---
title: "Rapper Says He’s Buying an Entire Planet"
description: "Rapper Lil Uzi Vert says he’s working on buying the gas giant exoplanet WASP-127b in what would certainly be the first purchase of its kind. Unfortunately, Uzi, who previously embedded a $24 million diamond into his forehead and joined Grimes in a vow to embed computer chips into their brains to […]"
date: "2021-07-23"
modified: "2021-08-04"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/rapper-buying-entire-planet"
categories:
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "grimes"
  - "lil uzi vert"
  - "space"
  - "the digest"
---

# Rapper Says He’s Buying an Entire Planet

![Rapper Lil Uzi Vert and Grimes say that Uzi is in the process of buying the exoplanet WAS-127b. Experts say that's total nonsense.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/rapper-buying-entire-planet.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: \<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lil\_Uzi\_Vert.jpg" target="\_blank"\>Roberthenryfilm/Futurism\</a\>\</em\>*

## We Bought a Planet

Rapper Lil Uzi Vert says he's working on buying the gas giant exoplanet WASP-127b in what would certainly be the first purchase of its kind.

Unfortunately, Uzi — who previously embedded a $24 million diamond into his forehead and [joined Grimes in a vow](<https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1358299231048486915>) to embed computer chips into their brains to obtain the "knowledge of the Gods" next year — may not have [the firmest grasp](<https://futurism.com/universities-space-law>) on space law, [per *Insider*'s reporting](<https://www.businessinsider.com./grimes-claims-lil-uzi-vert-buying-planet-experts-say-bogus-2021-7>). Experts told the outlet that buying an exoplanet is legally impossible (and even if it *were* legal, would Uzi be able to afford it? Probably not). Still, the nonsensical announcement raises important questions about who owns the cosmos (no one) and what it would take for that to change.

## "Heads Up"

The news, if it really is that, broke on Wednesday when Grimes [quote-tweeted](<https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1418064353224364034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1418064353224364034%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fgrimes-claims-lil-uzi-vert-buying-planet-experts-say-bogus-2021-7>) an artist's rendition of WASP-127b and said "Apparently \[Lil Uzi Vert\] owns this planet – just a heads up."

https://twitter.com/LILUZIVERT/status/1418065544239108098

Uzi then [chimed in](<https://twitter.com/LILUZIVERT/status/1418065544239108098>) to say that he was "still working on it" and that the purchase was supposed to be a surprise. Grimes then [added another tweet](<https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1418066102182055938>) to say "Documentation almost complete for \[Lil Uzi Vert\] to legally claim WASP-127b – this is huge!"

https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1418066102182055938

## Cocktail Napkin Contract

Sadly, unless Grimes and Uzi held a secret meeting made a deal with some sort of galactic council, whatever documentation the duo is talking about will hold as much legal weight as those cutesy "name a star after yourself!" certifications.

"If someone sold him a planet or he thinks he own this planet in the normal sense of the word, it's simply not true," University of Nebraska-Lincoln space law professor Frans Von der Dunk told *Insider*. "It's fraud."

The 1967 Outer Space Treaty, though [largely toothless nowadays](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/space-war-usa-china-russia>), still forbids any government or earthling from claiming ownership of off-world territory.

"You can give them your money, but it doesn't mean anything," Ram Jakhu, the director of McGill's Institute of Air and Space Law, told *Insider*. "There will always be companies trying to sell you things. If they can make money off you, why wouldn't they? But that doesn't mean it's legally recognized."

**READ MORE:** [Grimes and rapper Lil Uzi Vert claim he's in the process of 'legally' buying a planet, but experts say it's 'bogus'](<https://www.businessinsider.com./grimes-claims-lil-uzi-vert-buying-planet-experts-say-bogus-2021-7>) \[*Insider*\]

**More on space law:** *[These Four Universities Are Trying to Figure Out Space Law](<https://futurism.com/universities-space-law>)*

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

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