Slim Thug has never been one to hold his tongue, and he is now making a bold claim: that he has profited more from the mixtape game than any rapper, ever.
In a video caught by The Art of Dialogue, the H-town veteran boasts that “no n-gga made more money off mixtapes than Slim.”
“At a young age, as a teenager, when I first met [Swishahouse co-founder] Michael ‘5000’ Watts, he showed me that I can do something that I love to do,” Slim began. “I’ve learned self-value from day one. 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 shit 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 has been releasing mixtapes, primarily via his own Boss Hogg Outlawz label, for almost a quarter-century, beginning in 2000. Check the video below.
Slim Thug says he earned more money from mixtapes than anyone else. pic.twitter.com/73kmOkWHDK
— The Art Of Dialogue (@ArtOfDialogue_) July 21, 2024
Claiming his title among mixtape makers isn’t the only financial talk Slim Thug has delivered lately. Last week, he called out those who wish they had $1 million to their name, claiming it isn’t enough to make a broke person happy.
Taking to Instagram on Monday (June 17), the Houston rapper put out a PSA to anyone who believes seven figures in their bank account will change their life around.
“If you broke, a million dollars is not enough,” he began. “If you broke, stop saying, ‘If I had a million dollars, I’d be good for the rest of my life.’ No you won’t.
“If you broke, you got a million dollars worth of shit you need to buy right now. You need a house, car, most of y’all muthafuckas gonna spend money at the mall. You gon’ celebrate you got a million dollars. By the time you do all that shit, you gon’ be broke again.”
Instead, Slim Thug claimed having a high work rate and reaping the benefits of your success is what life’s truly about.
“So stop saying, ‘If I had a million dollars’ — it ain’t about a number,” he said. “It’s about being a hard worker every day and grinding every day, and keep going and keep going. It’s a lifestyle, it’s not a destination.”
He added: “So stop putting a destination on your goals if [you] had a million dollars. Grind every day and get you some income forever.”
