Ricardo Emmanuel Brown was born on 23rd November 1972, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA. He is a famous rapper, singer and actor mostly known under his stage name Kurupt, He is a member of the rap group “The Dog Pound” and, for about three years, between 2002 and 2005, he was the Vice President of Death Row Records, a known record company. He is also part of the hip hop group “The HRSMN” (The Horsemen), a group consisting of four platinum and gold selling artists: Canibus, Killah Priest, Ras Kass and Kurupt.
So just how rich is Kurupt? In 2015, his net worth is estimated at $1 million, mainly obtained from music, the television industry and personal appearances. Numbers revealed through the media show that his wealth has doubled in the last few years, as Kurupt’s net worth in 2011 was estimated at $500,000. His music seems to have been bringing him about $150,000 a year, his earnings being completed mostly with movie appearances and endorsements. His sponsorship income has been evaluated at between $35-$52,000 a year. In 2014 Kurupt’s personal medicine line of marijuana, called “Moon Rocks” was launched. For this occasion, the singer released a mixtape with the same name, which has brought him an estimated income of $300,000.
Kurupt Net Worth $1 Million
Kurupt lived in Pennsylvania with his mother and sisters until he was 16, when he moved to California to start his music career. At the beginning of the ’90s, he signed with Death Row Records, the company where many known rappers had contracts: Lady of Rage, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, RBX, and Dr. Dre. Kurupt appeared on Dr. Dre’s album “The Chronic”, on Snoop Dogg’s album “Doggystyle” and he launched the album “Dogg Food”, together with Daz, his group partner in “The Dog Pound”. “Dogg Food” is one of his best albums up to date, with more than four million copies sold. All these ventures brought added income to Karupt’s net worth. As a rapper, he was a part of what the press called the “East Coast West Coast war”, a hip hop rivalry disputed between 1991 and 1997.
A close friend of Tupac, Kurupt left the record company when Tupac was murdered and, in 1997, released his first solo album, called “Kuruption!”. Until now the rapper has launched six studio albums, nine collaboration albums, and four compilation albums, the sales of which are considered to be the main source for Kurupt’s wealth. In 1996, he was nominated for a Grammy award for the song called “What Would You Do”.
As an actor, Kurupt has appearances in several movies, including “Murder Was the Case” (1995), “The Wash” (2001), “Hollywood Homicide” (2003), “Brothers in Arms” (2005), and “The Penthouse” (2010). He has also appeared in many television series and specials, such as “GGN: Snoop Dogg’s Double G News Network” (in 2013 and 2015), “Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel 2” (2011), “Celebrity Rap Superstar” (2007), and “Monk” (2007). His acting career and TV performances have brought Kurupt at least $300,000 towards his net worth.
In his personal life, Kurupt had a four year long relationship with the model and actress Foxy Brown between 1996 and 2000. He was then married to Natina Reed, also a singer, between 2001 and 2003, and together they had a son. Since 2007, he has been married to Gail Gotti, also a rapper.
Tha Dogg Pound, The Hrsmn, Soul Assassins, Dungeon Family, C-Walk, Who Ride Wit Us, We Can Freak It
Nominations
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Song
Movies
Half Past Dead 2, Half Past Dead, Hollywood Homicide, Dark Blue, The Wash, The Penthouse, I Accidentally Domed Your Son, Vice, Brothers in Arms, A Talent for Trouble, Vegas Vampires, Bigg Snoop Dogg: Adventures of Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, Cut Off, Don of All Dons, Kurupt: G-TV, Kurupt: Uncut, Dogg...
Wrote and produced the song, "Streets on Fire", with Porno For Pyros for the film, Dark Blue (2002), which was never released on album.
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He is an expert of the so-called C-Walk dance, a Crip Gang ritual.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Worst of Pirated Adult Swim Shows
2016
TV Movie performer: "The Next Episode San Holo Remix"
Straight Outta Compton
2015
writer: "What Would U Do" - as Ricardo Brown
Modern Drug
2015
Short performer: "The Next Episode"
Entourage
2015
writer: "What Would U Do?" - as Ricardo Brown
Rude Tube
2014
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Grand Theft Auto V
2013
Video Game performer: "The Next Episode", "C-Walk" / writer: "What Would U Do" - as Ricardo Brown
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
2012
Documentary writer: "Ride On Caught Up" - as Ricardo Brown
The Filthy Frank Show
2011
TV Series short writer - 1 episode
Entourage
2011
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Vice
2008
performer: "Scrape Thru Tha Hood" / writer: "Scrape Thru Tha Hood" - as Ricardo Brown
Dead Tone
2007
performer: "Let's Get High" / writer: "Let's Get High" - as Ricardo Brown
Be Cool
2005
performer: "G's & Soldiers" / writer: "G's & Soldiers" - as R. Brown
DysFunktional Family
2003
Documentary performer: "I'm Back"
Dark Blue
2002
performer: "Streets on Fire"
How High
2001
writer: "Chin Check" - as Ricardo Brown
Bones
2001
performer: "Fuck with Us" / writer: "Fuck with Us" - as Ricardo Brown
Dark Angel
2001
TV Series 1 episode
Bully
2001
performer: "We About to Get Fucc Up", "Coastin", "Work Dat Pussy" - as Young Gotti / writer: "We About to Get Fucc Up", "Coastin", "Work Dat Pussy" - as R. Brown
Angel
2000
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Big Momma's House
2000
performer: "Radio" / writer: "Radio"
Next Friday
2000
performer: "Mamacita" / writer: "Mamacita" - as R. Brown
The Players Club
1998
performer: "All Day and Night" / writer: "All Day and Night"
Caught Up
1998
performer: "Ride On/Caught Up!"
The Sunchaser
1996
writer: "Doggy Dogg World" - as R. Brown
Sunset Park
1996
writer: "Just Doggin'" - as Kurupt the Kingpin
Murder Was the Case: The Movie
1995
Video short writer: "Doggy Dogg World" - as Ricardo Emmanuel Brown Jr.
Above the Rim
1994
performer: "Dogg Pound 4 Life" - as Kurupt the Kingpin / writer: "Mobbin' with Tha Dogg Pound", "Dogg Pound 4 Life" - as Kurupt the Kingpin
Poetic Justice
1993
writer: "Niggas Don't Give a Fuck" - as Kurrupt
Police Story 3: Supercop
1992
writer: "I'LL DO IT" - as R. Brown
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bachelor Lions
2017
filming
Beat Masta G
The White Sistas
post-production
Terry
From Tha Bottom 2 Tha Top
2016
TV Series
Town Bizzness Pt 2
2014
Video
Grand Theft Auto V
2013
Video Game
The Local Population (voice)
The Penthouse
2010
'Strangers' Host
POSTED UP
2010
Video short
A Day in the Life
2009/II
Murder
Dogg After Dark
2009
TV Series
Days of Wrath
2008
Bigg Snoop Dogg Presents: The Adventures of Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
2008
Video voice
Vice
2008
TJ Greene
Loaded
2008
Jimmy Dyson
Half Past Dead 2
2007
Video
Bernard 'Twitch' Washington
Vegas Vampires
2007
T.G.
Cut Off
2006
Joker
Brothers in Arms
2005
Kansas
Johnson Family Vacation
2004
Kurupt
I Accidentally Domed Your Son
2004
Krego
Hollywood Homicide
2003
K-Ro
Fastlane
2003
TV Series
Fallon
Keepin' It Real
2003
Raw-D
Dark Blue
2002
Darryl Orchard
Half Past Dead
2002
Twitch
Gangsta Sh*t: The Movie
2002
Video
The Wash
2001
Maniac
Kurupt: Behind the Walls
2001
Video short
3 the Hard Way
1999
Video
Murder Was the Case: The Movie
1995
Video short
Small Change from Philly (segment "Doggy Dogg World")
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gang Tapes
2001
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
DPG DVD Magazine Issue 1: Sept-Oct 2006
2006
Video documentary executive producer
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
G-Funk
Documentary filming
Unsung
2015-2016
TV Series documentary
Himself
Hip-Hop Evolution
2016
Documentary
Himself
A Talent for Trouble
2015
Himself
GGN: Snoop Dogg's Double G News Network
2013-2015
TV Series
Himself
2012 BET Hip Hop Awards
2012
TV Special
Himself
Uprising: Hip Hop and the LA Riots
2012
Documentary
Himself
Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel 2
2011
Documentary
Himself
Klub Kush DVD Magazine: Vol. 2
2010
Video
Himself
Housecat Housecall
2010
TV Series
Himself
The Wendy Williams Show
2009
TV Series
Himself
Inside Death Row
2008
Video
Himself
Celebrity Rap Superstar
2007
TV Series
Himself
Monk
2007
TV Series
Himself
Hustla's Ball
2007
TV Series
Himself
Rap Sheet: Hip-Hop and the Cops
2006
Documentary
Himself
DPG DVD Magazine Issue 1: Sept-Oct 2006
2006
Video documentary
Himself
Layzie Bone & Mo' Thugs Records Presents: 100% Pure Thug Tour
2006
Video
Himself
DPG Eulogy
2006
Video documentary
Krupt
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2006
TV Series
Himself - Musical Guest
Tupac: Live at the House of Blues
2005
Video
Himself (uncredited)
Brothers in Arms: The Making of a Modern Western
2005
Video documentary short
Himself
Uncut XXX
2005
Video
Himself
Beef
2003
Documentary
Himself - Death Row Records
C-Walk: It's a Way of Livin'
2003
Video documentary
Himself
Hardware: Uncensored Music Videos - Hip Hop Volume 1
2003
Video
Himself (segment "The Next Episode")
Eazy-E: The Life and Timez of Eric Wright
2002
Video documentary
Himself
Kurupt: G-TV
2002
Video
Himself
The Up in Smoke Tour
2000
Video documentary
Himself
Straight from the Streets
2000
Video documentary
Himself
Charlie Hustle: Blueprint of Self-Made Millionaire