Jay-Z is officially the first billionaire of hip-hop, according to Forbes

Jay-Z has prepared the plan for a billion.

The Brooklyn-born rapper and mogul, whose real name is Shawn Carter, has amassed a billion-dollar fortune, according to Forbes, "making it one of the few artists to become a billionaire – and the first hip artist -hop to do it. "

Jay-Z's extensive business empire includes stakes in the areas of alcohol, arts, real estate and large corporations like Uber. The winner of 22 Grammy Awards has also launched its own brands, including the Rocawear clothing brand, sold to Iconix for more than $ 200 million in 2007.

The relatively short list of billionaires in the entertainment industry also includes the creator of "Star Wars", George Lucas, the Oscar-winning director, Steven Spielberg, media mogul Oprah Winfrey and the NBA star at the Retirement Michael Jordan, according to a list released last year by Forbes.

Forbes stated that he had calculated the net worth of the artist by valuing his positions in private companies, adding his income and subtracting "a healthy amount to reflect a lifestyle of superstar ". The magazine adds that external experts provided it with their figures to make sure its estimates were "fair and conservative".

Jay-Z, 49, and his wife, superstar pop Beyoncé, officially became a pair of billions of dollars in 2017 with a combined net worth of more than $ 1.16 billion. Beyoncé, 37, has an individual net worth of more than $ 350 million, according to Forbes' calculations.

The closest hip-hop star to Jay-Z is Diddy, with an estimated net worth of $ 825 million.

In 2014, it was thought that Dr. Dre would seize the first billionaire hip-hop artist when his Beats company would be sold to Apple for more than $ 3 billion, but Forbes estimated that his net worth would have been $ 395,000. approximately $ 800 million. – say that capital gains taxes would eat a big part of it.