The 6 “Most Expensivest” Foodstuffs 2 Chainz Has Tried So Far

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It took roughly 14 years in the rap game before 2 Chainz finally became a household name. Born Tauheed Epps in College Park, Georgia—and first rhyming under the moniker Tity Boi with hip-hop duo Playaz Circle—the MC learned a little something about struggle and sacrifice over the years. But once 2 Chainz hit the big time—recording platinum albums, launching a clothing line, and signing artists to his record label—he never looked back, embracing  only the finer things.

With that in mind, it only makes sense that the Atlanta rapper would eventually partner with GQ for a show called “Most Expensivest Shit,” a web series which follows 2 Chainz as he samples some of most decadent, over-the-top items money can buy. Over the course of the show’s three season, 2 Chainz has tested out a $500,000 bong, a $50,000 pair of sunglasses, and, of course, some ridiculously expensive foods and drinks.

Throughout the rapper’s career, 2 Chainz has often established himself as a rap game gourmand. Just last month, the rapper released his most recent mixtape, Hibachi for Lunch, and treated 20 fans to lunch at an Atlanta Benihana. Earlier this year, he announced that his first restaurant and lounge, Escobar, would soon be opening in the city, and over the years he’s frequently rapped about his eating and drinking habits in his lyric, shouting out everything from snacks (“Gucci flip flops, I got bunions on bunions / Yellow ring look like a Funyon, or somethin’”) to Chinese takeout (“I just call her boo, I don’t know her whole name / Keep it on the low mane, all we eat is lo mein”).

Throughout the rapper’s career, 2 Chainz has often established himself as a rap game gourmand. Just last month, the rapper released his most recent mixtape, Hibachi for Lunch, and treated 20 fans to lunch at an Atlanta Benihana. Earlier this year, he announced that his first restaurant and lounge, Escobar, would soon be opening in the city, and over the years he’s frequently rapped about his eating and drinking habits in his lyric, shouting out everything from snacks (“Gucci flip flops, I got bunions on bunions / Yellow ring look like a Funyon, or somethin’”) to Chinese takeout (“I just call her boo, I don’t know her whole name / Keep it on the low mane, all we eat is lo mein”).

Now, as 2 Chainz has solidified his place as one of the most prolific food rappers in the business, we pause to appreciate the "most expensivest shit" the rapper has eaten and imbibed over the years. 

The 23-karat gold-dusted popcorn from Berco's Popcorn.

Though at first glance, a $5 price tag might not sound too extravagant for a rapper of 2 Chainz's means, when you realize that's an Abe Lincoln for just one kernel of popcorn, the scales begin to shift a little bit. Covered in 24-karat gold flakes and doused in rare, ultra-pricey salt from Denmark, a tub of Berco's ​"Billion Dollar" retails for roughly $500.  

The $295 cheeseburger from New York City's Serendipity 3.

Though these days it feels like 2 Chainz eats gold for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Le Burger Extravagant from New York City's Serendipity 3 was the rapper's introduction into the wide world of shiny edible metals. Holding the Guinness world record for the most expensive burger, $295 patty was prepared by chef Joe Calderone, and topped with caviar, quail egg, and cheddar that's been aged in a cave. As if that wasn't enough, the whole mess is sandwiched between a gold-dusted bun. "This burger right here costs more than your iPhone," Chainz says. 

The $600 per pound Kopi Luwak coffee made from cat poop.

"Most Expensivest Shit" took an odd and highly literal turn when Chainz tested some incredibly pricey java made from actual cat shit. Running customers about $600 per pound, Kopi Luwak is made after nocturnal mammals called civets poop out partially digested coffee cherries. Still, the coffee isn't even the priciest part of the ordeal. If you include the machine used to make the rapper's a cappuccino, you'd run up a tab of roughly $9,400.

The $1,000 gold-flaked sundae from Serendipity 3.

Enabling the rapper's addiction to gold flakes, Serendipity 3's Joe Calderone links up with 2 Chainz again to whip up the "Golden Opulence Sundae"—a bowl of ice cream not only topped with gold flakes, but served on a gold dish. Though the ice cream is vanilla—universally believed to be the most boring of flavors—the treat is anything but plain. With vanilla flavors taken from Tahiti and Madagascar, the ice cream is topped with chunks of the world's most expensive chocolate, as well as imported French candied fruit, and, of course, a sugar flower dipped in edible gold. How much will Golden Opulence Sundae cost you exactly? A cool $1,000. Oh, and did we mention the spoon is gold, too?

The $100,000 “diamond-infused" martini from Vaucluse Lounge.

Inviting his fellow GOOD Music comrade Big Sean along for the ride, 2 Chainz sets out to try the world's most expensive martini at Vaucluse Lounge in Los Angeles. The two rappers watch as their bartender pours a French vodka into a pair of glasses, garnishing his creation with with a $10,000 diamond. After watching 2 Chainz's jaw hit the floor, the bartender proceeds to up the anti, introducing viewers to the $100,000 martini. Hey, at least you get to keep the diamond. 

The $100,000 mineral-infused water from Beverly Hills 9OH2O.

Though most Americans find the prospect of a $3 bottle of Fiji a bit extravagant, 2 Chainz invites Diplo to try the world's most expensive H2O with America's only water sommelier. After going through a few bottom-shelf bottles, Chaniz's guide breaks out the white gloves and a silver briefcase, unveiling a full, $100,000 water experience. After unscrewing the bottle's 14-karat diamond top, the sommelier pours the high-end agua (courtesy of the aptly titled company Beverly Hills 9OH2O) into two wine glasses. No matter where you are in the country, the sommelier will fly the water out to you and do a personal tasting. 

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