"Wanna Be a Baller" is a 1998 hit single from Lil' Troy

Lil' Troy

Troy Birklett, better known by his stage name Lil' Troy is an American rapper from Houston, Texas.-Life and career:Before his rapping career, Birklett was a successful drug dealer, who funded his music business with the money he earned from selling drugs...

's debut album Sittin' Fat Down South

Sittin' Fat Down South

Sittin' Fat Down South is the first album by southern rapper Lil' Troy. The album was produced by Bruce "Grim" Rhodes and certified platinum on October 12, 1999 by the RIAA with over 1.9 million copies sold in the United States.-Tracks:...

, which went to number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 charts. It was produced by Bruces Rhodes and featuring Big T, Yungstar, Fat Pat

Fat Pat

Patrick Lamark Hawkins , better known by his stage name Fat Pat , was a rapper from Houston, Texas who was a member of DEA with his brother John "Big Hawk" Hawkins and DJ Screw, and an original member of the Screwed Up Click.Wreckshop Records released his first two albums, Ghetto...

, H.A.W.K. and Lil' Will. The lyrics "Wanna Be a Baller, Shot Caller" were initially used in Puff Daddy's 1997 single "It's All About the Benjamins

It's All about the Benjamins

"It's All About the Benjamins" is the fourth single released from the Puff Daddy album No Way Out. The song is about living one's lifestyle as if one were rich, and the importance of being seen to have money. "Benjamins" are slang for $100 bills , a reference to Benjamin Franklin's image on the bills...

". Rapper Slim Thug

Slim Thug

Stayve Jerome Thomas , better known as Slim Thug, Boss Hogg or Thug Boss, is an American rapper. He gained mainstream attention for his contribution to the popular single from rapper Mike Jones, "Still Tippin'"....

 did a freestyle over the beat on his mixtape I Represent This. The beat is a sample of Little Red Corvette

Little Red Corvette

"Little Red Corvette" is a song by the American musician Prince. Released as a single from the album 1999 in 1983, the song was his biggest hit at the time, and his first to reach top-10 status in the U.S., peaking at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart...

 by Prince

Prince

Prince is a general term for a ruler, monarch or member of a monarch's or former monarch's family, and is a hereditary title in the nobility of some European states. The feminine equivalent is a princess...

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The chorus was written by southern rapper E.S.G.

E.S.G.

E.S.G. is a rapper from Houston, Texas. He helped to popularize the "chopped and screwed" style of rap music. Debut album Ocean of Funk was released in 1995 and he released albums regularly since then.-Studio:...

, who was never credited, he frequently states this fact in his songs.