Jay Z | The Rich Life | How He Became The Billionaire?

Before They Were Famous - A podcast by Michael McCrudden

About two years ago now, Jay-Z was crowned the world’s first hip-hop Billionaire by Forbes with an estimated net worth of $1 Billion. That year, in 2019, Jay made $81 Million in earnings and while 2020 brought on a year of decline for pretty much everyone including some of his own investments and real estate holdings, many of Hova’s core assets are still well-positioned to weather the storm. Of course, Jay-Z’s accomplishments are all the more impressive considering where he started from in Brooklyn’s notorious Marcy housing project where he was a drug dealer before building himself into a world-famous musician. Since then, he’s earned himself 14 No. 1 albums, 22 Grammy awards, and over $500 Million in pretax earnings over the course of a decade.