beautiful vintage ferraris you could get for $450k. | ||
| Miguel Dias Ferreira (Chenrezi)
New member Username: Chenrezi Post Number: 16 Registered: 2-2003 |
Hnestly? I don't care how it looks. If he gave it to me, Ild love it!! A Ferrari is a Ferrari, You can paint it any colour you like, but its stil a Ferrari. It's whats inside that counts (funny, I usually listen to this aplied to people, not cars..)! | ||
| William Badurski (Billb)
Junior Member Username: Billb Post Number: 143 Registered: 6-2001 |
Look at it this way... at least it's one 360 Spyder that's going down in value. Should send a JC Whitney catalog to him to hurry the process along. | ||
| ross koller (Ross)
Member Username: Ross Post Number: 689 Registered: 3-2002 |
no accounting for bad taste is there? | ||
| D B (Threesixty)
Junior Member Username: Threesixty Post Number: 128 Registered: 8-2002 |
In 1999 (4 yrs ago) he was at almost $400 million, so I'm sure it's alot more than that now. | ||
| nick m........ (Nickm)
Junior Member Username: Nickm Post Number: 189 Registered: 8-2001 |
Master P is makin' money ALL OVER the place! 2 Mondays ago I sold a custom Porsche I had to Bazooka speaker Co. they are doing a signature line of amps & speakers for him (no Bazooka name on the equiptment, just the Master P name) They are loading my former car with tons of Master P stereo equiptment. It will be going to 25 shows this summer and fall, then sold back to Master P at the end of its tour. How much money do you think he will make off of this??? They picked up my car with a nice race car trailer that is going to be used for Master P racing team. I guess a nitro-motorcycle. He's into EVERYTHING. When they came and pick up the car they had just come from his house in Bel Air Ca. his next door neighbor? Sylvester Stalone. Were talking houses worth tens of millions. "P" has bank. | ||
| John A. Suarez (Futureowner)
Member Username: Futureowner Post Number: 433 Registered: 3-2002 |
I thought last year he was estimated around 275 million......This dude is ballin out of control | ||
| Tazio (Tazio)
New member Username: Tazio Post Number: 2 Registered: 2-2003 |
a fool and his money?i've worked for P on quite a few films/vids and like a lot of those rappers they will pay a premium for whatever they want. he ended up with one of those 350K spyders before it was sent for paint etc. | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Intermediate Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 2035 Registered: 8-2002 |
Andrew, Master P is loaded...! Like others said, i would need to see more pictures of it before making my own, personal assesment of it... It's very unique, though... William Badurski, i love the "circus rims" and hope he's got a set on this car- that would certainly add to it's um... diversity... Bottom line, would i take it...? #@$% yeah...! | ||
| D B (Threesixty)
Junior Member Username: Threesixty Post Number: 127 Registered: 8-2002 |
Master P has an empire, and should be close to the billion dollar mark now, if not there already. | ||
| Andrew Menasce (Amenasce)
Member Username: Amenasce Post Number: 566 Registered: 10-2001 |
Do they make that much money or arethey just dumb enough to spend all they have ? For blowing $3 millions u gotta be Billions rich or at least a couple hundred millions rich .. Gotta start singing again ! | ||
| Dave (Maranelloman)
Member Username: Maranelloman Post Number: 742 Registered: 1-2002 |
BLING BLING, baby!!! | ||
| William Badurski (Billb)
Junior Member Username: Billb Post Number: 141 Registered: 6-2001 |
It's only a matter of time until the "circus wheels" appear on this disaster. | ||
| William H (Countachxx)
Intermediate Member Username: Countachxx Post Number: 1936 Registered: 2-2001 |
what a friggin IDIOT!!!!!! Whats the matter Ferrari isn't exclusive enough for him ? "Investing" 450k in a 360 ? I have a few bridges he can "invest " in also LOL | ||
| John (Modenaf1fan)
Junior Member Username: Modenaf1fan Post Number: 91 Registered: 11-2002 |
if u think thats crazy.check this, his master bedroom is worth $3mill | ||
| Tim N (Timn88)
Intermediate Member Username: Timn88 Post Number: 2331 Registered: 6-2001 |
Its his car and ferraris are all about personalization, its what he likes and he spent his $ on it. i dont see why anyone thinks they can say anything more than they simpky dont like it. | ||
| Matt Lemus (Mlemus)
Intermediate Member Username: Mlemus Post Number: 1997 Registered: 8-2002 |
I know there is a lot of talk about the car but from the pic there is really not a whole lot to see. | ||
| Ernesto (T88power)
Intermediate Member Username: T88power Post Number: 1205 Registered: 2-2001 |
very bling bling... missing chrome wheels... whatever turns you on! Ernesto | ||
| Mr. Doody (Doody)
Member Username: Doody Post Number: 760 Registered: 11-2001 |
i'm gonna get letter bombs, but i kinda dig it. i wouldn't want it for my own car, but i "get it". way better than that flat-green 456 someone posted the other day. it's a trippin' car. i'm sure gucci would custom fit gonad sheaths for Master P. tremendous publicity that the star is even paying them for! ditto the airbags (though i agree on that, WTF?). i'd like to see more pics of it - the whole thing - with better lighting. doody. | ||
| Ryan550 (Ryanab)
Member Username: Ryanab Post Number: 274 Registered: 3-2002 |
$450,000????? P sifted through ashtray in the Bentley to find that kind of money. Too bad he doesn't realize that one doesn't have to customize a Ferrari for it to look cool... Least he left the rims stock.. for now. | ||
| Pat Pasqualini (Enzo)
Junior Member Username: Enzo Post Number: 245 Registered: 2-2002 |
That is the worst looking piece of cacca i have ever seen. Ferrari should take that away from him and then sue him!! | ||
| William Huber (Solipsist)
Member Username: Solipsist Post Number: 664 Registered: 9-2001 |
I know F chat members have discussed this before, but no one had a pic of the car. Well, here it is in all its messed up glory. A friend of mine just sent this. What a way to f**k up a Ferrari. $50,000 est. Gucci Paint Job. (Funny, I didn't know Gucci was now an auto paint manufacturer) Master P also put in Louis Vuitton air bags. (WTF???) He has $450.000 invested in it. Like I said before, it's bound to wind up on Ebay soon or the New Auto Toy Store. I am going to be sick�  |