With lyrics like “I blow a hundred million, make another hundred mill,” (50 Cent) and “Walking up the dark stairwells, elevator was out of order yeah, worth 200 million now,” (Nas), rappers seem to have no problem with letting the public know how much they are worth. But are they lying about their wealth? Click to jump to find out!
Jay Z was right with saying, “The truth in my verses, versus your metaphor about what your net worth is,” In his latest hit, Versus, implying that many rappers lie about their wealth. This Graph below displays some popular rappers real wealth versus their alleged wealth.
What do you think about all of this? Is it just not Kayne that’s should be known for being egotistical now?! Let’s hope that one day these rappers can live up to their words!
Via BusinessWeek
the list is inaccurate. Forbes ranks them in this order: Diddy, Jay-z, Dre, Birdman, 50 Cent. But this chart indicates that 50 cent is lower than Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, and Pitbull.