Elon Musk Gave The Kid Laroi Financial Advice
Billionaire businessman Elon Musk has spoken about his path to financial success in the past. One of the people who’s gotten firsthand wisdom from Musk is Gen Z Australian pop star The Kid Laroi.
The Kid Laroi burst onto the scene in 2021
The Kid Laroi first started releasing music in 2018, and he started rising to international recognition with his 2020 mixtape F*** Love. He released two more mixtapes in the F*** Love trilogy; F*** Love 3 contained his hit Justin Bieber collab “Stay,” which ended up hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
“Even when I feel down and I feel like I don’t want to do something, I need to remember that there’s so many people out there that would love to be in my position, and there’s so many other things I could be doing now that I would hate even more,” he told Complex in 2021. “Pretty much, this is my dream. I’m living out my dream, and this is what I always wanted to do. I have to always remember that, and be grateful for it.”
According to Billboard, The Kid Laroi became the youngest Australian solo artist to top the Hot 100 in history at just 17 years old; the last Aussie solo male vocalist to do so was Rick Springfield with his 1981 hit “Jessie’s Girl.”
The Kid Laroi got financial advice from Elon Musk
In a 2022 interview with Fitzy & Wippa on Australia’s Nova radio station, The Kid Laroi spoke about an encounter he’d had with Elon Musk. The Australian rapper appeared on Saturday Night Live in May 2021 for a performance of his song “Without You” with Miley Cyrus; Musk was the host for the evening.
Laroi recounted seeing the Tesla CEO at the afterparty for the show.
“He’s like, actually a really down-to-earth just he’s just like, hanging out,” he said. “So I went up, and I asked him, and he basically, yeah, he told me to invest in something that I love. Which I thought I thought was great advice.”
The Kid Laroi is focused on his music
The Kid Laroi is gearing up to release his debut album Kids Are Growing Up in 2022. Despite having such a high bar already set due to the success of “Stay,” he competes with no one but himself.
“I just make music and I put it out, and that’s good enough for me,” he told Complex. “I support my family. That’s how I measure success: the fact that I’m able to take care of my family. I don’t give a f*** what number it is on any chart, as long as I’m still able to support my family and keep everybody happy.”
