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Rapper Schoolboy Q Celebrates His Birthday with a McLaren 12C

He’s been teasing fans about an upcoming album for quite a while now, but nothing listenable has yet been released. Meanwhile, it appears his latest album Oxymoron keeps paying the bills. As a matter of fact, it does more than just funding his daily expenses, considering Schoolboy Q bought a McLaren 12C just in time for his birthday.
Rapper Schoolboy Q Celebrates His Birthday with a New McLaren 12C 1 photo
Photo: CLM on Instagram
It’s hard to point a finger towards the perfect birthday gift, but on a brief notice, I’d say my best present was a two-day off-road trip into the mountains with all the expenses included. That’s pretty much how cool things went so far, but people regularly call me the non-conformist of the group, considering I’m not exactly the materialistic type. Perhaps I'm not a good example.

Nevertheless, we’re pretty sure most of you guys haven’t received a McLaren as a birthday gift either. The one in question - they nowadays only call them 12C - may not be the most recent contraption in the line-up, but that doesn’t make it any worse.

Carbon fiber composite chassis and a mid-mounted McLaren M383T 3.8-liter V8, twin-turbo engine define this supercar, while its performance is just at the right level. Its power plant develops 600 PS and around 443 lb-ft (601 Nm) of torque, which is more than enough for any car aficionado. Heck, the 12C is using Formula One-sourced tech such as “brake steer,” while power is transmitted to the wheels through a seven-speed seamless shift dual-clutch gearbox.

Now, since we consider ourselves quite acquainted with rappers’ auto style, it’s safe to say Schoolboy Q is not what you’d regularly call on top of his game nowadays. As you all know, since April last year, the 12C is no longer in production, as the younger 650S replaced it. Taking this with a grain of salt, some rappers in the biz could almost call this fellow low on cash, but we’re sure there are a lot of fans who’d switch seats anytime.

 

Congrats to @groovyq #mclaren on his bday #clm #forgiato

A photo posted by Calabasas Luxury Motorcars (@clm91302) on Oct 26, 2015 at 5:47pm PDT

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