Oh. My. God.
I (thankfully) have never seen the MTV reality show, My Super Sweet Sixteen, but apparently rap mogul Diddy was recently on hand to give his 16-year-old son, Justin, a star-studded bash and a $360,000 luxury sedan. Oy vey.
From the blog appropriately titled omg!:
His dad didn’t just throw Justin a huge, star-studded birthday party at the Manhattan club M2 Ultralounge on Saturday night. He also presented the youngster with a brand-new Maybach, wrapped in a red bow and parked outside the club.
The party, which was filmed for the MTV reality show “My Super Sweet Sixteen,” featured performances by rappers Fabolous, Lil’ Kim, and Jim Jones. Cast members from “Jersey Shore” were also there to wish Justin a happy birthday.
In addition to the wheels, Diddy gave his son a check for $10,000, which Justin immediately donated to Wyclef Jean’s charity Yele Haiti. And since the teenager doesn’t yet drive or have a license, Diddy provided him with a uniformed driver to escort the teen and his friends around Manhattan.
My reaction upon seeing the headline was I can’t believe the “Diddies” are flashing their wares while hundreds of thousands, if not millions, have been left homeless in Haiti. Sorry, I know it is judgmental, but I can’t help myself. You could say my reaction mirrored that of Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary: “I have never heard of that model of car and even if I had it like that, I wouldn’t give it like that. Would you? Let’s talk celebrity cash. If you were loaded like Diddy, would you give your child a sweet sixteen party and car collectively worth what several households make in one year?”
Seriously. So now I will pose the same question to you: If the cash was flowing like champagne, would you get your unlicensed 16-year-old a high-end car? What luxury items would you invest in or like to have?
