#Socialites, do you think it’s fair for celebrities to splurge on Mega Millions tickets with the hopes of wining billions of dollars? With a jackpot of a whopping $1.28 billion, DJ Khaled, Quality Control Music’s co-founder Pierre “Pee” Thomas, rapper DDG, and more all trying to get a piece of the pie and social media has something to say!
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DJ Khaled, Pierre ‘Pee’ Thomas, DDG & More Caught Splurging On Mega Millions Tickets With A $1.28B Jackpot
In addition to the aforementioned celebrities, ‘Love & Hip Hop Atlanta‘ star Tommie Lee and former baseball star and 1501 Certified Entertainment founder Carl Crawford also bought into the hooplah.
Each of these heavy hitters purchased dozens of tickets, but some of their fans think it’s greedy and downright wrong of these millionaires to gamble for the lotto billions with the rest of us. Do you agree?
Some social media users are slamming your favorite celebs after they took to their respective Instagrams and Twitters to show off their handfuls of Mega Millions tickets.
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QC’s Pee first took to his Twitter to show off a wad of Mega Millions tickets and captioned the tweet, “Why not?”
The label executive immediately caught backlash from the folks over on Twitter.
While some fans came for his looks, tell him “Your wide nose a** outta line!,” others proposed, “Rich people really gotta be banned from the lottery bro greedy sloppy sh*thead.”
Others continued to call him “selfish” and “greedy,” adding that the “rich get richer” and “won’t even help out those in need.”
One other user said, “You are already wealthy. You, unlike most Americans, are in a position to where your connections and the wealth that you have already acquired, could very easily become a billionaire based off that alone. Why try to hoard wealth from everyday Americans?”
Pee eventually responded to the backlash and said:
“How the hell y’all mad at someone for trying to hit the mega million for a a billion? If y’all don’t the f**k on with that sh*t. Ain’t nobody trying to be working every day like this.
Take advantage of every opportunity. Don’t sit around playing like the game gone wait for you cause it’s not. Keep hustling.”
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DJ Khaled took to his Instagram with a wad of Mega Millions tickets and captioned the post, “I got mine did you get yours? Are you focused? I AM!” Commenting, QC’s Pee said, “right *crying face emoji*”
However, the fan weren’t here for it. As most mimicked those on Twitter calling Pee “greedy,” other told Khaled to “Leave it for us poor people” and “Let somebody else eat too.”
Others said “Celebrities should not be allowed to do this” and others admitted, “These the type of people that I hope don’t win.”
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The backlash continued to roll in as rapper DDG showed off his own wads of tickets., claiming, “First time playing the lottery. Beginners’ luck.”
DDG’s fans told him what he’s doing “ain’t fair” and that he bought all these tickets, “Just for an old man named Hubert in Rhode Island to win.”
Others asked the rapper to “let [them] hold a couple of [tickets because their] kids need school stuff.”
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