Ghostface Killah is a nickname of American rapper, actor and songwriter, who is also known as Gfk, Dennis Coles, Tony Starks Ghosted Ironman, The Wallabee Kingpin, Pretty Toney and Ghostface of Wu-Tang Clan. Gfk was able to build up a net worth which was estimated to be as high as $17 million during his years active and nowadays he is a member of a famous American hip-hop band Wu-Tang Clan from New York. Furthermore, Ghostface is a founder of Starks Enterprises label. However, this label didn’t increase The Wallabee Kingpin’s net worth as much as he did by himself thanks to his amazing talent as an actor and a musician.
Ghostface Killah Net Worth $17 Million
The real name of Ghostface Killah is Denis Colles, who was born on May 9, 1970, in Staten Island, New York, United States. He started his career as a rapper at 22 years old, in year 1992, and choose his original nickname from a kung-fu movie titled “Mystery of Chessboxing” which was popular in the 90’s. Together with his roommate Robert Diggs (later best known as RZA) they founded their own band called Wu-Tang clan. With 7 other young people (GZA, Raekwon, U-God, Masta Killa, Method Man, Cappadonna and Inspectah Deck) they gained popularity among the hip-hop fans and rose to fame in a show business as one of the most successful bands. This project helped Ghostface Killah to increase his net worth just enormously, and it still remains the main source of his salary until today. In total until nowadays Wu-Tang Clan released 11 studio albums. They debuted in year 1996 with “Ironman”, which was extremely successful and hit the second position on a famous Billboard 200 and also hit number 1 at the Top R&B / Hip-Hop Albums. This success from the first time made Killah rich and increased his net worth enormously, but however, this was just a beginning of his successful career as a rapper.
Another their album titled “Wu-Tang Forved” made everything just better – this time it hit number one on Billboard 200 and more than 8 000 000 copies of it were sold. Already huge Pretty Toney’s net worth raised even more after the second bonanza. Just after a several albums released together with his band Ghostface became extremely popular and rose to fame immediately, so now you know how rich is Starky Love.
Ghostfacce Killah’s net worth was also raised because of his appearances in a different movies, documentaries and TV shows which later became popular on TV. He even appeared in a video games several times as himself, and these games were “Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style”, “Def Jam Vendetta”, “Def Jam: Fight for NY” and “Def Jam: Icon”. The most notable appearances in movies Ghostface made in years 2008 and 2010, when he had an ability to play Dubaian sheik in the famous “Iron Man” directed by Jon Favreau and also to perform as Guggenheim DJ in American romance comedy titled “When in Rome”, which was directed by famous Mark Steven Johnson. And that’s why Toney’s net worth is this huge.
Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States
Height
6 ft (1.85 m)
Profession
Rapper, Songwriter, Actor
Nationality
American
Children
Sun God
Nicknames
Ghostface , Gfk , Ghostface Killer , Ghostface of Wu-Tang Clan , Dennis Coles , Tony Starks Ghostdeini Ironman , Ironman , The Wallabee Kingpin , Starks , P Tone
Tommy Boy Entertainment, Starks Enterprises, Soul Temple (present), Razor Sharp/Epic, Def Jam
Albums
Supreme Clientele (2000), Fishscale (2006), More Fish (2006), The Big Doe Rehab (2007), Ghostdini: Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City (2009), Apollo Kids (2010), Twelve Reasons to Die (2013), 36 Seasons (2014), Twelve Reasons to Die II (2015)
Music Groups
Wu-Tang Clan (Since 1992), Theodore Unit
Nominations
Polaris Music Prize, Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year, Whar, All That I Got Is You, Cherchez LaGhost
Movies
Ironman (1996)
TV Shows
"Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style", "Def Jam Vendetta", "Def Jam: Fight for NY" "Def Jam: Icon"
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Trademark
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Stream-of-consciousness raps with extremely obscure references
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Signs 'One Love' on his autographs
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Quote
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We ain't tryin' to hop in, hop out real quick, know what I'm sayin'? We out for the gusto and we gonna keep it raw.
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Fact
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Has a son, Sun God, who raps as well.
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Served as one of the executive producers on all Wu albums.
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His albums "Supreme Clientele" and "Fishscale" were attributed with reviving the wu's sound and former glory, using menacing beats, surreal lyrics, and a bravado of mafioso and kung fu street narratives.
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He was heavily involved in the album of friend and fellow wu member Raekwon "Only Built for Cuban Linx". The album is considered a classic of mafioso rap.
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A dominant member of the Wu Tang Clan, also has his own group called Theodore Unit.
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Was cast in a brief role in Iron Man (2008) but his scene was deleted.
$17 Million
