Jay-Z is officially hip hop's first billionaire, Forbes has declared, after building an empire based on music, property, fashion and investments.Forbes says the husband of singer Beyonce has succeeded because he built brands rather than just endorsed them.
by adding various assets and then"subtracting a healthy amount to account for a superstar lifestyle".Stakes in Armand de Brignac champagne and D'Usse cognac, worth $410m in totalA $100m stake in the music streaming service TidalHis superstar wife is reportedly worth about $335m, made mostly from music and endorsements, and the couple have had a joint net worth over $1bn for several years.
It was often assumed that Dr Dre reached billionaire status in 2014 after selling his Beats headphone business to Apple. But last year Forbes put his personal wealth at about $770m.Kasseem"Swizz Beatz" Dean, the producer behind some of Jay-Z's biggest hits, told Forbes that the rapper's success is"bigger than hip-hop".
What is the world coming to? How can someone who spouts shite become a billionaire?
What a shame he let it come to this.
And yet I haven't heard anything by him.
You mean second. Dr Dre got there first. Unless they regard Dr Dre as more of a producer and businessman. 🤷🏽♂️
What happened to Dr DRE drdre 🤷🏽♀️ and puff daddy Diddy 🤷🏽♀️ are they not billionaires no more and I’m sure they did hiphop 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Who's he? Lol
Yet I couldnt name 1 of his songs and I love all music
Calling him a rapper is an insult to the art of rap.
Not just from rapping, it should be said
So why has he still got a face like a slapped arse.
Who gives a shit?
And I don't even know one of his songs!
Didn't realise it was spelt with a double 'P'
Living proof you can fool ALL of the people ALL of the time!
Want to say something sarcastic but at the end of the day he is a billionaire and I’m not quite there yet 🙄 He must be doing something right
Vast majority of rich rappers: “This is for all the people like me from the ghettos struggling and trying to get out. When I succeed, you succeed! My success is your success!” “Oh that’s great. You gonna share that money with us then?” “Let’s not go crazy. I need new gold rims”
What a bout the impact of his money to the black community?
I hope he's paying his fair share of taxes to support those in society that have made him so (IMO) obscenely rich or sadly cannot afford to buy his music.
I thought that was Dr. Dre?
I'm glad they're doing well. They seem happy.
harun_tekin Gözümüz yok 😳😳😳
Controversial. Dont think I've ever heard of him or his songs. Doent make it any less successful though.
Amazing what an ex drug dealer can do.
Surely Roland Rat beat him to it...? M x
Is he the one married to Beyonce ..
Whenever the end comes, all the money in the world will be worthless in the knowledge that you sold out your integrity to corrupt elite crooks like Hillary Clinton.
And so ended humanity.
We’re supposed to care about this are we?
Did someone forget about Dre
Great news. Can't show what's happening in Sudan just in case people see the real world in action. So show us a Muppet.
Tax him at 90% and see if he maintains his billionaire status! Pushers for the LEFT to take everyone else's money, lets see them give up theirs, voluntarily.
The pole business must be doing well 🙄
And there will still be an episode of Behind the Music that ends with Bentleys being repossessed.
Sign of a dysfunctional economy.
harun_tekin Who gives a shit ?
Surely it was Dre?
so?
A true rebel and man of the people. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Didn't Dre get all 'billionaire' excited some time ago after the Beats deal?
Who cares?
Alternative Headline: talentless person makes a lot of money.
Dollar billionaire. That doesn't count 😉
couldnt name one of his songs, glad to be out of the loop
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