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Who is the richest rapper in the world?
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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Has to be Jay Z, doesn't it? Didn't he try to buy Arsenal FC a few years ago?
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Depends on how you're judging it. Music sales alone or all business ventures?
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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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Depends on how you're judging it. Music sales alone or all business ventures?
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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.
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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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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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I actually think on music sales alone it's Eminem. On all business ventures possibly Jay-Z or Diddy
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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)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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Yeah, he gave it a shot, but in the end he decided to invest in teleprompters for his tours
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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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According to Wikipedia's list of best-selling music artists, Eminem has sales of 86million and Jay-Z 50million
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Jay-Z easily, then Puff Daddy.
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1.Jay- Z
2. P diddy 3. 50 cent |
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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.
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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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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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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