THE FIRST MULTIBILLIONAIRE IN HIPHOP: JAY Z MAKES 2.5 BILLION DOLLARS AS OF 2023

A Brief History

“I’m not a Businessman, I’m a Business, man.” – JAY Z

With the 2.5 Billion Dollars being an exceptional achievement, JAY Z is officially Hip Hop’s First Billionaire in 2019. JAY Z turned the official Rapper into a Businessman image. While he was making it in music and being a creative, he did not stop pursuing endeavors and investments that would then go to making him 2.5 Billion Dollars in 2023.
Brooklyn’s own, JAY Z, is a leading force of an Iconic Movement within the Industry. Showing growth, persistence, change, and success; JAY Z inspires a generation of Artists that want to “make it” in the industry. With talent and persistence, JAY Z has all the movement and support around him. The Icon is a family man of three (3), and Married to Artist, Actress, Record Producer, Businesswoman, and Entrepreneur, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. JAY Z and Beyoncé have had several business endeavors with each other. Meeting in, 1999-2000, they began dating in 2004 and then later married in 2008. JAY Z’s last released album, “The Carters” was a collaborative, open, and honest experience, with Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.
As of 2023, Beyoncé aka “Queen Bee” also set a record of her own. With a total of 32 Grammys earned, Beyoncé has achieved the most Grammy Awards of any Artist. The power couple unites their strengths in each other, as one fire burns, so does the other. Of course, as they own a multitude of businesses together, the power duo can uplift, organize and maintain their life together in harmony.

JAY Z is an Industry Mogul, someone to look up to when it comes to taking music as a business. Growth, Transition, and Transmutation are the words that come to my mind, when JAY Z, is mentioned in conversation. In this new industry and energy in music, a lot of Artists and Musicians just assume success will come if they put out one song or piece of work. They assume, that their presence amongst a sea of people currently in the industry, will outshine everyone, when it is the extensive effort. In an interview with Forbes, JAY Z’s message is clear; he states, “Music is like stocks, there’s the hot thing of the moment…People tend to make emotional decisions based on that. They don’t stick with what they know.” The passion in music, the art, patterns, calculations, and stats…this industry is more than just wishing for money. Either learn and master your work, or you will receive short-term outcomes. Passive learning is passive progress, which will equal short-term success. Money is an outcome of effort, in which JAY-Z has acquired a lot of history and learning.

“I can’t believe we made it”
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A Brief Look at JAY Z’S Investments

According to Forbes, JAY Z reached a Billion Dollars in 2019, making JAY Z one of the wealthiest people in the world. According to Forbes, in 2019, Jay Z created a Billion Dollars in assets. As we approach 2023, Jay Z has reached 2.5 Billion Dollars.

Making investments since his childhood, JAY-Z knows how to move and make money. Below is a shortened list of JAY Z’s Largest Investments:

Runs Roc Nation and Roc Nation Sports

Rocawear

Armand de Brignac Champagne (Ace of Spades)

D’Usse Cognac Valued

Real Estate Properties (NY and LA)

Sale of Streaming Service “Tidal”

Art Collection

Music Catalog

Uber

…and More