Surprisingly Awesome Financial Advice From Hip-Hop Stars

“Sold me the dream and I went and bought it. I can’t even afford it.” – Stormzy

On “Dreamers Disease,” British rapper Stormzy sings a financial truth many of us know too well: “Sold me the dream and I went and bought it. I can’t even afford it. Should’ve played it safe, put it straight to my mortgage.” Basically, you don’t need those $300 pair of shoes Instagram is telling you that need. The advertising world is trying to sell us thousands and thousands of things we don’t actually need, and we buy them without having a regard for our actual financial future. If we spend everything now, what do we have later?