Slim Thug claims that during the mixtape era, he made more money selling his mixtapes than any other rapper out.
“At a young age, as a teenager, when I first met Michael ‘5000’ Watts, he showed me that I can do something that I love to do. I’ve learned self-value from day one,” he said in the clip below.
He continued, “No n-gga underground made more money on mixtapes than me independently. Not them n-ggas [DJ] Drama and them either. They was giving they sh-t away. Our wholesale price was eight [dollars]. No n-gga was getting more money than us who did it that long. No n-gga did it as long as Slim … underground, getting paid off mixtapes. No n-gga, period.”
Slim Thug says he earned more money from mixtapes than anyone else. pic.twitter.com/73kmOkWHDK
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Slim Thug is an American rapper who gained mainstream attention for his guest performance alongside Paul Wall on Mike Jones’ 2004 single “Still Tippin’.” The following year, he made a guest appearance alongside Bun B on Beyoncé’s 2005 single “Check on It,” which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100 and won an MTV Music Video Award. After his success, he signed with Interscope Geffen A&M and the Neptunes’ Star Trak Entertainment to release his debut album, Already Platinum (2005), which peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. Furthermore, he made a guest appearance on Gwen Stefani’s 2005 single “Luxurious,” which peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100.
