Flo Rida buys up his hometown with $10M mall as his tenant speaks out

Flo Rida is using his success to do more than just make music — he's investing in the neighborhood that raised him.

The rapper, born Tramar Dillard, rose to fame with his 2007 hit Low and has sold more than 100 million records. A Miami Gardens native, he won an $82.6 million lawsuit against Celsius and is now channeling that success back into his community.

Alongside his longtime manager Lee 'Freezy' Prince, Dillard is revitalizing Cloverleaf Plaza — a once-neglected shopping center built in 1955. According to the , it is now the city's first black-owned and black-managed plaza, a historic milestone in a community where more than 60 percent of residents identify as black.

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