Lil Uzi Vert, a boundary-pushing emo rapper born Symere Woods, had a 10-carat pink diamond implanted in his forehead to act as a sparkling third eye. The procedure cost $24 million. Then he invested a relatively small $4.4 million in a modern glass-walled villa in Bell Canyon, a guard-gated, outlying equestrian community that weaves through picturesque mountains at the suburban edge of Los Angeles’ enormous San Fernando Valley.

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The bling-loving, anime-obsessed, Bugatti Veyron-driving mixed tape superstar, whose 2017 debut studio album (“Luv Is Rage 2”) was certified double platinum, and whose second studio album (“Eternal Atake”) rocketed to number one on the Billboard 200 after its March 2020 release, is almost as well known for his fearlessly flamboyant and playfully gender-bending fashion choices as he is for the music he creates;

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The Philadelphia native now has a show-stopping property in which to store all of his daring expensive clothing after purchasing a gorgeous, roomy, and light-filled home on the outskirts of Los Angeles, about 30 miles and an hour’s drive from Beverly Hills. The two-story house has five bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms, with sweeping views of the city lights and mountains on about 1.5 acres. At the top of a driveway that climbs up a rough hillside, it is hidden behind gates.

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