20 Bourgie Foods and Drinks Found in Rap

These restaurant bills must read like a rent payment.

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Mo' Money, Mo' Steamed Mussels With White Wine - When you see the numbers in your bank account quadruple, you swap fried finger foods for butter-basted lobster tails. It's natural to venture into high-end tastes when that's what surrounds you. Like many well-respected emcees we know, one works hard to live well, drink well and dine well. In celebration of success, here are 20 bourgie eats and drinks mentioned by the rappers who live by that mantra. —Janice Llamoca(Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

'Talk a buck 80 if the Bentley is the topic (That Grey Poupon)' in 'We Fly High' by Jim Jones - Well, you can’t be eating basic mustard when you’re riding in your $180,000 Bentley.(Photo: Prince Williams/WireImage)

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'Talk a buck 80 if the Bentley is the topic (That Grey Poupon)' in 'We Fly High' by Jim Jones - Well, you can’t be eating basic mustard when you’re riding in your $180,000 Bentley.(Photo: Prince Williams/WireImage)

'White B***h' - Don Logan has never been shy about his hustle and occasional play in the snow and hits a few lines like, "Squares in my trunk and all in my nostrils / Snow bunny get me more money / Order more lobster." (Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

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'I’m at the round table, where your seat at? / Where your plate, where your lobster, where your sea bass?' in 'Power Circle' by Rick Ross Featuring Gunplay, Kendrick Lamar, Meek Mill, Stalley and Wale - According to Gunplay, the kind of meats you eat when when you sit at Rick Ross’s round table will likely not be grass fed. (Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

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'In a French a** restaurant / Hurry up with my damn croissants' in 'I Am a God' by Kanye West - Eating freshly baked croissants in a high-end French restaurant in France is a huge pinky-up moment for pastries and rap. But you can’t rush greatness, Kanye.(Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

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'She grew a bush like a baby plant / Still I ate it, just think of it as bucatini and razor clams' in '9-24-11' by Action Bronson - If food is going to be a metaphor for genitalia, it might as well be high-end and carefully curated.(Photo: Samir Hussein/Getty Images for Red Bull)

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'I had a lot of diamonds dropped in that motherf**ker / Two lobster tails, that's for dinner, motherf**ker' – 'My First Reply (’Til It’s Over)' by Dom Kennedy - While the rest of us eat lobster on a special occasion, Dom eats two tails for a casual dinner.(Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

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'I can fill ya with real millionaire s**t / Escargot, my car go, one-sixty, swiftly' – 'Hypnotize' by The Notorious B.I.G. - Add snails cooked with garlic butter to your taste palate if you're a budding millionaire.(Photo: Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)  

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'From selling ‘caine ’til brains was fried to a fricassee' – 'Can I Live' by Jay Z - Not all bourgie foods are meant to be aesthetically pleasing.(Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for TIDAL)

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'Used to run the street, young n***a bare feet / Now I’m in the suites and I’m eatin’ crab meats' in 'Mafia Music' by Rick Ross - A story of rags to riches that ends with William Roberts II and a lovely array of fine seafood meats.(Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Power 105.1's Powerhouse 2015)

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'Haven't you all heard / Y'all all herbs / I stick toothpicks in y'all hors d’oeuvres.' – 'You Ain’t Got Nuthin' by Lil Wayne Featuring Fabolous and Juelz Santana - Juelz takes the battle from the streets to fancy cocktail parties. Sticking a toothpick in a stranger’s tray full of tiny morsels is the equivalent of getting son’d in a rap diss.(Photo: Fernando Leon/Getty Images for Grungy Gentleman)

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'I don’t eat no meat, no dairy, no sweets / Only ripe vegetables, fresh fruit and whole wheat' – 'Be Healthy' by Dead Prez - Eating healthy is a privilege. Switching to Whole Foods instead of your local market to supplement your vegan lifestyle is too.(Photo: Flashpoint / WENN)

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'I don’t eat no meat, no dairy, no sweets / Only ripe vegetables, fresh fruit and whole wheat' – 'Be Healthy' by Dead Prez - Eating healthy is a privilege. Switching to Whole Foods instead of your local market to supplement your vegan lifestyle is too.(Photo: Flashpoint / WENN)

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'Cancun, catch me in the room eating grouper' – 'Buck 50' by Ghostface Killah Featuring Cappadonna, Method Man and Redman - If the grouper is pricier than the filet mignon on the room service menu, always go for the grouper. (Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

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'Got the lamb rack, pan-roasted, laced it with fennel / Little yogurt that been drizzled over might be a winner' – 'Nordic Wind' by Action Bronson - The chef-turned-rapper proves he can make lamb, fennel and yogurt rhyme and blend together for one mouthwatering dish.(Photo: Splash News)

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'And you do dinners at French Laundry in Napa Valley / Scallops and glasses of Dolce, that s**t’s right up your alley' – 'The Ride' by Drake Featuring The Weeknd - Aubrey knows about the finer things in life, like seafood and wine, specifically liquid gold from Napa Valley.(Photo: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

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'Yeah, living the raw deal, three course meals / Spaghetti, fettuccine and veal' – 'It’s All About the Benjamins by Puff Daddy Featuring The LOX - I guess when your income is six figures, you make your own three-course meal and swap the cheesecake for veal.(Photo: Brad Barket/Getty Images for Time Warner Cable)

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'Cuttlefish, cut up on the beach, out the sea / Mix it with lime juice, smidgen of its own ink' – 'Dreamer' by Action Bronson - There goes Action again. This time, giving us a cuttlefish recipe bar by bar.(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)

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'Champagne on the rocks, sporting a Fort Knox Lazarus / Shark salad with carrots, pork chops and applesauce' – 'Banned From TV' by N.O.R.E. Featuring Nature, The LOX, Big Punisher and Cam’ron - Big Pun clearly knew that when drinking Champagne while wearing a gold medallion, one must eat fish that isn’t sold at the local supermarket. How it’s prepared? Well, that’s a different story.(Photo: Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images)

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'Am I really just a narcissist / ‘Cause I wake up to a bowl of lobster bisque?' – 'I Love My B*****s' by Rick Ross - Shellfish, grilled or as a French soup, is classy and a sign of wealth. You work hard for that bisque, Rozay. You deserve it.(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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'It’s a damn shame / I’m just chilling eating lamb brain' – 'Thug Love Story 2012' by Action Bronson - Pretty positive that you won’t find lamb brain on the Cheesecake Factory menu.(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella)

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'Got a black belt on, Versace / Wanna get my eat on, Hibachi' – 'Boyfriend (Remix)' by Justin Bieber Featuring 2 Chainz, Asher Roth and Mac Miller - Hibachi has become semi-accessible to the masses with the Benihana chain, but eating hibachi while wearing Versace is on another level.(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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'A hundred keys at the piano plays across the Verrazano /  El Padrino in the villa in Venice slipping vino' – 'F**kWithMeYouKnowIGotIt' by Jay Z featuring Rick Ross - Sipping vino in Venice is certainly 10 stories above sipping wine at the local TGI Fridays during happy hour.(Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Live Nation)

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