This Millionaire Rapper is Proof That Consistent Effort Beats Natural Ability

A high amount of money for a low level of success

Joseph Mavericks
6 min readFeb 15, 2023

Have you ever heard of Lil Yachty? I wouldn’t be surprised if you haven’t, he’s far from world-famous. He’s a 25-year-old American rapper who got his breakthrough thanks to mostly hyper-autotuned teenage songs, and “mumble rap”. Here is a peek at his Billboard charts, which track the performance of singles and albums in the music industry:

He’s never had a number 1 hit, has 17 songs on the list, with “only” 2 of those making into the top 10. Don’t get me wrong, it’s better than I’ll ever do, but that’s not enough to make you rich and famous. Or is it?

Lil Yachty lives in a sumptuous 5,335 square feet, a 3-car garage lake house in Georgia that he bought in 2020 for $1.5M.

He also bought his neighbor’s house, because he doesn’t like having neighbors. The rapper owns many fancy cars, including a Rolls Royce and a Ferrari. He…

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Joseph Mavericks

Living with a purpose and improving myself is changing my life — I also make Youtube videos: bit.ly/3QAEXTm