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Jay-Z Makes Hi$tory As Hip-Hop's First Billionaire

By: Kayla Pasacreta

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Hip-hop artist. Philanthropist. Icon. BILLIONAIRE.

According to Forbes, Jay-Z just made history as hip-hop’s first ever artist to become a billionaire. Forbes’ calculated all of Jay-Z’s different business ventures:

  • Partnership with Armand de Brignac: $310 million

  • Cash and investments: $220 million

  • Partnership with D’Ussé: $100 million

  • Tidal: $100 million

  • Roc Nation: $75 million

  • Music catalog: $75 million

  • Art collection: $70 million

  • Real estate: $50 million

With this report, Forbes also rebuffed previous claims that Dr. Dre was the first rapper to become a billionaire. The rapper is worth a cool $800 million, according to Forbes, which is different from the $3.2 billion net worth Dr. Dre boasted.

Congrats to Jay-Z for putting on for the culture, once again!