The 25-year-old rapper, who ranks number five for social buzz on Mashable's mRank Leaderboard for musicians and bands, sent a tweet Wednesday to his 7.4 million followers: "The first million is the hardest."
Pickens, the 330th richest man in the U.S., responded hours later, manually retweeting Drake and adding "The first billion is a helluva lot harder." Forbes pins Pickens's net worth at $1.4 billion.
The first billion is a helluva lot harder RT @Drake: The first million is the hardest.— T. Boone Pickens (@boonepickens) May 31, 2012
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Drake fired back, saying Pickens "stunted on me heavy." Stunting means to show off one's worth or power.
@boonepickens just stunted on me heavy.— Drizzy (@Drake) May 31, 2012
Drake's reply netted more than 1,000 retweets. Pickens, who has 46,640 followers, does not follow Drake.
How People Reacted to the Twitter Exchange
But selling of the soul is easy, boys RT @boonepickens The first billion is a helluva lot harder RT @Drake:The first million is the hardest.— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) May 31, 2012
Wow. OWNED by an O.G. RT @boonepickens: The first billion is a helluva lot harder RT @Drake: The first million is the hardest.— Brian Strong (@briangstrong) May 31, 2012
Greatest. Tweet. Ever. RT @boonepickens: The first billion is a helluva lot harder RT @Drake: The first million is the hardest.— Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsRadio) May 31, 2012