Some Raponimics Info . . . . .

Paid in Full -- Putting a Price on 10 Hit Rap Lyrics

1. 50 Cent on "Baby By Me"

"Have a baby by me, baby, be a millionaire . . ."

Item: Child support costs
Pricetag: $10,000 /mo.
Item: Living expenses for wife or baby mama
Pricetag: $15,000 /mo.
Total: roughly $6,000,000 by the time the child turns 21

2. Jay-Z on "Empire State of Mind"

"I'm up at Brooklyn, now I'm down in TriBeCa / Right next to DeNiro, but I'll be hood forever"

Item: Condo in TriBeCa
Pricetag: $6,000,000

3. Lil Wayne on "On Fire"

"Gasoline, shes on fire / Put her out, but matter fact / Take her out, cause shes on fire"

Item: Flame retardant underwear
Price: $50

4. Gucci Mane on "Lemonade"

"Yellow boat parked at the dock, Yellowbone gon', make it drop / Flip da flop mine up the top, then go buy me a yellow yacht"

Item: Yellow boat
Price: $1,000,000
Item: Additional yellow yacht
Price: $1,000,000
Total: $2,000,000

5. Pharrell on "Popular Demand"

"That new CL slide / outside of Popeyes, eatin' chicken and fries"

Item: Mercedes-Benz CL class Coupe
Price: $160,000
Item: 2 pieces of chicken with a side of fries. And what the heck, a Sprite.
Price: $6.98
Total: $160,006.98

6. Rakewon on "Surgical Gloves"

"Bags of black, f*ck the feds / paper's in Aruba, gold tuba from Bermuda"

Item: Tuba made of gold
Price: $20,000 (a 20 pound tuba made of $1000 a pound gold)

7. Kanye West on "Run This Town"

"I bought my whole family whips, no Volvo'"
Item: 10 non-Volvo cars - let's say 10 $100,00 BMW 7 Series sedans
Pricetag: $1,000,000

8. Kid Cudi "Cudderisback"

"Stay home alot, no TV / just thoughts and a heap of good weed / same jeans, same old converse / Bape tees n the Wally, sole works

Item: An eighth of an ounce of high grade marijuana
Price: $80
Item: APC jeans, Converse sneakers and Bape tee ensemble
Price: $250
Total: $330

9. Gucci Mane on "Wasted"

"I'm so wasted / she's so wasted / shout the bartender send twenty more cases"

Item: 20 cases of Cristal (for the sake of argument)
Pricetag: $144,000

10. The Dream on Fabolous' "Throw It In The Bag"

"I keep her in Louboutin, Louie Vuitton / Gucci down to her feet, yup just like me"

Item: Total look Gucci outfit
Price: $6,000
Item: Louis Vuitton bag
Price: $3,000
Item: Louboutin shoes
Price: $700

Total: $9,700

(StreetLevel)