Rappers Who Are Billionaires

Jay-Z net worth 2023 is $2.5 billion. According to CNBC, his worth jumped up a billion dollars in just one year.

Widely considered the greatest rapper of all time, Jay is also one of the richest rappers in the world. From his humble beginnings hustling in the streets of Brooklyn, the icon has amassed massive wealth, enough to be Hip-Hop's first billionaire.

This is all par for the course for a figure who often called himself not a rapper but a hustler. Making money has always been a big motivation for Jigga.

His legendary discography notwithstanding, the reasons why he's a billionaire are as follows:

• Founded Roc Nation
• President of Def Jam Recording (2004 - 2007)
• Helped kickstart the careers of fellow billionaires Kanye West and Rihanna
• Founded the following brand:
  • Rocawear
  • 40/40
• Launched the streaming service, Tidal
• Is married to Beyoncé

Kanye West net worth 2023 is $400 million. It was once as high as $1.8 billion as recently as early 2021.

One of the most well-regarded figures in Hip-Hop from a strictly musical standpoint, everything else in the artist's life has courted controversy.

From storming the stage in the 2009 VMAs to interrupt Taylor Swift, his outspoken views on the Bush Presidency, endorsing Donald Trump and saying "Slavery was a choice", to now identifying as a Nazi, West's actions have hurt his career more than helped it.

In fact, the artist's career as a whole can be seen as an ebb and flow where he releases a great album, earns back public goodwill, then says something terrible to lose it, and rinse and repeat. His current fall from the top, in terms of finances, is just another example of that trajectory.

Sean Diddy Combs net worth 2023 is $1 billion. The rap mogul became the newest Hip-Hop billionaire in October 2022.

Prior to Combs's ascendancy, Jay and Ye were the only two Hip-Hop artists on that hallowed list, but the latter's actions and outrageous speech swiftly depleted his earnings. According to Yahoo!, the rap mogul has his vodka brand CIROC to thank for skyrocketing his earnings as it recently partnered with DIAGEO, a global leader in alcoholic beverages.

Unlike Jay and Ye who, though business-minded and successful in their respective ventures, always had music as their biggest signifiers, Diddy has always been known more for being a rap mogul than a musician. From helping Biggie become a star to his television shows and network, if any rapper deserves a seat next to Jay, its Puff Daddy.

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Dr. Dre Net Worth is $800 million. The rapper-producer has earned his income from both music and business ventures.

In the former, Dre is best known for being one of the founders and leading members of the rap group, NWA, who popularized Gangsta Rap.

Then, following their demise, he went on to have a successful solo career where he not only created and popularized a new sound of production called G-Funk, which dictated the sound of West Coast Hip-Hop but also helped kickstart the careers of fellow legends Snoop Dogg and Eminem.

In the latter, the rap mogul is best known for founding both the record label, Aftermath Entertainment, and Beats Electronics. Beats especially have grown to become one of the foremost brands in terms of earphones, speakers, and other music-related accessories since the start of the 2010s.

Russell Simmons net worth is $340 million. Simmons is an entrepreneur, record executive, and all-around rap mogul.

Best known for co-founding the Hip-Hop label Def Jam Recordings alongside producer Rick Rubin, he has also had his hands in creating many clothing and fashion lines like Tantris, Argyleculture, and Phat Farm. As a producer, he has worked with some of the biggest names in Early Hip-Hop like Kurtis Blow, RUN DMC, and Jimmy Spicer to name a few.

His wealth largely comes from Def Jam, which is one of the best and most well-regarded record labels in all of Hip-Hop. From 1980's legends Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, and LL COOL J, to 90's icons like the aforementioned Jay-Z to 2000s stars like DMX and Kanye West, they were all signed to the label at one point.

Master P net worth is $260 million. P is also a rapper and record producer/executive, who has also dabbled in acting.

P's claim to fame and acclaim was through the founding of the iconic record label, No Limit Records. Through the 90s into the mid-2000s, the label housed some of the biggest rappers in the game like:

• Snoop Dogg
• Silkk the Shocker
• Mystikal
• Romeo Miller
• Soulja Slim

As for his own music, P is best known for the single Make 'Em Say which has been certified Platinum and has released over 15 studio albums throughout his career. He is known affectionately as Mr. Ice Cream Man, after his song of the same name which served as his first solo single.

Drake has a net worth of $250 million. The Canadian rapper is one of the best-selling solo artists of all time.

In terms of music, Drake has more accolades than perhaps any other figure in the modern Rap landscape. He changed the game quite literally through his heartfelt tunes, a rarity in a masculine genre as rap, and since his ascent to the top, has simply refused to let go.

From albums like Views, which topped the Billboard 200 for 13 weeks, to Scorpion, which contained three #1 singles, Drake is the biggest rapper in the world at the moment. Even outside of music, he owns his own record label OVO Sound, and often conducts his own music festival called OVO Fest.

The rapper is also one to share the wealth as he frequently collabs with Nicki Minaj, one of the richest female rappers of all time.

Eminem net worth is also $250 million. The rapper is widely seen as the most successful white rapper in the history of Hip-Hop.

A protégé of Dr. Dre, Eminem quickly established himself in the late 1990s and early 2000s through his technically skilled rhymes, occasionally juvenile subject matter, and a knack for stirring the pot when it came to controversy. Through his success, he also managed to break down the doors which held Rap back from the mainstream.

In return, Eminem has become one of the most beloved and decorated figures in the genre, as well as one of the wealthiest. Almost every single album he has released, barring his little-known debut Infinite, has peaked at #1 on the Hot 100, and each move he makes sparks interest and a thousand think pieces.

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