The rapper and music producer owns two $200,000 machines that protect him from any attack on his integrity on every tour or publicity event. He knows more about these jewels of automotive engineering.
Before rising to world stardom, Curtis James Jackson sold crack in the poorest neighborhoods of queens, New York. And just like the breakout movie scripts, the South Jamaican-born became 50cent and already accumulates, only in Spotifya whopping 20 million monthly listeners.
However, sometimes it is difficult to escape from the past, even more so when it occurred in circumstances that could mark the rest of a life. This was the case of the composer of “21 Questions”who on more than one occasion he has suffered attacks against his integrity by some “pending accounts” that he left in his walk as a drug dealer.
Hence the winner of the Billboard Music Awards in the year 2003 have among its fleet of cars two Chevrolet Suburban with bulletproof armor. These two machines from the American manufacturer were initially conceived as vehicles for US troops in the Iraq war; nevertheless, some celebrities -including our 50- acquired some models for personal use.
With a value of 200 thousand dollars – not counting the bulletproof armor – this Suburban has a classic design to differentiate itself from its competition. Among the specialists of the matter they consider that this Chevrolet is the least SUV of the SUVs that we can find in the off-road market.
Inside its armor it keeps a 5.3-liter V8 gasoline engine that generates 355 horsepower and a 6-speed automatic transmission. Despite its well-crafted appearance and with strokes reminiscent of the finest of supercars, This Suburban has the soul of a tractor and can support up to 8,300 pounds of weight, hence 50 always use it when followed by an entourage of 8 passengers.
Despite the fact that this armor has not been liked at all in the central offices of Chevy, Fifty seems to ignore the criticism that reached his ears. And it is that after the tour that he is currently carrying out in Europe, the artist left his two suburban in charge of his girlfriend, Cuban Linkwho has been seen aboard both on the streets of California.
+ Let’s hope the Suburbans take good care of 50