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Meet the World’s Wealthiest Rapper with a $2.5 Billion Net Worth

by Kaleem Khan
October 10, 2023
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When you search for a celebrity’s net worth on Google, you’ll often encounter various blog sites providing estimates. However, calculating net worth isn’t an exact science. As The New York Times pointed out in 2018, wealthy individuals often don’t have a precise grasp of their fortunes, and net worth calculations encompass nonliquid assets like cars, homes, and partial ownership in companies. Forbes, for example, relies on public holdings and stakes in private enterprises to update the world’s richest individuals daily.

So, who holds the title of the world’s richest rapper? According to Forbes’ real-time billionaires list, that honor goes to Jay-Z. As of June 2023, the Brooklyn-born artist, whose real name is Shawn Carter, boasts an estimated net worth of $2.5 billion. Jay-Z achieved the remarkable feat of becoming hip-hop’s first billionaire back in 2019.

Jay-Z’s wealth is a product of his multifaceted career, which includes his music, entertainment company Roc Nation, an impressive collection of Jean-Michel Basquiat art pieces, his venture capital firm Marcy Venture Partners, and partnerships with Armand de Brignac champagne and D’Usse cognac. The 53-year-old rapper’s career spans nearly three decades, during which he has accumulated an impressive 24 Grammy Awards and 14 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 chart, the most of any solo artist.

As of October 2023, Jay-Z’s net worth stands at a staggering $2.5 billion.

Now, what about Kanye West’s net worth? Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, is reported to have a net worth of $400 million in June 2023, according to Forbes’ real-time net worth tracker. However, Ye lost his billionaire status following a series of offensive and antisemitic remarks, which led to the termination of his partnership with Adidas. Other companies, including Balenciaga, JPMorgan Chase, and Gap, also severed ties with the rapper.

The top five richest rappers in the world, according to a report by former Forbes editor Zack O’Malley Greenburg in 2022, included:

  1. Jay-Z: $1.5 billion
  2. Diddy (Sean Combs): $1 billion
  3. Ye (Kanye West): $500 million
  4. Berner (Gilbert Milam): $410 million
  5. Dr. Dre (Andre Young): $400 million

As of Fall 2023, Jay-Z remains the only Wealthiest Rapper to secure a spot on Forbes’ real-time billionaires list, with a staggering net worth of $2.5 billion. Other wealthy figures in the rap world include Ye, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Andre “Dr. Dre” Young, and Gilbert “Berner” Milam, known for owning Cookies, the world’s first legal $1 billion weed brand.

Also read: Billionaire Yang Huiyan’s Wealth Declines by $28.6 Billion, Reflecting Market Changes

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