Where Does Birdman Live in Florida? The Palm Island Mansion He Sold

Where does Birdman live? Not on Palm Island anymore. The Cash Money Records co-founder, born Bryan Williams in New Orleans, owned a 20,000-square-foot mansion on the gated Miami Beach island from 2012 to 2020. He paid $14.5 million and sold for $10.85 million, per The Real Deal and Orlando Weekly. No outlet has confirmed where he bought next. This post covers the house he had, the fight to keep it, and what its island costs now.

Key takeaways

• Palm Island, Miami Beach: a canal-front estate he nicknamed Stunna Island, owned from 2012 to 2020.
• $14.5 million in, $10.85 million out: a loss of about $3.65 million before costs, per Orlando Weekly.
• About 20,000 square feet, with two pools, two wine cellars, a 13-seat theater and a six-car garage.
• Miami Beach median list price is about $650,000 across roughly 2,500 listings, per our MLS feed as of September 2026; island estates trade in the tens of millions.

Where does Birdman live in Florida?

As of the last reporting, nowhere with a confirmed deed. His Florida chapter ran from 2012 to 2020 on Palm Island, one of the guarded islands along the MacArthur Causeway between downtown Miami and South Beach. The island has one entrance with a guard post, a central park and canal or bay frontage on every lot. Neighbors over the years have included Floyd Mayweather, DJ Khaled and a long list of executives.

He bought the house in 2012 from Russell Weiner, the founder of Rockstar Energy Drink, per Orlando Weekly. The estate became part of his brand. He called it Stunna Island after his own nickname and filmed the 2016 video for Breathe there. For most of the decade it was the most famous rapper's house in Miami. Cars filled the motor court in every photo, and the canal dock held a boat with his name on it. You can see current island inventory on our Miami Beach page and the neighboring Hibiscus Island community page.

Pure Equity does not publish private addresses. The sale coverage named the street, and we leave it out.

Inside the reported Palm Island estate

The specs were outsized even for the island. Orlando Weekly described about 20,000 square feet with 100 feet of canal frontage, a 40-foot entry foyer, a 13-seat home theater, two wine cellars, two pools and a six-car garage. The primary bedroom alone ran 3,500 square feet. Coverage of the listing also mentioned a gold-plated toilet, which became the detail everyone repeated.

The purchase price was $14.5 million in 2012, per The Real Deal. He listed the house in 2017, and The Real Deal reported a price cut that November. In August 2019 he relisted it at $13.5 million, a 33 percent cut from the earlier ask, per Orlando Weekly. It sold in 2020 for $10.85 million. Outlets differ on the closing date: some cite July 2020, while Orlando Weekly reported the sale in November 2020. Either way, the loss was about $3.65 million before commissions and carrying costs.

The story did not end there. Celebrity Net Worth and AllHipHop reported that the new owner put the house back on the market within about a year, asking $33 million to $34 million. That ask reflected the 2021 island boom more than any change to the house, and it shows how badly his timing missed the peak.

Why Birdman chose Miami Beach

The reported reasons are business and image. Cash Money moved much of its operation from New Orleans to Miami in the 2000s, and the label's biggest era, with Lil Wayne, Drake and Nicki Minaj, ran through Miami studios. A Palm Island estate with a canal dock and space for a fleet of cars was the visual version of that success, and he used it that way in videos and on social media.

The fight to keep it is also part of the record. In January 2018 XXL reported that a judge had ordered him to vacate the mansion after a dispute with a lender over a loan tied to the property. Headlines that month asked whether he was homeless. He held on, listed the house, and spent the next two years finding a buyer at a falling price. The 2018 ruling explains the 2019 cut and the 2020 sale better than anything else.

What Miami gave him was a decade at the center of hip-hop's most active city. What it cost him was a $3.65 million paper loss on a house that would have sold for far more a year later.

Where else does Birdman live?

New Orleans is the origin, and the label's original mansion there was abandoned after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, per later coverage. Since selling on Palm Island he has been reported in the Atlanta area, where singer Toni Braxton, his long-time partner, has been based. AOL reported in 2025 that the two had married in August 2024. No home purchase by him in Georgia or anywhere else has appeared in a primary outlet, so we do not name one.

The honest answer is that his current base is Atlanta by association and not by deed. For a man whose Miami house was one of the most photographed in rap, the silence since 2020 is notable. It may simply mean he rents, or that a purchase sits under an entity nobody has traced. Either way, we are not going to guess.

What homes near Birdman cost

Palm Island prices have moved a long way since his sale. The Mayweather house on the same island sold for $22 million in 2024 and resold for $18.5 million in 2026, per The Real Deal, and that home is half the size of his. A 20,000-square-foot estate with 100 feet of water would list well above $30 million today, which is what the flipper asked in 2021.

Miami Beach as a whole is a different market. Our MLS feed as of September 2026 shows about 2,500 active listings, a median list price near $650,000 and an average of about 161 days on market. Condos in South Beach and Mid-Beach make up most of that count. The islands are a thin slice at the top. Our luxury homes and waterfront homes hubs pull the island listings together, and the Miami-Dade County page covers the wider market.

For sellers, his timeline is a cautionary one. A house listed under financial pressure, cut twice and sold in 2020 gave away the 2021 run-up entirely. Owners who can choose their listing date on the islands have an advantage worth millions. The second lesson is about size. A 20,000-square-foot house has a small pool of buyers even on Palm Island, and it took three years and two price cuts to find one. Big is not always better at resale.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Birdman live now?

Not confirmed. He sold his Palm Island mansion in 2020, and reporting since has placed him in the Atlanta area with Toni Braxton, without naming a property he owns. Where does Birdman live in Florida today? Nowhere that has been reported.

Where in Miami Beach does Birdman live?

He no longer does. From 2012 to 2020 he owned an estate on Palm Island, the guarded island on the MacArthur Causeway. We do not publish the street.

Where does Birdman live full time?

The Palm Island house was his full-time home for most of the 2010s. Since the sale, no full-time residence has been confirmed by a primary outlet.

How much did Birdman pay for the Palm Island mansion?

$14.5 million in 2012, buying from Rockstar Energy founder Russell Weiner, per Orlando Weekly. He sold in 2020 for $10.85 million.

Why did Birdman sell the Miami mansion?

A lender dispute in 2018 led a judge to order him to vacate, per XXL. He listed the house, cut the price to $13.5 million in 2019 and sold the next year at a loss.

Can you buy a home on Palm Island?

Yes. Palm Island is a gated Miami Beach neighborhood with a guard post at the causeway entrance. Lots come up a few times a year, and recent sales have run from the mid teens to above $20 million, with the largest estates asking more.

If you own on Palm Island, Hibiscus Island or anywhere in Miami-Dade County and want to know what the island run-up has done to your number, get a free home valuation from Pure Equity. Buyers can browse Miami Beach listings or see gated communities across South Florida. For two island neighbors, read about Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled.

Sources

• Orlando Weekly, Cash Money rapper Birdman finally unloaded his massive Florida mansion on 'Stunna Island' (2020)
• The Real Deal, Birdman cuts price of Miami Beach mansion (2017)
• XXL, Birdman ordered by judge to vacate his $14 million Miami mansion (2018)
• Celebrity Net Worth, A year after Birdman sold his Miami mansion, the new owner is flipping it for $34 million (2021)

Based on publicly reported information; details may change and are not independently verified by Pure Equity. We do not publish private addresses.