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Old 04-12-2011, 15:42
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Hi guys,

Okay, so the other day a flat mate and I got talking, and a heated debate started to develop over how rich Jay Z was. I falsely thought he had already hit the billion mark, and so will use this as a chance to offer my humblest apologies to my flat mate, but then another argument developed which had no such clear cut answer. I strongly believed Jay Z was richer than P Diddy and he thought the opposite. I’ve been searching through the web a lot over the past day trying to shine a little light on the debate and I’d like to share my findings with you....

http://fm-music-blog.blogspot.com/20...r-p-diddy.html

Its hard to say who really is richest because wealth is hard to measure, but who would you guys say is richer from what you have heard/know and the evidence in the link?
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Old 04-12-2011, 15:57
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Has to be Jay Z, doesn't it? Didn't he try to buy Arsenal FC a few years ago?
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Old 04-12-2011, 16:32
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Depends on how you're judging it. Music sales alone or all business ventures?
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Old 04-12-2011, 16:34
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That's what i thought, but then i don't understand how Forbes came to their conclusion! An yeah he was thinking of making some kind of investment in them last year, he even said he would consider practically moving to the UK if he got a place on the board of directors, just so he could be around to provide input and help make decisions!
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Old 04-12-2011, 16:36
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Depends on how you're judging it. Music sales alone or all business ventures?
All business ventures, if we were going by music sales alone Jay Z would surely win it, he's sold something like 50 million records worldwide i think. On my link i've taken into account all business activity on record and Jay Z still takes the topsot.
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Old 04-12-2011, 16:39
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All business ventures, if we were going by music sales alone Jay Z would surely win it, he's sold something like 50 million records worldwide i think. On my link i've taken into account all business activity on record and Jay Z still takes the topsot.
I actually think on music sales alone it's Eminem. On all business ventures possibly Jay-Z or Diddy
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Old 04-12-2011, 16:50
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Has to be Jay Z, doesn't it? Didn't he try to buy Arsenal FC a few years ago?
Yeah, he gave it a shot, but in the end he decided to invest in teleprompters for his tours
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Old 04-12-2011, 16:57
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The richest rapper is probably the one who has the most legal and illegal activities in or out of the show business It could be DIddy (because he gets a lot of money from endorsement deals, his underwear lines and perfumes and some other things that he's doing backstage that I don't want to get informed for), Jay-Z (his label and his management company), Lil Wayne (thanks to Young Money where 2 of the highest selling "rappers" are signed -Drake and Nicki-) or Kanye West (endorsement deals, G.O.O.D. music and he just presented his first clothing collection in Paris)
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Old 04-12-2011, 17:22
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I actually think on music sales alone it's Eminem. On all business ventures possibly Jay-Z or Diddy
The thing with Jay Z though, is that he owns the label he's signed to and so makes more money per album sold than eminem would. I'm pretty sure eminem has sold more albums (a fair few more) but i don't know if he's actually earn't as much from his albums as Jay Z would have. Either way, taking into account all streams of income Jay Z is surely far richer but you could well be right in terms of music sales!
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Old 04-12-2011, 17:25
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The richest rapper is probably the one who has the most legal and illegal activities in or out of the show business It could be DIddy (because he gets a lot of money from endorsement deals, his underwear lines and perfumes and some other things that he's doing backstage that I don't want to get informed for), Jay-Z (his label and his management company), Lil Wayne (thanks to Young Money where 2 of the highest selling "rappers" are signed -Drake and Nicki-) or Kanye West (endorsement deals, G.O.O.D. music and he just presented his first clothing collection in Paris)
But if you read this

http://fm-music-blog.blogspot.com/20...r-p-diddy.html

Jay Z has had, over the past few years, tons of other sources of income and has out earned all rappers for four of the past 5 years (with 50 cent beating him in 08 i think it was)
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Old 04-12-2011, 17:26
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Yeah, he gave it a shot, but in the end he decided to invest in teleprompters for his tours
Would be interesting to see what would have happened to the club had he bought it
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Old 04-12-2011, 17:54
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According to Wikipedia's list of best-selling music artists, Eminem has sales of 86million and Jay-Z 50million
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Old 04-12-2011, 17:57
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According to Wikipedia's list of best-selling music artists, Eminem has sales of 86million and Jay-Z 50million
Yeah i figured it would be something around there for Eminem but in terms of net worth, Jay Z is miles ahead
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Old 05-12-2011, 10:23
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Jay-Z easily, then Puff Daddy.
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Old 05-12-2011, 11:26
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1.Jay- Z
2. P diddy
3. 50 cent
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Old 05-12-2011, 11:57
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The thing with Jay Z though, is that he owns the label he's signed to and so makes more money per album sold than eminem would.
I read an interview with Jay Z once where he said that while people think he is rich, his bank accounts are relatively empty as he said any money he makes either immediately gets reinvested into his business or simply spent.

Now obviously he's still rich, but maybe he doesnt have as much cash as readily to hand as other rappers.
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Old 05-12-2011, 13:05
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Anyone remember Jay's comments when Birdman claimed that him & Wayne had more money than him?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z9d0N9rlkc
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Old 06-12-2011, 13:56
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Anyone remember Jay's comments when Birdman claimed that him & Wayne had more money than him?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z9d0N9rlkc
Theres surely n way birdman and wayne are richer, unless they have tons of illegal income streams (which i'm sure they do, but do they have enough to be worth more than Jay Z!?)
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