Rapper Ace Hood Poses Next to His Corvette Stingray, Holding a Champagne Bottle

The American Rapper who’s “Top of the World” song was featured in the basketball simulation game NBA 2K10 seems to be getting pretty OK, considering he has just got himself a brand new Corvette Stingray C7 in white. Only thing that’s not right is that he likes posting photos taken next to the beast while holding on to a bottle of champagne.

The 26-year old American rapper is just going from good to better without any announcement. His career has already taken a turn for the glamorous, thanks to collaborations with famous artists like Ludacris, T-Pain or Akon. Ace Hood’s forth album “Trials and Tribulations” with his smash hit “Bugatti” pushed him into the land of celebrities.

However, what better way of showing of your success than posing around a 450 hp sports car? We’re talking about the pride of General Motors engineers, the seventh generation Corvette and the first to bear the Corvette Stingray name since the 1976 third generation model.

Let us remind you only a couple of features the guys from General Motors thought right for their new baby, released less than half of a year ago: direct injection, continuously variable valve timing and cylinder deactivation. The V8 has a displacement of 6.2 liters, delivering 450 hp and a peak torque of 450 lb-ft (610 Nm).

Now that’s a kind of a ride Antoine and his long time girlfriend, Shanice Tyria Sarratt, will definitely enjoy driving around. Again, we’ll have to hope the champagne is just for the show of.

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Grayed-Out S 63 AMG is Fit For a Gangsta Rapper [Video]

There aren't many adjectives with which you can describe the black/gray uber-luxurious and very powerful sedan in the following video, but “gangsta” is probably the most fitting in just about any context.

Starting from a brand new Mercedes-Benz S 63 AMG 4Matic, which is arguably the epitome of a luxury “Q-car” in more ways than one, the peeps from Savini Wheels transformed it into a “look at by dubs” mobile that is all about statement.

The most obvious modifications obviously reside in the forged Savini SV51-C wheels, which look like they could be 24 inches tall, or just small enough not to transform the car into a tacky donk-mobile, also called a hi-riser.

We say “small enough” because Savini offers the same type of wheel up to 32 inches tall, making just about any car fitted with them look like a modern Prairie Schooner while probably offering a similar ride.

Sure the S 63 AMG in the video below is far from being a donk, but we are pretty sure that the above-average S-Class comfort, acceleration and braking figures have been inevitably made quite a bit worse with the addition of those gigantic wheels.

On the other hand, the car certainly looks different and the carbon wheels themselves seem to fit the wheel wells perfectly thanks to the low tire walls, thus creating an almost concept car look when in motion.

In addition, Savini also blacked out all the chrome bits on the car, which creates a rather powerful contrast with what the S-Class represents but without being too tacky. Also, the gray predominant color is pretty good-looking in our view, but we may be the minority. What do you guys think?

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