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Ain't Nothing to It…Boss: It's Official, Jay-Z Is a Billionaire
Big pimpin’, spendin’ cheese—but more more importantly, big pimpin’, makin’ cheese. A billion slices, in fact. At the end of 2018, Forbes announced Jay-Z as the richest musician. Now, Forbes is officially giving him a label many believed was coming soon: he’s a billionaire. The financial site is “conservatively” giving the rapper a $1 billion…
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Big Pimpin': Forbes Names Jay-Z Richest Musician
Spendin’ cheese. Forbes recently released its list of America’s Wealthiest Celebrities for 2018, and Jay-Z comes in at number 5, at a net worth of $900 million. He follows Michael Jordan ($1.7 billion), Oprah Winfrey ($2.8 billion), Steven Spielberg ($3.7 billion), and George Lucas ($5.4 billion), making him the richest musician in the country. Diddy…
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Beauty and Fashion Keep Rihanna in the Top 10 of Forbes' Highest Paid Women in Music
Never knock your side hustle. That’s the lesson to be learned from the music industry’s—and now, the fashion and beauty industry’s—favorite bad gal, who has increased her net worth through the runaway successes of Fenty Beauty and Savage x Fenty. How else can you explain Rihanna’s maintaining the seventh place spot on Forbes’ Highest Paid…
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Trump Is the Soulja Boy of Presidents; Drops 138 Spots on Forbes List
President Donald Trump and Soulja Boy have a lot in common. Both are self-made. Both can truly spin a yarn. Both have made outlandish claims of wealth and extravagance. One “Superman’d a hoe” while the other had his un-spray-tanned buttocks smacked with a rolled-up Forbes magazine. Both are full of shit. Speaking of Forbes ……
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Jay-Z Tops Forbes List of Highest-Paid Rappers; Soulja Boy Snubbed Again
Despite ignoring The Root’s calls to become our employer, the hip-hop artist responsible for killing the spiders and taking out the trash at the Knowles-Carter compound managed to make enough money last year to purchase the 64 box of Crayons with the sharpener included for Sir and Rumi and also managed to top the list…
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'Self-Made' Mogul? Not So Much. Franchesca Ramsey Claps Back at Forbes' Praise of Kylie Jenner
Every so often, someone says exactly what we’re thinking about a certain issue, saving us the trouble. Today, that person was comedian, actress and 2017 Root 100 honoree Franchesca Ramsey (aka “Chescaleigh”), who can now add “mind reader” to her lengthy resume, since she succinctly summed up our thoughts on Forbes magazine calling Kylie Jenner…
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The Richest Black People in the World, Ranked
Every year Forbes releases its annual ranking of the world’s billionaires, and this year, like every year, I woke up, checked the list of the richest people in the world and decided I’d better go to work. Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos sits atop the list, passing Bill Gates, which makes sense because if you’re reading this…
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Jay-Z Passes Diddy on Forbes List of Wealthiest Hip-Hop Artists. Soulja Boy Snubbed Again
Boosted by his ownership stake in Roc Nation, Tidal, and Champagne and cognac that neither you nor I can afford, hip-hop artist and mogul Jay-Z has leapfrogged entrepreneur and white-suit aficionado Sean “Puffy, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy, Brother Love” Combs to claim the top spot on Forbes magazine’s list of the wealthiest people in…
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Forbes’ 10 Cities Where African Americans Are Doing the Best Economically Are All in the South
When Forbes began its annual ranking of the places where black people are doing the best economically, many people probably assumed that the list would be filled with places in the North and the West, culminating in the city where residents are required to own at least one pair of Timberlands and everyone’s last name…
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A Breakdown of the Black Stars on Forbes’ List of Highest-Paid Celebrities
Every year, Forbes magazine ranks the highest-paid “front of the camera” celebrities. These rankings are based on stars’ pretax income, this year from June 1, 2016, through June 1, 2017, calculated from box office earnings, music rankings, book sales, two paycheck stubs, how they ball out at the club and their mamas’ bragging at church.…