Have you ever wondered what hip-hop songs personal finance bloggers or a best selling author of a personal finance book listens to? For this project, my mission was to travel across the personal finance blogosphere to find out the answer to this question! I e-mailed a bunch of them asking something like this, ‘What are your favorite hip-hop songs that get you pumped to knock out debt like Deebo knocked out Red in Friday or contain some lyrics about money.” Most of the bloggers I reached out to thought this project was an awesome idea and I will tell you who they are and what songs they suggested later in the post! First, I will discuss the rapper who, in my opinion, can get us pumped up the most to destroy our debt.
Who made a song about paying back their loans with their first advance from their record label deal? If you guessed Dee-1, then you would be correct! If you guessed someone else, please Spotify, Google, and/or Wikipedia his body of work now before reading the rest of this peerless post! Dee-1 or Sling Shot David is someone who is a perfect fit for this list; he is a rapper who is financially conscious. So financially conscious that he was a special guest at FinCon 2017 in Dallas. Take a look at the video of him performing his hit song Sallie Mae Back below. He even starts crowd surfing around the 3:29 mark! Sallie Mae Back and his song was on my initial list of FI Hip-Hop songs.
The first blogger I reached out to was J. Money, the founder of Rockstarfinance.com and owner of Budgets Are Sexy. He recently sold Rockstarfinance.com to John from ESI Money so that he could spend more time with his family. Congratulations, J! And thanks again for featuring my article From Broke Phi Broke to Financially Woke on Rockstar last Thursday.J. Money suggested I add For the Love of Money and the first track off the Hamilton soundtracks that is about how Hamilton was a hustler.via GIPHY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhinPd5RRJw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXE_n2q08Yw
Shame on you for stealing her song, J! Erin from Brokemillennial.com had this song at the top of her list, too! To take a look at Lee’s list titled 10 Songs About Money, click here! She has a reggae gem called Money in My Pocket on her list that I fell in love with. Also, she suggested I add Baby Huey’s Hard Times because it has been sampled by a lot of hip-hop artists!
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=19&v=XDvzigpBuwE
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMIzTh0Lafg
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvHYWD29ZNY
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNTBb1u6UGg
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrLequ6dUdM
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiF6-0UTqtc
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mdIWaRi-7c
- https://youtu.be/8aRor905cCw
- https://youtu.be/k6M5C-oKw9k https://youtu.be/z432Pwci0-Y
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrORbZ2dS08
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mco3xpXfnsU
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y66j_BUCBMY
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vaqcprl19VI
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RubBzkZzpUA
When I reached out to Erin from BrokeMillennial.com and author of Broke Millennial, I honestly thought she would not respond. To my surprise, she responded relatively quickly and informed me that she had created a Spotify playlist for her book release party, which can be found below! Thanks a million for sharing the playlist with me, Erin! I cannot wait to read your book.
You Might Also Like
