{"id":2084942,"date":"2025-10-12T00:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T00:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2084942"},"modified":"2025-10-12T00:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T00:48:12","slug":"lil-wayne-buys-swizz-beatz-a-1-8-million-6x6-truck-for-his-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lil-wayne-buys-swizz-beatz-a-1-8-million-6x6-truck-for-his-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil Wayne Buys Swizz Beatz a $1.8 Million 6&#215;6 Truck for His Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/swizz-beatz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Swizz Beatz;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Swizz Beatz<\/a>\u2019s 47th birthday, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/lil-wayne\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lil Wayne;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Lil Wayne<\/a> got the producer a million-dollar-plus gift that he\u2019ll never forget.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Swizz hopped on social media on Thursday (Oct. 9) to reveal that insanely expensive b-day gift \u2014\u00a0a Brabus 6&#215;6 truck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a video of the car being delivered to him, Swizz expressed his excitement for the luxury vehicle, saying that he would use it to &#8220;go camping with the family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis a million-dollar-plus gift, don\u2019t get it twisted,\u201d the producer said. \u201cThank you, my brother. I love you, I appreciate you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/shop?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_campaign=shop2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:COMPLEX SHOP: Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what's next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><b>COMPLEX SHOP:<\/b> Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what&#8217;s next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While Swizz didn&#8217;t confirm the truck&#8217;s model in his video, it appears to be the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brabus.com\/en-int\/cars\/supercars\/brabus-xlp-900-6x6.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:XLP 900 6x6;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">XLP 900 6&#215;6<\/a>, which the company nicknames the &#8220;Superblack.&#8221; That model, per Brabus, is &#8220;based on the Mercedes-AMG G 63,&#8221; which is why Swizz refers to it as a &#8220;Benz truck.&#8221; That model is listed for sale on secondary sites for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formacar.com\/en\/mercedesbenz--gclass-amg--57732--article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:around $1.6 million;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">around $1.6 million<\/a>, while <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vi2Pw1Mf4ME\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:this video;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">this video<\/a> has it at $1.8 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Swizz and Wayne go way back. They connected on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/news\/ruff-rydercash-money-tour-dates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:this tour;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">this tour<\/a> in 1999 when they were junior members of their respective cliques, Ruff Ryders and Cash Money \u2014 something Swizz recalls fondly in his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPk7tpQDQpi\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:caption;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">caption<\/a> for the truck-delivery video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They have worked together on several occasions over the years,\u00a0including their 2018 collab \u201cUproar\u201d \u2014 a song that seemingly caused a bit of creative tension between them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During an appearance on the <em>Hot Boxin\u2019<\/em> podcast, Swizz revealed that Wayne wasn\u2019t a huge fan of some altered vocals that Swizz placed on the song.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis was the last record,\u201d said Swizz. \u201cI kind of messed with his vocals. He didn\u2019t like that and then I talked to Mack [Maine]. I said, \u2018This gotta be more than just a freestyle because he rapped all the way through.\u2019 There wasn\u2019t no break points.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Swizz went into detail about how he took one of the lines that Wayne rapped and restructured it to become the chorus of the track \u2014\u00a0a decision that Wayne didn\u2019t like at first, but eventually came to terms with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Back in 2011, Wayne spoke out about a leaked collaboration with Swizz, \u201cDear Anne,\u201d that he didn\u2019t like \u2014\u00a0not because of the producer this time, but because he wasn\u2019t a fan of his lyrics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThat was actually a record for <em>Tha Carter III <\/em>that just leaked,\u201d said Wayne during an interview with <em>XXL<\/em>. \u201cIt leaked out and everybody\u2019s thinking that it\u2019s going on <em>Tha Carter IV&#8230; <\/em>But I had been listening to it and didn\u2019t like it. I don\u2019t like it \u2018cause the song, all the verses are old. 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