Jay-Z declared the world’s richest rapper with JAW DROPPING Net worth of $2.5 billion

American rapper Jay-Z has been declared the world’s richest rapper with a JAW DROPPING Net worth of $2.5 billion.

Just find the proof by Googling and you will not be disappointed. To search for the truth just type the celebrity’s name and “net worth” into Google and be blown away in seconds.

The results of your search query will be a list of rich celebrities with their estimated net worths.

Know that, how rich a celebrity is, is not an exact science but a near-accurate estimate of how much they are worth. The truth of the matter is that rich people are not able to tell their total worth. This is because net worth’ includes appraisals on all sorts of nonliquid assets, from cars to houses to fractions of companies,” (2018  New York Times)

Forbes’ real-time billionaires’ list uses public holdings information and stakes in private companies to update the world’s richest every day.

Here’s what the tracker says about the wealthiest rappers:

Who is the richest rapper in the world?

Jay-Z is now no doubt the richest rapper in the world, according to Forbes’ real-time billionaires’ list.

By April 2023, his net worth was estimated to be not less than $2.5 billion. Jay-Z who was born in Brooklyn-born but is known in real life as Shawn Carter, became hip-hop’s first-ever billionaire way back in 2019.

His current worth can be traced to music earnings, earnings from his multi-billion dollar entertainment company Roc Nation.

He also earns great income from his Jean-Michel Basquiat art pieces and collections.

Also worth knowing is his cash cow venture capital firm known as Marcy Venture Partners not forgetting his billion-dollar partnerships with Armand de Brignac champagne and D’Usse cognac.

Jay-Zi, the 53-year-old rapper’s career has been able to remain relevant over his nearly three decades of music and entertainment career.

He can humbly boast of winning  24 Grammy Awards and has over 14 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 chart. These achievements are in themselves world records that no one but him has achieved.

Jay-Z is now the undisputed richest rapper in the world.