JAY-Z Is Still The Richest Rapper As His Net Worth Jumped To $2.5 Billion

24x7 Team

Updated on:

JAY-Z Is Still The Richest Rapper As His Net Worth Jumped To $2.5 Billion

Forbes reveals JAY-Z’s updated net worth.

Forbes has revealed the live update of the world’s richest people, as according to the platform, JAY-Z’s net worth has increased to a whopping $2.5 billion. The rapper and businessman currently sit at number 1203 as the world’s wealthiest person.

Hov’s net worth has increased from $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion in less than a year. In the list of Hip-Hop’s richest artists in October last year, JAY-Z was named number one, followed by Diddy at $1 billion, Kanye West and $500 million, Berner at $410 million and Dr. Dre at $400 million.

Even in a year without a tour or album release, Jay-Z mints millions from his Armand de Brignac champagne and D’Usse cognac. Last month, D’Usse’s parent company Bacardi agreed to buy JAY-Z’s 50% stake for around $750 million.

“Even in a year without a tour or album release, Jay-Z mints millions from his Armand de Brignac champagne and D’Usse cognac,” Forbes’ reported. Music is like stocks, there’s the hot thing of the moment” Jay-Z told Forbes at the time. “People tend to make emotional decisions based on that. They don’t stick with what they know.”

/** * generate_after_main_content hook. * * @since 0.1 */