Last year, Badshah made headlines by becoming the first India-born musician to own a Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series II. With the high-end SUV added to his garage, he joined an exclusive list of owners that includes Mukesh Ambani, Shah Rukh Khan and Ajay Devgn. However, the rapper has now revealed that the luxury purchase, priced at around Rs 12.45 crore on-road in Mumbai, was driven by impulse and that the thrill did not last very long for him. Badshah candidly admitted, in an interview with Curly Tales, “I think buying the car was very impulsive. Jaldi se decide kar liya ki aaj lena hai (I decided quickly that I will buy it today). Badshah Wali feeling hai. Its a good car. 10-15 minute raha tha uska high (The high of buying the car lasted for 10-15 minutes) and then you are like what next?”
Talking about his love for luxury, Badshah shared that he wants to tick off everything on his bucket list, including owning the best technology has to offer. “Mera mann karta hai ki jo bhi best hai technologically wo mere paas ho (I wish to have all best things technologically). Log kehte hai naa ki best gadi hai (When people say it is the best car). So I want to have all those things,” he said.When posed with a hypothetical question about saving a luxury item if his house were on fire, the rapper answered without hesitation. “I would save the car. I will have to live in the car then,” he said. Asked to choose between Rs 5 crore in cash or limited-edition watches, Badshah instantly opted for the watches, stating, “Every limited watch would be worth more than Rs 5 crore.”Despite his indulgence in expensive purchases, Badshah confessed that he remains mindful of costs. “I have to see the price tag first. I hope it never comes to the point that I don’t check the price tag,” he admitted.Frequently labelled a materialist, Badshah said he isn’t bothered by the tag and offered his own definition of the term. “I don’t feel anything when people say I am a materialist. What is being materialistic? It is that you love things. I value my relationships more than I value material things. But I love my material things too. I love wearing good clothes, driving good cars, wearing good shoes…I like it,” he explained.He was quick to add that people always come before possessions in his life. “Agar koi mera bahut achchha dost hai, usne meri gaadi thok di to main pehle poochunga if he is fine (If my good friend ever hits my car, I will first ask if he is okay). Only when I am sure of his well-being then I will take his class,” he said.Badshah also revealed that he avoids discussing the actual cost of his luxury items with his parents. “I never tell my parents how much my watches cost. I didn’t think they will even believe that a watch can cost this much,” he shared.Before making it big in the music industry, Badshah worked as a civil engineer. Recalling an incident from his early career, he spoke about a question he once asked an IAS officer that left his colleagues stunned. “The social ecosystem is like the wealthy people are not nice. When I was working as a government officer. I was posted at Mount Sundar Nagar in Himachal Pradesh. There the financial commissioner is the basically the administrative head and he/she is an IAS officer. So, he was retiring and he asked if we have any questions for him. I asked him, ‘When businessman or athlete drive Mercedes then people credit their hard work, but when a government employee does that, they call him a thief.’ To which he replied very beautifully. He said it depends what your Mercedes is in your life. Matlab aapki life mein aapki Mercedes kya hai. Everyone around me asked me to sit down, saying what type of question you are asking, I was very young. I remember I was 23.”
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