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These celebrities found out the hard way that it takes a lot more than money and fame to ride a prancing horse.

A Ferrari is a quintessential supercar, synonymous with power and style. No matter where you go, if you’re behind the wheel of a prancing horse from Maranello, heads will turn. From world-class athletes to Hollywood A-listers, many of the richest and most popular celebrities in the world made sure they owned at least one Ferrari, and yet, at the same time, there are many who can’t.

The question then becomes, what does it take to be able to buy a Ferrari? Is it just a simple case of pulling up to the nearest dealership with a sufficient bank balance? Interestingly, the answer is no, as it takes far more than fame and money to be able to drive home with a Ferrari. Ferrari as a car brand is notorious for being very picky when it comes to selecting its customers. When your cars are produced in limited numbers and are extremely sought-after the world over, you can afford to be picky with who drives them.

It isn’t just money, but a potential Ferrari customer is vetted for their public image, their affiliation to the brand, their ability to keep the car maintained and running well, and finally, their capacity to buy more Ferrari models in the future.

As such, Ferrari has an infamous ‘blacklist’ of celebrities who, despite their money and fame, are not allowed to buy their cars. Let’s take a look at some celebrities in the automotive world as well as that of pop culture, who are banned by Ferrari from buying their cars.

According to TMZ, the popular tabloid news outlet, Tyga leased a 2012 Rolls-Royce Ghost and a Ferrari 458 Spider of the same model year back in 2016. However, before the lease on these cars ended, Tyga prematurely stopped making his payments, and thus, the cars were repossessed.

Furthermore, the company reported that the rapper still owed them around $45,000 on the Ferrari, and almost double that on the Ghost. Therefore, Tyga was sued by the company for the amount, including legal fees and interest. While these reports may very well be exaggerated, the bad publicity alone with Ferrari's name attached would ensure that the rapper wouldn't ever be considered an ideal candidate for Maranello.

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It is quite clear that Ferrari has some high standards with customers and what they can do after they drive off from the dealership, but they still don't take too kindly to extreme changes. Thus, when Canadian music producer Deadmau5 chose to deck his 458 Italia in a sky blue vinyl as a tribute to internet meme Nyan Cat, Ferrari simply wasn't happy.

Custom badging and floor mats made Deadmau5's case worse, and his 'Purrari', as he called it, became the reason that Ferrari served him a cease and desist letter to have custom emblems removed, after which the musician removed the Purrari badges, returning the car to its original white paint. Clearly, Deadmau5 is never getting his name on Ferrari's VIP list ever again.

Popular automotive journalist and critic Chris Harris wrote an article titled 'How Ferrari Spins' for Jalopnik back in 2011. In it, he claimed that the supercar brand from Italy optimized their test cars in a particular fashion to ensure the best possible results in performance tests for magazines, which aren't symmetrical with mass-production variants.

Naturally, this accusation did not sit well with Ferrari at all, and they banned him from their list of journalists who are entitled to loaner cars. Even though Chris Harris had quite the reputation amongst Ferrari enthusiasts through his online presence, it will almost always be a certainty that the company won't be getting him on their list anytime soon.

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For Canadian pop sensation Justin Bieber, it was not one, but a string of offenses that landed him on Ferrari's blacklist. First, the singer customized his Ferrari 458 Italia F1 Edition from West Coast Customs. Originally white, he got it wrapped in an electric blue color, and his biggest sacrilege was tampering with the Prancing Horse logo as well.

While this most probably would have been enough to set Ferrari off, Justin also reportedly lost his Ferrari for three weeks after a drunken night out in Los Angeles. It took his assistant three whole weeks to locate the car and paired with his blatant disregard for Ferrari's customization limits, it was only natural for him to end up on their blacklist, despite his celebrity. Clearly, he has a thing for customizing reputed luxury cars to all hell.

Ferrari cares heavily about their brand image worldwide, so when a popular rapper with a huge platform takes to social media to berate their car, it would naturally not be too thrilled about it. Rapper 50 Cent's Ferrari 488 ran into problems owing to a dead battery. As a result, he had to get the car towed, and he then took to Instagram to complain about the car.

50 Cent even went so far as to call the car a 'f***ing lemon', which obviously was the tipping point, if the deal hadn't been sealed already. This incident was more than enough to ensure that 50 Cent won't be seeing himself behind the wheel of a new Ferrari that he can call his.

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This one is more in the rumor territory, but it is almost known that popular American socialite Kim Kardashian has been on Ferrari's blacklist for several years now. The most likely reason for this ban is that she accepted a Ferrari as a wedding gift in 2011 from a Malaysian businessman who also happened to be a financial fraudster.

While Kim denied ever having received the car, RadarOnline reported that a source stated the car had been delivered to the Kardashian household. Kim Kardashian's Ferrari ban would always be vague since Ferrari would refrain from making a public statement on the topic, and Kim herself wouldn't be too keen on announcing that a car company banned her for life. What Ferrari made clearly certain is that Kim would definitely not be able to buy exclusive or special edition models, though.

Long-time Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage, through his movies, had once managed to become one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood at one point, but sadly, he ended up reportedly blowing his entire fortune. Of his millions earned, Cage had collected quite the car collection, which included a million-dollar Ferrari Enzo in 2003.

Sadly, when Cage went broke, several of his possessions were put up for auction, which included his Ferraris, and the Enzo as well. This hampered the Italian carmaker's brand image, who consequently put Cage on their blacklist. While back on his feet and happily doing movies, Cage surely wouldn't be able to bring home a Ferrari unless it is bought off the used car market.

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the wealthiest boxer of all time, and also one of the wealthiest athletes. Thus, one could be forgiven for assuming that Ferrari would be all too happy to sell him their cars, but he is reportedly on the infamous blacklist despite his vast wealth.

This is majorly due to his tendency to flour Ferrari's ownership rules that make an owner retain the car for at least over a year before even considering selling it. Floyd, on the other hand, is notorious for buying flashy new cars and selling them after just a few months of owning them, when he's done with showing them off. He isn't quite known as a 'car collector', and thus, for Ferrari, the megastar is unworthy.

If it has wheels and an engine, Samarveer Singh is going to be obsessed with it. He is a budding Indian motorcycle racer, competing at the national level in his country in his very first year, chasing his dream around every corner of the racetrack. A touring enthusiast, Samarveer is forever stuck between the urge to constantly redline his bike, or save its clutch plates for longer.