# Wanna be a baller, shot caller. Twenty inch blades on the Impala **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [January 15, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-be-a-baller-shot-caller-twenty-inch-blades-on-the-impala/930629 "2021-01-15T22:15:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-be-a-baller-shot-caller-twenty-inch-blades-on-the-impala/930629/1 "2021-01-15T22:15:13Z")
Lets go old skool! Li’l Troy’s only “hit” Wanna Be a Baller has this passage: _Wanna be a baller, shot caller_ _Twenty inch blades on the Impala_ _A caller gettin’ laid tonight_ _Swisher rolled tight, gotta sprayed by Ike_ _I hit the highway, making money then fly way_ _But there’s got to be a better way_ _A better way, better way, yeah_ My question, what does twenty inch blades on the Impala mean? Some sites say fins (contending that rappers like '60s Impalas), others say rims. Rims make for the easier measurement but are rims referred to as blades? ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-be-a-baller-shot-caller-twenty-inch-blades-on-the-impala/930629/2 "2021-01-15T22:17:43Z")
Is it National Poetry Day again, already? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-be-a-baller-shot-caller-twenty-inch-blades-on-the-impala/930629/3 "2021-01-15T22:20:21Z")
I thought it meant 20" rims, but not sure. Those are pretty big for a modern car, not so sure what an old Impala might use. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-be-a-baller-shot-caller-twenty-inch-blades-on-the-impala/930629/4 "2021-01-15T22:21:06Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Rims make for the easier measurement but are rims referred to as blades? That is a certain style of rim, yes. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-be-a-baller-shot-caller-twenty-inch-blades-on-the-impala/930629/5 "2021-01-15T23:11:15Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/No0xXU8.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/No0xXU8.png) Tricked out 1996 Impala on 20" blade rims ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-be-a-baller-shot-caller-twenty-inch-blades-on-the-impala/930629/6 "2021-01-15T23:30:12Z")
Day-um! I do not remember those. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-be-a-baller-shot-caller-twenty-inch-blades-on-the-impala/930629/7 "2021-01-16T00:18:21Z")
Those are some seriously low-profile tires. Might as well just be riding on the rims… ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-be-a-baller-shot-caller-twenty-inch-blades-on-the-impala/930629/8 "2021-01-16T00:29:41Z")
This is not it, but there’s a car that sometimes drives around my neighborhood that looks a lot like that one, but it’s purple. I’ll have to try to get a picture some time. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-be-a-baller-shot-caller-twenty-inch-blades-on-the-impala/930629/9 "2021-01-16T00:37:24Z")
How bout this one then from Chip tha Ripper (now King Chip) Riviera sitting on the Bulls best hooper Y’all still riding 20’s, y’all some oompa loompas Bulls best hooper is of course Michael Jordan who wore number 23. So his Buick Riviera is on 23 inch rims ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-be-a-baller-shot-caller-twenty-inch-blades-on-the-impala/930629/10 "2021-01-16T03:28:25Z")
♫ I wish I was a little bit taller; I wish I was a baller, I wish I had a girl that looked good, I would call her I wish I had a rabbit in a hat and a six-four Impala. ♫ [Skee-Lo - I Wish - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmXZOI7cM0M)