Is It Stupid If You Can Afford It?

"They cost how much!!!!????"

Lil' Wayne was spotted at last month's NBA All-Star Game with custom Beats by Dre headphones on his head. The headphones, which were made with 114 carats of diamond by Graff Diamonds, were worn courtside by the rapper with a value of over $1 million dollars. Yes, you read that right.

Now, why someone would wear headphones to an all-star game is beyond me, but maybe he likes listening to music in crowds. The average person would read this and say that "it's the dumbest thing they've ever seen." They would probably also say that "only an idiot would spend that much money on headphones."

However, Lil' Wayne is rumored to be worth roughly $85 million dollars, so will this $1 million hurt him? Only if he allows himself to fall into the same traps that an Allen Iverson (blew $200 million) or MC Hammer (lost $35 million) did when they threw away their bucks. Iverson played 15 seasons in the NBA and was rumored to never take luggage on road trips. His teammates have even said that he would buy a new wardrobe in every city and just leave everything he bought in the hotel room when they left. MC Hammer had a waterfall in his swimming pool on top of buying elaborate gifts for his dance team (Rolexes, cars, etc.)

Lil' Wayne has been reported to own close to $4 million in vehicles and another $6 million in jewelry. That's $10 million dollars out of $85 million. Does he own property? Does he have investments? Who knows? He's rumored to be pretty smart with his money when it comes to making dollars from producing other rappers. Only time will tell if he goes broke or not.



Is it stupid if you can afford it?

Can The Minimum Wage Brothas Get Some Love, Too?

In today's society, we see Brad Pitt, LeBron James and even freakin' Justin Beiber with a following. They have fame, money and the spotlight in front of many cameras.

What if the world were different? What if the roles were reversed?

Instead of musicians, actors and athletes getting all of the glory, what if regular every day workers got the attention?

Imagine if Rasheed, Wal-mart employee, got all of the glory?

Instead of hundreds of cameras flashing just like when LeBron throws his ceremonial baby powder into the air before he starts work on the court, the cameras would flash when Rasheed clocks in to work!



His co-worker walks up on him and says, "Yo, Rasheed, you have six ladies waiting for you to handle clean up on Aisle 6 for that busted Pepsi Max 2-Liter."

"Man, I hate Wal-Mart groupies", replies Rasheed. "I just want to do my job and have my privacy like I told Oprah on her show last week."

Or maybe you're the guy working the overnight shift at FedEx Kinko's and you have 500,000 followers on your "CopyDeez" Twitter account.


You see, Carmelo Anthony doesn't have to be the only person ordering hits on Twitter.

Guys, can you imagine walking out of your job at Popeye's to be greeted by 20 screaming ladies at your car? "Nah, baby, I don't have any chicken for you tonight, boo."



Ladies, can the minimum wage brothas get some love, too? This is what I want every female who's reading this to do: get four of your finest friends, go to the nearest fast food restaurant and ask the guy working fries for his autograph. Break out the iPhone and take photos and post them on my "Thank, Q" Facebook page. Do whatever you can to make that guy's day. He may never realize why it's happening, but I guarantee you that he won't care. Look at it as a charitable flash mob event :)

Wow, it's truly dangerous for me to have too much free time on my hands. I'll blog about anything.