JAY-Z and Rihanna's current net worth has been revealed. forbesCelebrity Billionaires List 2024.
In a report released by the magazine on Tuesday (April 2), Hova and Lili are both ranked among the 10 richest celebrities on the planet.
Rihanna came in ninth place with an estimated net worth of $1.4 billion, thanks in large part to her multibillion-dollar brands Fenty Beauty and Savage X.
JAY-Z, hip-hop's first billionaire, ranks fifth with a fortune of $2.5 billion, amassed through various business and entertainment ventures, investments, and a famous music catalog.
This figure does not include his wife Beyoncé's own net worth, which is estimated to be around $500 million.
The list also includes Magic Johnson ($1.2 billion), LeBron James ($1.2 billion), Kim Kardashian ($1.7 billion), and Oprah Winfrey ($2.8 billion).
The top three richest celebrities are Michael Jordan with $3.2 billion, Steven Spielberg with $4.8 billion, and George Lucas with $5.5 billion.
Conspicuously missing from the list is Diddy, who joined the Billionaire Boys Club in October 2022, making him the second-richest person in hip-hop after Hov.
Bad Boy Boss has seen its stock plummet in recent months following multiple sexual assault lawsuits and a federal sex trafficking investigation.
The legal drama led to his parting ways with Diageo, the spirits giant he co-owned with Ciroc and DeLeon, who had sued him for racial discrimination, and his stake in Revolt, the media network he founded in 2013. was forced to sell.
Both companies accounted for the majority of his eight-figure net worth. forbes The current estimate is $90 million.
Kanye West suffered a similar fate when Adidas ended its lucrative partnership with Yeezy at the end of 2022 due to a series of his anti-Semitic comments.
The Chicago native was once the richest rapper alive, but his $2 billion net worth has dwindled to about $500 million.
He later revealed that the termination of the deal meant he was “two months away from bankruptcy.”