Former Highest Paid WR Antonio Brown Who Once Trashed a $30 Million Contract, Shares His Not So Humble Pay Check as a Rapper

Published 10/10/2022, 1:30 PM EDT

NFL bad boy and athlete-turned-rapper Antonio Brown is making moves. Or at least it looks like he is. The former Tampa Bay Buccaneers vowed he will not stop until he becomes the best artist in the world. Is he one of the best artists? That is a tricky question to answer (for many, the answer may already be a big no). However, the star WR probably does not care because of a big, fat check he pulled from a record label.

Every man knows what went down in the game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the New York Jets. The MetLife Stadium saw the most bizarre thing that happened in Antonio Brown’s career. In the third quarter, when the Bucs trailed the Jets by a score of 24-10, AB did the most shocking thing.

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Just talked to Bruce Arians who said he was trying to get AB to go into game & AB refused. Tried again Brown refused & Arians told him to get out. On if he saw AB take his jersey off.
“Yeah, I did. Never seen anything like it in all my years.” @NFLonFOX
— Jay Glazer (@JayGlazer) January 2, 2022

The notorious wide-out took his jersey and pads off and ran off the field. He waved at his fans while jogging to the end zone, eventually into the tunnel. Understandably, this upset the coach, Bruce Arians. The receiver had been invited to enter the game by Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians, but Brown refused. Arians refuted a claim made by NFL Network that Brown had informed him of an injury. Arians said that the WR was out of the team. But cut to 2022, the 34-year-old is probably living his best and most lavish life.

i get paid to rap #PutthatshitOn pic.twitter.com/rnNerHOr2O
— AB (@AB84) October 9, 2022

On Twitter, the Super Bowl-winning WR shared a picture of his paycheck from Secure The Bag Record Label. The check shows off a whopping amount of $150,000. That is a lot! He captioned the tweet: “i get paid to rap #PutthatshitOn.” Fans in the comment section compared his earnings from singing to that of the time when he was one of the best wide receivers in the NFL.

Antonio Brown jeopardized his own money

When he was with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the 4 times First-Team All-Pro proved himself as the best out of the best. The Miami native got a five-year, $42.5 million contract extension after having a strong second season with the Steelers that featured 69 catches for 1,108 yards. And in 2017, the Steelers gave him a four-year, $68 million extension. But he did not stay with the team any longer.

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The Raiders acquired a guy for two mid-round picks but ultimately did nothing to advance the team. Instead of improving the offense, Antonio Brown stirred up a commotion. Because of his many controversies, for instance, his refusal to wear a league-approved helmet to a verbal altercation between him and the general manager Mike Mayock of the Raiders.

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Due to his own actions, AB went from encouraging the Raiders to commit him to a contract with a guaranteed $30 million to losing his job, seriously harming his reputation, and jeopardizing his prospects of recovering all that money.

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Neha Joshi is an NFL writer at Essentially Sports. She is currently pursuing her postgraduate degree in English Literature from R.D National College, Mumbai and has also previously worked as a Graduate Intern at Jacobs.

Former Highest Paid WR Antonio Brown Who Once Trashed a $30 Million Contract, Shares His Not So Humble Pay Check as a Rapper

Antonio Brown jeopardized his own money

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