Artist, Icon, Billionaire: How Jay-Z Created His $1 Billion Fortune

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“If he’s a billionaire now, imagine what he’s about to be,” Swizz Beatz, the superproducer behind some of Jay-Z’s biggest hits, says about the superstar. “Because he’s only just starting.”

two unlikely lunch partners sat down at the Hollywood Diner in Omaha, Nebraska. One, Warren Buffett, was a regular there. The other, Jay-Z, was not. The billionaire and the rapper ordered strawberry malts and chatted amiably, continuing the conversation back at Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway offices.

Buffett, then 80, walked away impressed with the artist 40 years his junior: “Jay is teaching in a lot bigger classroom than I’ll ever teach in. For a young person growing up, he’s the guy to learn from.” This moment, which was originally captured in our, made it clear that Jay-Z already had a blueprint for his own ten-figure fortune. “Hip-hop from the beginning has always been aspirational,” he said.

Less than a decade later, it’s clear that Jay-Z has accumulated a fortune that conservatively totals $1 billion, making him one of only a handful of entertainers to become a billionaire—and the first hip-hop artist to do so. Jay-Z's steadily growing kingdom is expansive, encompassing liquor, art, real estate and stakes in companies like Uber.

His journey is all the more impressive given its start: Brooklyn’s notorious Marcy housing projects. He was a drug dealer before becoming a musician, starting his own label, Roc-A-Fella Records, to release his 1996 debut,Crucially, he realized that he should build his own brands rather than promote someone else’s: the clothing line Rocawear, started in 1999 ; D’Ussé, a cognac he co-owns with Bacardi; and Tidal, a music-streaming service.

 

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“Take what the Forbes figured n figure more “ don’t forget to account for what he did with the raw

He said it before....that he's not a businessman he's businessman

Smh... right _Sphephelo?

Motherfukers must Have forgot about Dre Lol

wonder how much he pays you to spread that image of him

Congratulations

CantKnockTheHustle! 🎶 ReasonableDoubt 🎧 JayZ

Isn’t Dr Dre the first hip hop billionaire?

Wait, when is he going to start giving his $$$ away since the Democrats believe in socialism...

I love it and him

Absolutely legendary!

God bless him

Congratulations JZ , from Baltimore

Jay-Z didn't become a BILLIONAIRE by: 📌Being a spectator⛔️ ❷ Snowflake Business, —MAN🔵 ❸ Making ONLY bad decisions🔴 ❹ Not studying Entrepreneur failure🔴 MondayMotivation iTHiNKLabs KeepPounding

Well earnt👏👏👏👏

Probably a millionaire after a few ego-bloated bad investment plays

i am only just starting too

entylawyer billionaire

Look, if you're getting paper off this hip-hop biz, cool. If you ain't...go back to school now. People are not gonna be scarfing up this Florida hoe club trap BS forever. Invest well, now. Jay did. That's why he don't care no more. Get it, stupid?

Bigest rap

Big up brother

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