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There’s a pretty hot market for hip-hop memorabilia as the genre celebrates its 50th anniversary, and now, a new relic has hit the market in the form of the pink Range Rover Cam’ron drove in a music video.
Cam’ron was one of the more notable names to step up and fill the void that formed in New York City in the wake of the death of The Notorious B.I.G., and the undisputed leader of The Diplomats (the crew that also boasted Jim Jones and Juelz Santana) helped thrust Harlem into the spotlight.
2002’s Come Home With Me (his third studio album) was an absolute classic that included timeless tracks like “Hey Ma” and “Oh Boy,” and in 2004, he followed it up with Purple Haze, which included arguably the best verse of his career on “Down and Out” in addition to the infectious “Killa Cam.”
While Cam’ron didn’t drop a full music video for that second song, he devoted the second half of the one for “Get ‘Em Girls” to spit the first verse while showing off the bright pink Range Rover that “looks like Laffy Taffy.”
While I can’t say I’ve routinely found myself wondering about the fate of that particular vehicle, it appears it’s ended up at a repair shop in Alpharetta, Georgia that’s selling it for $16,000.
It’s safe to assume there’s a fairly small market for a pink Range Rover with an all-pink interior that’s seen better days (especially one with 100,000 miles on it), but I’d honestly have a hard time resisting the urge to buy it if I had more money than I knew what to do with.
While $16K certainly isn’t a tiny number, I’d argue it’s a downright bargain for a pretty amazing piece of hip-hop history (especially when you consider he claims he turned down a $300K offer for his even more iconic pink fur coat).