Is this properly accounting for the regional pricing differences of "good girls" and "bitches"? Lil Wayne has lived in a sprawling mansion in Miami, but also now lives in New Orleans. Are we just supposed to accept at face value that the costs are fixed across both localities?
Additionally, Kanye appears to be referencing wholesale costs of "bitches" as he's talking about getting them in quantities of 1000, while Lil Wayne is clearly buying in retail prices at only 12 "bitches" at a time.
There's too many inconsistencies to determine objective pricing from the data provided.
There may be an arbitrage opportunity here
Possibly, but it may be high risk. I'm certainly no authority on the subject, however Jay-Z, with a net worth of $2.6 Billion ( source ) doesn't seem to think its worth the risk. .
He told us "I got ninety-nine problems, but a bitch ain't one".
Excellent questions. I look forward to reading your research paper on this subject.
A cross-sectional study would likely yield some short term answers, but the real work will require a longitudinal study to tease out trends in different regions and possibly even impacts from seasonality to take into account price fluctuations and determine volatility. This is well beyond my resources, but the grant application almost writes itself.
There may be parallels that could be learned from examining the price spike in the prison economy during April 2009.
"Prison Economy Spirals As Price Of Pack Of Cigarettes Surpasses Two Hand Jobs"
Then what are the goodest girls worth?
Who's a good girl? You are! Who's a good girl? You are!
No way that's worth only $8.33. Though at a shelter you can rescue one for basically free (+ medical).
They be out there giving away the best bitches for free smh
So, 16 50-cents, with some change left?
17, no? 16 would be $8
I knew taking four years of Applied Rap Math would pay off.
Worth and cost are different. They may be worth 8 but how much it costs to get one?
Just try not to fall victim to shrinkflation when youre shopping for one
I was in the pool!
I don't know how you guys walk around with those things.
That means that you can get a good girl with a side of freedom for under $10, and still have enough for a can of soda, a dime candy, and a couple pieces of gum.
This builds on the earlier JayZian work which showed that a bitch ain’t = 1
Which in turn builds on research by Dre et al. concluding that bitches ain't nothing.
These guys should be on the Supreme Court.
That’s a joke, right?
Eh, not worth it, I'll keep being a bitch.
I'll take three, please!
I'm not gonna start trusting financial advice from anyone who investes money in gold jewelry for their teeth.
I mean, if you get arrested and get your assets seized, you can just sell that stuff off. That's what pimps did back in the day.
Probably a wise choice.
