Rappers
Mad Skillz Net Worth
Mad Skillz's Net Worth as of 2024
$5 Million
Shaquan Ian Lewis was born on the 2nd June 1974, in Detroit, Michigan USA, and as Mad Skillz is a rapper, producer, DJ, and songwriter, perhaps still best known for his debut album “From Where???” (1996). Skillz has also worked with such musicians as Nas, Missy Elliott, Pharrell Williams, The Roots, Cee-Lo Green, P. Diddy, Common, Chris Brown, Jay-Z, and DJ Jazzy Jeff, among others. His career has been active since 1992.
Have you ever wondered how rich Mad Skillz is, as of mid- 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Skillz’s net worth is as high as $5 million, an amount earned largely through his successful hip-hop career, but in addition as a producer and songwriter .
Mad Skillz Net Worth $5 Million
Mad Skillz spent his early childhood in Fayetteville, North Carolina, but later moved to Richmond, Virginia. He got involved with hip-hop thanks to the Run DMC, and is the first rapper from Virginia became famous nationally, when he finished second in a national freestyle competition, behind MC Supernatural, and secured a recording contract with Atlantic Records.
His debut album “From Where???” came out in 1996 and reached No. 5 on Top Heatseekers, No. 18 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and No. 154 on Billboard 200 charts. Although praised for strong lyrics and production, the album failed to achieve significant commercial success, so Skillz then collaborated with fellow musicians including Timbaland and Aaliyah. In 2000, he released a single called “Ghostwriter”, in which he reveals the names for whom he had written hit songs; some of them were P. Diddy, who openly admitted it, Jermaine Dupri, Will Smith, Mase, and Foxy Brown.
Mad Skillz then signed a contract with Rawkus, and released his second studio album called “I Ain’t Mad No More” in 2002, featuring such renowned artists such as Missy Elliott, Cee-Lo Green, and Jazze Pha, and the extracted single “Crew Deep” peaked at No .83 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. In 2005, Skillz recorded another album “Confessions Of A Ghostwriter”, but it didn’t have a particularly good reception. Three years later, the “The Million Dollar Backpack” came out, with the leading single “So Far So Good” featuring Common and Talib Kweli. He then released “The World Needs More Skillz” in 2010, “Thoughts Become Things” in 2012, and most recently “Made in Virginia” in 2014, the sales of which certainly added a substantial amount to his net worth.
Skillz has also recorded several compilations/mixtapes, including “The Neptunes Collection Vol. 1” in 2002, “The James Brown Collection” in 2004, and “Got Skillz? – The Timbaland Collection” in 2006. Additionally, he is a founder of a supergroup called Supafriendz V.A. Playaz with N.E.R.D, Timbaland, Fam-Lay, Magoo, and Clipse, and created the web series “Hip Hop Confessions”, in which rappers reveal something related to hip-hop that was unknown earlier. The show featured numerous distinguished guests including DJ Jazzy Jeff and Q-Tip. The popularity of the show certainly added further to his net worth.
Regarding his personal life, Mad Skillz most intimate details concerning marital status and any children are unknown as he successfully keeps them away from public eyes.
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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