Friends in the right places! Justin Bieber buys 17-year-old childhood buddy a Mustang convertible for Christmas
By Alanah Eriksen
Last updated at 8:53 AM on 27th December 2011
He's come a long way from his humble upbringing in a council estate.
And Justin Bieber - who is worth about £54 million after just four years in the spotlight - wanted to share some of that fortune with his friends and family back home in Canada.
While staying in his hometown of Stratford, Ontario, over Christmas, the 17-year-old gave his childhood friend the keys to a white Mustang convertible.
Extravagant: Justin Bieber has purchased a Mustang convertible for his childhood friend Ryan Butler for Christmas
Ryan Butler today shared a picture of the new two-door ride with his 652,845 followers.
He said simply: 'Justin got me a present. #swag!!!'
The pair grew up together in the city and Ryan's British-born parents, Martin and Sharon Butler, took the budding singer under their wing when he was just five.
They stepped in, along with Justin's grandmother, to provide what they describe as 'additional parenting', when his natural mother, Pattie Mallette, was unable to cope, they told the Mail On Sunday last month.
Pattie became pregnant with him Justin when she was just 17 during a brief relationship with Jeremy Bieber, a young carpenter and martial arts enthusiast with a criminal record for assault.
The new ride: Ryan posted a picture of the new car on Twitter
Pattie and her son lived in a tiny rented flat in a dreary five-story council block.
When Justin first met the Butlers, they lived in a modest, modern semi in a middle-class area of Stratford. It was a short walk from the rough block where Justin grew up, but to the little boy it must have seemed like a different world.
Ryan can be seen on Justin's 2009 video for One Time in which he plays a video game with him.
Justin is known for his extravagant gift-giving and is reported to have spent £30,000 on a Chanel watch for popstar girlfriend Selena Gomez when she was being treated for treated for malnourishment and exhaustion in July.
He recently surprised fans with a new song, be Alright, in Toronto, explaining that it was about how sometimes you need to let someone you love go.
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