10 Celebrity Products That Don't Suck

Today is the 63rd birthday of jack-of-all-trades entrepreneur George Foreman (heavyweight boxer, minister, and author are just a few of his 17 hustles), and as we turned the heat up on our beloved George Foreman Grill we got to thinking about other celebrities who defied the odds and made a product that was actually worthwhile. For every Sly Stallone pudding, Situation brand vitamin, or Steven Seagal energy drink there are a few things like the Foreman Grill that did something useful besides fatten said celeb's already fat pocket. Take a sec to salute Foreman, then read on for 10 Celebrity Products That Don't Suck.

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Written by Frazier Tharpe (@The_SummerMan)

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After the success of T-Pain's now immensely popular iPhone app, I Am T-Pain, taking the next step to Toys"R"Us was a no-brainer. The only surprise is that it took Teddy P this long to capitalize off his gimmick. Judging by how spectacularly his most recent LP Revolver bricked, it's a good thing he's got some outside income.

Say that 10 times fast. While most A-listers are busy using their fame to hock useless crap that QVC wouldn't even fuck with, "Cost the Boss" was using his bank to better the world. Dude reportedly put up a whopping $20 mil to develop this oil-cleaning machine, but don't cry for his wallet—during the infamous Gulf of Mexico spill BP ordered thirty-two of them. Salute, Costner.

Rappers produce their own beverages all the time, but the results are usually toxic waste like this. Or this. So we were pleasantly surprised when Ferrari 50's special Vitamin Water flavor Formula 50 turned out to be the best out of the bunch, leading Coca-Cola to "buy it for billions." Now that he's stanky rich, Curtis is using his clout to push Street King energy drink, nobly feeding one starving child per each Facebook like. Only 50 could simultaneously pull off capitalism and humanitarianism.

Yet another A-lister with his eye on the eco-friendly wave. JT loves his golf, so he dropped $16 million to completely revamp an old rundown course in his hometown, and it's green in more ways than the norm. The development earned Timberlake an award at the Enviromental Media Awards last fall. What goes around comes around, indeed.

Applaud the Doggfather for going a different route than the typical rapper clothing line. (Well, he tried to go that route, it just failed miserably.) If there's one thing Snoop epitomizes, it's lounging. These velvet slippers are ridiculously awesome. Combine a pair of these with Snoop's favorite pastime and you're set.

Runner-up: As Snoop told George Lopez on his dearly departed late-night talk show, he is a celebrity voice for TomTom GPS. We would gladly ask Snoop for directions.

Old George was one of the first celebs to make something worthwhile, and it's something for everyone. Shout out to all the soccer moms whose lives got a little easier and the college kids going through the time-honored struggle of learning to cook for themselves. Foreman is here to help.

OK, technically Cîroc existed before Diddy, but these days you'd never know it. Puff deserves every cent he makes from those assuredly large spokesman checks. He reupholstered the delicious vodka into a nighttime, club scene must-have and pushed it to three new flavors (which he bragged about it in a bubble bath). Just don't drink the competition in his presence or shit will get real.

It would have been one thing to make a trendy, one-off NYC restaurant but the Jigga man got his mogul on and made a successful chain of sports bars/club lounges. And the food is good. A nationwide airport is currently being planned but the original Flatiron District location is still the top spot. No word yet on when "lobster & scrimp" will be added to the menu.

Two reasons Newman is one of the coolest guys of all time: He not only made salad edible with his line of dressings (which expanded to include everything from popcorn to dog food) but also donated 100% of his company's proceeds to charity. That, friends, is swagger on a hundred, thousand, trillion.

With all the work the big-time moguls like Jay-Z, Diddy, 50, etc. are putting in, they've got nothing on Dr. Dre when it comes to side ventures. Instead of going the typical sneakers, clothes, and/or beverage route, Dre got in the lab and cooked up a product that directly related to his everyday life. The result? A fashion-technical hybrid sensation that's cornering the audio market with anything you could possibly put a speaker in, in all possible styles, sizes, and colors. We're pretty sure that the world will see Beats by Dre brand baby monitors before it sees Dre's Detox album.