{"id":644526,"date":"2019-06-03T15:55:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T15:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div> <div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><figure><img width=\"696\" height=\"463\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/06\/03155544-696x463.jpg\"   alt=\"Jay Z attends basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles"},"modified":"2019-06-03T15:55:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T15:55:59","slug":"jay-z-becomes-first-hip-hop-billionaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/03\/jay-z-becomes-first-hip-hop-billionaire\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay-Z becomes first hip-hop billionaire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"463\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/03155544-696x463.jpg\"   alt=\"Jay Z attends basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center on Dec. 7, 2016 in Los Angeles. Noel Vasquez-Getty Images\" title=\"Jay Z attends basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center on Dec. 7, 2016 in Los Angeles. Noel Vasquez-Getty Images\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Music Mogul Jay\u2013Z is now, according to a new Forbes magazine, making him the first rapper to amass a fortune in the ten-figure range.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s clear that Jay-Z has accumulated a fortune that conservatively totals $1 billion, making him one of only a handful of entertainers to become a billionaire\u2014and the first hip-hop artist to do so,\u201d the magazine said.<\/p>\n<p>Forbes breakdown indicated that the rapper\u2019s chief source of wealth is his $300-a-bottle Armand de Brignac champagne brand (at $310 million), but also boasts investments at well over $200 million (including a large stake in Uber).<\/p>\n<p>Forbes says the reason Jay-Z\u2019s wealth went all up on the table is his new business interest in alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>His streaming service Tidal allegedly supplies about $100 million of his net worth, just behind his cognac D\u2019Uss\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Jay-Z, recently gave a special performance to celebrate the re-opening of the celebrated NYC venue Webster Hall.<\/p>\n<p>He and wife Beyonc\u00e9 were are recipients of the Vanguard Prize at the GLAAD Awards in March.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:none;margin:0px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3E3E3E\"><i>Get more stories like this on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/todayng\" style=\"color: #ED1C24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Images Music Mogul Jay\u2013Z is now, according to a new Forbes magazine, making him the first rapper to amass a fortune in the ten-figure range. \u201cIt\u2019s clear that Jay-Z has accumulated a fortune that conservatively totals $1 billion, making him one of only a handful of entertainers to become a billionaire\u2014and the first hip-hop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":644527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[1179,1178,1177],"class_list":["post-644526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nollywood","tag-billionaire","tag-hiphop","tag-jayz"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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