I consider myself very lucky.  When it came time for me to go to college, I received enough scholarship and grant money that my parents were able to pay for me to go to Bradley University.  I did have to graduate in 4 years and keep my GPA at a certain level or else Sallie Mae may have been a friend of mine.

Not knowing the burdens of having to deal with payments to Sallie Mae, I hear about it from too many of my friends.  Everyone has done their math differently to know that with that money they could have bought a house, their dream car, travel the world or just a lot of extra money in their pocket.  I will say that I am in debt from a lot of stupid purchases fresh out of college.  My struggle is different, but I do dream of being debt free.

I have no clue what I would do with that extra money.  It would probably disappear into some other new bill.  The thought of being out of debt is something I would at least want to celebrate.

Rapper Dee-1 did just that.  Once he knew that he would never receive another call from Sallie Mae asking for payment, he wrote a song and made a video about it.  One day, I will be debt free, and I will not be rapping about it.  Enjoy the video below.

Shadow