Surprisingly Awesome Financial Advice From Hip-Hop Stars

“Money tree is the perfect place for shade.” – Kendrick Lamar

We all know money doesn’t grow on trees, but enough of it does provide a certain amount of security. On “Money Trees,” Kendrick Lamar doles out some wisdom like how hot sauce makes Top Ramen taste kind of awesome (seriously, try it) and violence isn’t really the answer. Lamar also takes a brief second to talk about the importance of saving. A savings account can be your shelter from the storm, or in Lamar’s case the shade away from a scalding sun. He also later equates this to drug use (“dreams of me getting shaded under a money tree”) but his greater message is that money can give you an escape. In Lamar’s case it was his way out of the projects.