Rappers

The Notorious B.I.G. (rapper) Net Worth

Published

1 year ago

March 31, 2023

Tom Ford

Christopher George Latore Wallace III 's Net Worth as of 2024
$20 million

Christopher George Latore Wallace III was born on 21st May 1972, in New York City, USA and was a rapper, considered one of the greatest of all time and so one of the most influential. The letters “B.I.G.” stand for the saying “Business Instead of Game”. He had been active in the entertainment industry from 1992 to 1997, when he was murdered.

How much was the net worth of the Notorious B.I.G.? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth was as much as $20 million, converted to the present day. Music was the major source of the Notorious B.I.G.’s fortune.

The Notorious B.I.G. (rapper) Net Worth $20 million

To begin with, the boy was raised in Brooklyn, raised by his single mother after his father left the family when he was two years old. At the age of 12 he was already drug-dealing around Bedford-Stuyvesant, but abandoned his criminal life, he eventually realized his dream of becoming a rapper.

Concerning his professional career, B.I.G. recorded a demo produced by Sean Combs, and then released the critically acclaimed album “Ready to Die” in 1994, and became a main figure in the rap genre, as the album reached 13th position on the Billboard 200, and was eventually certified platinum four times. In 1995, the group of The Notorious B.I.G., Junior MAFIA consisting of friends from his youth and included rappers such as Lil ‘Kim and Lil’ Cease – who subsequently went further with their solo careers – released their debut album “Conspiracy”. His biggest rival was Tupac Shakur, a rapper from California, who was originally a good friend of The Notorious B.I.G., but when Tupac was murdered in 1996, everyone’s eyes were targeted on B.I.G., as Tupac shortly before had crashed about his affair with Biggie’s wife Faith Evans. He was part of the east coast hip-hop scene, and became involved in the feud between east coast and west coast hip-hop.

However, on 9th March 1997, The Notorious B.I.G. was killed when he was hit by four bullets in the chest, after leaving a party hosted by Vibe magazine and Qwest Records for the Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles. The crime has not been resolved to date. Two weeks after his death his second album was released, which was given the title “Life After Death”, and became number one on the American hit parade with 10 million copies sold. At the end of 1997, Puff Daddy together with B.I.G.’s widow Faith Evans and the R & B group 112, recorded the song “I’ll be Missing You” a tribute to The Notorious B.I.G., which became a big hit. Posthumously some singles of The Notorious B.I.G. were also released, of which “Mo ‘money mo’ problems” became the biggest hit.

In 1999 a posthumous album – “Born Again” – was released too, and in 2001, The Notorious B.I.G. appeared on the album “Invincible” by Michael Jackson. At the end of 2005, a second tribute album was released – “Duets: The Final Chapter”, also known as “The Biggie Duets”. In 2009, a biographical film was made about his life, entitled “Notorious”.

Finally, in the personal life of the rapper, The Notorious B.I.G. was married to singer Faith Evans from 1994 until his death.

Tom Ford

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Rappers

Hurricane Chris Net Worth

Published

22 hours ago

April 18, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

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

Published

22 hours ago

April 18, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

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.