There were two things that Tyga was famous for. The first is that he was romantically involved with Kylie Jenner. The second was his rap music career. We suspect that he'd rather those two things were the other way around, but when you get close to the Kardashian family, their fame will always eclipse yours. Now there's another thing he's famous for - he doesn't have any money. It's not because he doesn't earn any - it sounds like he just doesn't like to pay his bills.
In 2013, he 'borrowed' a designer watch with a value of $180,000 from a jeweler in Los Angeles, and then never gave it back. He then took out a series of leases on properties, but failed to pay rent on many of them. He did the same thing with a fleet of luxury cars. Eventually, his Ferraris, Bentleys, properties and everything else was repossessed from him, leaving him with the small matter of being sued by three models who claim he'd used unlicensed footage of them in a music video.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.