For Swizz Beatz’s forty seventh birthday, Lil Wayne received the producer a million-dollar-plus present that he’ll always remember.
Swizz hopped on social media on Thursday (Oct. 9) to disclose that insanely costly b-day present — a Brabus 6×6 truck.
In a video of the automotive being delivered to him, Swizz expressed his pleasure for the posh car, saying that he would use it to “go camping with the family.”
“This a million-dollar-plus gift, don’t get it twisted,” the producer stated. “Thank you, my brother. I love you, I appreciate you.”
While Swizz did not verify the truck’s mannequin in his video, it seems to be the XLP 900 6×6which the corporate nicknames the “Superblack.” That mannequin, per Brabus, is “based on the Mercedes-AMG G 63,” which is why Swizz refers to it as a “Benz truck.” That mannequin is listed for sale on secondary websites for round $1.6 millionwhereas this video has it at $1.8 million.
Swizz and Wayne go means again. They related on this tour in 1999 once they have been junior members of their respective cliques, Ruff Ryders and Cash Money — one thing Swizz remembers fondly in his caption for the truck-delivery video.
They have labored collectively on a number of events through the years, together with their 2018 collab “Uproar” — a tune that seemingly brought on a little bit of inventive stress between them.
During an look on the Hot Boxin ‘ podcast, Swizz revealed that Wayne wasn’t a big fan of some altered vocals that Swizz positioned on the tune.
“This was the last record,” stated Swizz. “I kind of messed with his vocals. He didn’t like that and then I talked to Mack [Maine]. I said, ‘This gotta be more than just a freestyle because he rapped all the way through.’ There wasn’t no break points.”
Swizz went into element about how he took one of many traces that Wayne rapped and restructured it to change into the refrain of the observe — a resolution that Wayne didn’t like at first, however finally got here to phrases with.
Back in 2011, Wayne spoke out about a leaked collaboration with Swizz, “Dear Anne,” that he didn’t like — not due to the producer this time, however as a result of he wasn’t a fan of his lyrics.
“That was actually a record for Tha Carter III that just leaked,” stated Wayne throughout an interview with XXL. “It leaked out and everybody’s thinking that it’s going on Tha Carter IV… But I had been listening to it and didn’t like it. I don’t like it ‘cause the song, all the verses are old. And me being a perfectionist, I hate going with old verses.”