Jay-Z, once said “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man.” After smash hits, Jay- Z has been announced the world’s first billionaire rapper.

Forbes magazine has claimed Jay-Z’s empire totals 1 billion after valuing his ventures as well as any art pieces and real estate. Jay-Z is one of a bunch of billionaire entertainers and the first hip-hop artist to amass such a fortune.

Jay-Z experienced childhood in a lodging venture in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, and was alleged to have sold drugs as a youngster before he began rapping. He attended multiple high schools, including George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School in downtown Brooklyn.

Without a name, he began selling CDs out of his vehicle before discharging his first collection, 1996’s Reasonable Doubt, which has sold more than 1.5m duplicates since. He married Beyoncé in 2008 whose total assets is evaluated to be $355m. On his last collection, 2017’s 4:44, he rapped: “Ain’t no such thing as an appalling extremely rich person, I’m charming.”

The Brooklyn rapper is no longer spending money on jewelry & nightclubs and now is investing his money correctly to embrace his future career. Multiple investments put Jay-

Z into a good pathway to lead him to success.

From that point forward he’s amassed almost 30 Grammy awards, 14

No. 1 collections,  and over $500 million in pretax income in 10 years. Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean, the producer behind most of Jay-Z’s smash hits, told Forbes magazines that Jay-Z success is “bigger than hip – hop.” It’s likewise evaluated that his music

list is worth about $75m because of a cautious exchange of his distributing rights. Jay-Z has made so much revenue from album sales, streaming and much more, which is the reason why he is considered an amazing artist.

Besides the music, a portion of his most profitable property incorporates his $310m

responsibility for de Brignac champagne. Also, Jay-z has a $100m stake in D’Ussé cognac, $50m in land and, a $70m interest in Uber and, we can’t forget about his $100m Tidal spilling administration.

Lastly, he has earned almost $60 million in real estate, which includes properties

in Los Angeles and Manhattan, New York.

In 2005, Jay-Z was interviewed and he gave words of wisdom for the audience. He stated

“Most times rappers end up broke or nowhere,”  During this interview he also stated, “It’s time for someone to take it to the next level, to become an executive and open the doors for the culture.”

Dr. Dre recently announced he was hip hop first very rich person. The Beats by Dre originator sold his image to Apple in 2014 for $3.2 billion; however, Forbes claims his total assets really drifts nearer to $700 million after duties.

Jay-Z is, in fact, a business, man.