Rappers
Lil Wayne Net Worth
Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.'s Net Worth as of 2024
$180 Million
Known by the stage name of Lil Wayne, Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. is American rap artist, actor, as well as a record producer, born on 27 September 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Although he debuted in the music industry with rap groups, Lil Wayne rose to prominence largely due to his solo works.
So just how rich is Lil Wayne, as of early 2017? According to authoritative sources, Lil Wayne’s net worth is estimated to be $180 million, most of which he has accumulated from his rapping career. In 2012 he earned as much as $600,000 per live show, so that year his income amounted to $30 million, then in 2013 it rose to $46 million dollars, which suggests his net worth will continue to rise.
Lil Wayne Net Worth $180 Million
Lil Wayne studied at Eleanor McMain Secondary School, and then Marion Abramson Senior High School, but when he was 14 years old, Wayne decided to leave school and pursue a career in music, even though he was a promising student. From childhood, Lil Wayne had been fascinated with rap music, hence when he met Bryan Williams, commonly known as Birdman, he soon joined his “Cash Money Records” label. It was with Birdman that Lil Wayne co-created his first rap group called “The B.G.’z”, eventually with Birdman’s help, launching a successful and profitable rapping career. Subsequently Lil Wayne joined “The Hot Boys” with Juvenile, B.G. Rapper and Turk, releasing the album “Guerrilla Warfare” in 1999, which topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and made it to #5 on the Billboard 200.
Lil Wayne then went solo, releasing “The Block is Hot” which sold 230,000 copies in the first week, and peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200 music chart, eventually totalling 1.4 million sales and earning platinum certification. Following this success, Lil Wayne came out with “Lights Out”, “500 Degreez”, and “Tha Carter”, which would later inspire the releases of “Tha Carter II” and “Tha Carter III”; the latter album proved to be a huge mainstream success, as it sold more than a million copies during its first week, managing to reach #1 on music charts in the United States and Canada. “Tha Carter III” spawned such popular singles as “Got Money”, “Mrs. Officer” and “Lollipop”, totalling 2.8 million record sales by the end of 2008.
To date, Lil Wayne has now released 11 albums, with the eleventh one coming out in 2017 under the title “Tha Carter V”, all selling well and contributing greatly to his net worth.
Aside from being a rap artist, Lil Wayne has proven to be a talented actor. In 2000, he made his film debut in Brian Williams’ action movie “Baller Blockin’”, starring alongside “Hot Boys” and “The Big Tymers” consisting of Williams and Mannie Fresh. Lil Wayne’s most recent film appearance was in Tim Story’s sports drama movie called “Hurricane Season”, starring Forest Whitaker, Taraji P. Henson and Isaiah Washington, all adding somewhat to his bank account.
In his less-than-private personal life, Lil Wayne has four children with four women. His first daughter was born to his high school sweetheart Antonia Johnson when he was 16; they married in 2004 but divorced in 2006. His first son was born in 2008 to radio broadcaster Sarah Vivan, his second son Cameron Carter to actress Lauren London in 2009, and his third son was born to singer Nivea in 2009. Apparently he is currently unattached! Meantime, in 2008 he served an eight-month jail sentence for criminal possession of a weapon.
Rappers
Hurricane Chris Net Worth
Christopher Dooley Jr. is better known by his stage name Hurricane Chris because of his manner of rapping extremely quickly like a real hurricane and twist every word. He was born on February 27, 1989 in Louisiana. In 2014 he has a net worth of $300,000. Today he is called one of the most up-and-coming rappers in USA. In 2007, being 18-yeas-old, Chris decided to drop out of Huntington High School and pursue his future career as a rapper, and started to work only with music. Christopher’s debut single was called “A Bay Bay” and hit the top 10 rap charts in the USA.That was the first serious investment in Hurricane’s net worth.
Hurricane Chris Net Worth $300,000
After a successful beginning Chris released his debut album called “51/50 Ratchet” in 2007. “51/50 Ratched” debuted at number 24 on the well-known Billboard 200 chart in US, and in the first week 26,000 copies of album were sold. Christopher says it was inspired by South coast hip hop – a sub genre of American hip hop music which was locally popular at Shreveport, where Hurricane grew-up. Soon after releasing his debut album, the young rapper released his third single called “Playas Rock” which was produced by Mr. Collipark. The single peaked at number 47 on the Hot R&B chart and number 25 on Hot Rap Tracks. Two years later, in 2009, the rapper released his second album “Unleashed” in the same Southern hip hop style. “Unleashed” peaked at number 46 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 20 on US Top Rap Albums. For the young artist this was a definite success, but this album failed to produce any hits. However, two singles were released from this album – “Headboard” and “Halle Berry (She’s Fine)”. The “Headboard” single featured the voice of famous American rapper and the founder of label “Big Gates Records” Plies and Mario’s voice.
After his second album Hurricane Chris’ career slowed considerably. “Uneashed” didin’t become as popular as Christopher expected, and he started to work on his third studio album entitled “Showtime: Still 51/50” which should be released on the rapper’s own label “51/50 Entertainment” with “FyreHouse Entertainment”. Because of that Chris tried to work with many different producers like the famous American record producer, rapper and songwriter Shawty Redd, also with DJ Spinz, Phunk Dawg, 1500 or Nothin, Mr. Bangladesh, Seven and others. During the interview with hip hop news website AllHipHop.com on May 25, 2010 Chris mentioned he had changed his third album’s title to “Return of the Hurricane”. On January 2 2013 Christopher started to work on his third album’s promotion. A new mixtape called “Caniac” was released and featured the song “Bend It Over”. Also “Caniac has songs “Go Crazy”, “I Don’t F*ck With Yall”, “Pu**y on Me”, “Down South” and “Ball Hard”. The songs were accompanied by music videos.
In 2014 Christopher Hurricane has released one more single, “Ratchet” which was produced by American DJ and record producer Dijon McFarlane, also known as DJ Mustard. “Ratchet” has become the 6th rapper’s single.
Rappers
Karlie Redd Net Worth
Karlie Redd is a well-known rap, hip hop star, dancer and also a reality show star – a star of all kinds. She is of a Trinidad and Jamaican ancestry. Karlie was born in New York. For quite a while she lived in Trinidad, the home to her ancestors. Karlie Redd moved back to New York to study in The Harlem School of the Arts. Later, she attended the Alvin Alley American Dance Theater. She is also known to be one of the newest cast members of the VH1 reality show Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta. Also, currently she is currently signed to Birdman’s Cash Money Management because she believes that her management company combined with her appearance in reality television series Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta would help her career as a professional rapper.
Karlie Redd Net Worth $200,000
At the moment Karlie is looking for a producer who can make her famous by combining good songs and her vocals, thus making a real chart topper. Karlie is seeking fame in many ways. For example, she decided that her appearance on the show Scream Queens 2 would be a good opportunity to gain even more fame. In addition to that, she has appeared on several magazine covers, given that she is a part time model. Karlie is a talented dancer as well. She has publicly stated that she is represented by “Cash Money Management,” although the president of Cash Money Mack Maine immediately denied this statement saying that it‘s false. The main sources of Karlie’s wealth are her involvement in various projects where she presents herself as a model, actress, dancer, rapper, reality show star. So it is safe to say that the main source of her income is the entertainment industry. Karlie has a net worth of $200 thousand.
In addition to that Karlie has elaborated with a lot of class A celebrities, such as Jamie Foxx, Sean Kingston and Tyrese Gibson. There are few of the best known people in the entertainment business. Interestingly, working in the entertainment business where everyone knows each other’s personal details, Karlie has managed to keep some of the details about her life a secret. When asked about her age Karlie Redd never answers the exact number giving the opportunity for her fans and her colleagues to guess. This type of intrigue helps her to stay mysterious and in high demand. Some of her cast members in several shows that she appeared in stated that she is much older that she lets people believe she is. So it is no secret that there is a lot of rumors going on about how old Karlie actually is. Not only is she a secretive woman, but also, she has released her own hair product line called Redd Hairline by Karlie Redd. It is named after her last name. This business also adds wealth to Karlie. In 2012 Karlie released a single, called “A Girl Has Needs”. This was her first single. Karlie debuted as a film actress in her first movie, called “Black Spring Break 2: The Sequel”. It was released in 2001. Karlie Redd played the role of Visa.
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