Run DMC was a legendary Hip Hop duo consisting of  Joseph “Run” Simmons, Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels, and Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell. They are considered to be one of the most influential Hip Hop groups of all time. Among LL Cool J, Beastie Boys and Public Enemy, Run DMC was one of the popular Hip Hop groups of 1980s. They were the first Hip Hop Group to be nominated for a Grammy. They were the first hip hop acts to earn a platinum album. They were the first Hip Hop acts to be on the cover of Rolling Stones magazine. Run-DMC was the only Hip Hop group to perform in Live Aid. Their album ‘Raising Hell’ was released in 1986. Run DMC was regarded as the greatest Hip Hop group of all time by MTV. It was given the number 48 spot on Rolling stone’s list of 100 Greatest musical artists of all time.

EARLY LIFE AND CAREER

It all began when Simmons met McDaniels. They were both aspiring DJs but soon developed an interest in Rapping. They used to Rap at local events. Soon, they met a famous DJ named Mizell. The 3 became close friends and began making music. They soon became locally famous. They started recording songs and were eventually signed by Profile Records. They released their first single ‘It’s like that’ in 1983.  It was a huge hit and peaked at #15 on R&B charts. They released their debut album Run-DMC in 1984. The album was a huge hit. Their sound was a mixture of Rock and Rap. Rap was evolving to new sounds and they pioneered the new-school Hip Hop movement. They set a trend in Hip Hop with their attires. After Run-DMC’s success, the next album was named ‘King of Rock’. It was extremely successful and achieved the platinum status. In 1986, Run-DMC collaborated with Rick Rubin and released an album named Raising Hell. the album was the most successful album by the group and achieved a multi-platinum status. Raising hell was cited as the beginning of Golden age of Hip Hop. They paved the way for many successful artists such as Beastie Boys and LL Cool J. They went on a tour with Beastie Boys as well during that period. In 1988, they released an album named ‘Tougher than Leather’.  The albu didn’t do as well as its predecessor but was a hit. It boasted many strong singles in it. They also starred in a movie of the same name. The movie was directed by Rick Rubin. In 1990, Run-DMC released ‘Back from Hell’. It received poor reviews although a few singles became very successful. After the failure of their album, they became a bit stressed. Run and DMC joined a church. They started everything from the start. They returned in 1993 with the album ‘Down with the King’. It became extremely successful and peaked at number 1 position. This marked the return of Run-DMC. The album was declared Platinum. The Group went on tours for 10 years but eventually disbanded due to many creative difference. Jam Master Jay was murdered in 2002. After his death, the group officially retired.

RICHNESS AND LEGACY

Run DMC has a combined net worth of $ 110 Million. They are one of the most influential hip hop groups of all time. They have sold many platinum albums and earned a fortune through them. They have garnered this treasure as a result of their spunk and passion. Eminem inducted them in the Rock n Roll Hall of fame in 2009.

FAMOUS QUOTES

‘It seems like stupid America celebrates a person that says “yeah I’m a drug dealer, I’m bringing the drugs into the hood”. The reason why hip hop exists is because it started out with good intentions, once all the good intentions left the music became polluted, it became disrespectful it became immature.’

“I need a little help Jay, I got a little problem. A guy like yourself, maybe you can help me solve em . I only want to know why this happens all the time
(What?) Everywhere I go, I start to rap and rhyme . I rock them in the day (yeah you rock em every night) . I rock em when I left so def I knew something was wrong (alright). I rhyme when I am sleeping, I rhyme when I’m awake.”

“When I was nine I said a rhyme by putting candles on my cake. I just came from the bank (you said a rhyme?) A rhyme so funny. A song about the line so long they all gave me their money. That’s why I came to you, you’re my friend (yes that is true). Said maybe Jay knows what to say, he’ll tell me what to do.. ”

‘If you make a record about a gun, on that very same record or album there’s gotta be a record about not using a gun. If you’re making a record on the b**** or the h*es, there’s got to be a record about your aunt who worked all of the days of her life to send all her children to college,’

‘When we made the record for adidas we didn’t make it to get an endorsement, it wasn’t about business. We took positivity and made it gangsta, we never knew we would do something historic.’

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Profession: Rap Artist

Genre: Southern Hip-hop/Crunk

Beginning

Born Daryl Kevin Richardson II to the star of VH1’s reality TV show Love & Hip-Hop Atlanta Momma Dee in Atlanta, Georgia. He has 13 siblings, 6 brothers and 7 sisters. He made his debut album “Bred 2 live, Born 2 Die” in 2006 with 50 Cent. His first single “Money in the Bank” became his biggest solo hit and also the most commercially successful single till date in the U.S. It was number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. He, along with Trillville was discovered by producer Lil Jon while performing at a bar in Atlanta and was one of the first acts signed to his Black Market Entertainment Recordings. Lil Scrappy’s first independent album “Prince of South” was released in 2008 through Real Talk Entertainment. The album featured guest appearances by rappers Lil’ Flip and J-Bo of YoungBloodZ. It reached number 22 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 1 on the Independent Albums Chart. In 2009, he featured in the movie Just Another Day, the tale of realities of rap music. He also announced his second studio album Tha Grustle in early 2009, which would be distributed through Def Jam, but it couldn’t get an official release until March 2012. The official first single of the album was “Helicopter” in which Scrappy is joined by 2 Chainz & Twista over Nonstop’s street ready production. The second single from the album was called “No love” featuring Tocarra which gained over a 100,000 views on YouTube. His second Independent album “Prince of South 2” released in October 2010. Lil Scrappy has done a quite a few music video cameos with artists such as Young Buck, Ludacris, and 50 Cent. After Lil Scrappy left BME Records, he later signed with Atlanta rapper Ludacris’s Disturbing The Peace Records, which was a short lived relationship. Now, Scrappy is signed to S-Line Records which is founded by Kevin Clark. Lil Scrappy is also affiliated with the Black Mafia Family gang which is a street gang founded by brothers Demetrius Big Meech Flenory & Terry Southwest T Flenory. Members are known to wear the color black to show affiliation to the gang.

Genre

Lil Scrappy is one of the key artists to have propelled the genre of crunk hip hop. Crunk hip hop started in the 1990s as a sub-form of southern hip hop. Producer Lil Jon is widely credited with spearheading the movement. True to its name, crunk constitutes a chaotic interpolation of club beats and high-energy chants. Scrappy made a strong following throughout the Southeastern United States through mixtape releases. Scrappy gained popularity with vulgar lyrics and that infamous heavy southern bass sound that Atlanta was known for in the mid 00’s.

Personal Life

The rapper started dating Erica Dixon in 2002 and in March 2005 gave birth to their daughter Emani Richardson. They broke up in 2007. The same year Scrappy started dating rapper Diamond, whom he met in 2004 after working with the rap group Crime Mob. Scrappy and Diamond got engaged in 2008. In April 2011 Diamond dumped him for rapper Soulja Boy. In 2011, Scrappy reunited with Erica.

In late 2012, Lil Scrappy was arrested for violating his probation. Following the event of failing a court-ordered drug test, the rapper was sent to a rehabilitation facility in June 2013 to get rid of his addiction to marijuana. And in August 2013, the “No problem” hit maker, was arrested in Georgia after he attacked a man who allegedly insulted his girlfriend. Lil Scrappy has been in a few rap feuds during his career, his most popular ones being with rapper Parlae Escobar of the former hip hop group Dem Franchize Boyz, Crime Mob, Soulja Boy and Trouble (rapper).

He currently features on VH1’s Love & Hip Hop Atlanta with his ex- fiancé Erica Dixon.

Momma Dee

Deborah Gaither is the mother of Lil Scrappy who is famous as Momma Dee on VH1’s Love & Hip Hop Atlanta which aired in 2012. Her experiences include singing, modeling and pimping as she is a registered nurse. She is known to create quite a stir in Scrappy and Erica’s relationship as Erica and Momma Dee have never gotten along. However because Erica shares a child with her son, they are forced to be in one another’s lives, but neither of them find pleasure in this relationship. Momma Dee has been quite open about her not liking Erica and being completely against her marriage with Scrappy.

Wealth

Lil Scrappy supposedly got paid 200k for season 2 of the hit show. Scrappy purchased a big body Mercedes Benz and a big house in Alpharetta, Georgia. He also owns a white color Bentley.

Lil Scrappy and his rapper girlfriend Diamond were in Foreclosure. Lil Scrappy bought a 2,836 sq ft home in Conyers, GA back in 2004 for $182,800 back when he was still dropping singles on the radio, but not only the home was devalued to $123,000, but the bank foreclosed on it August 2010. The same thing happened with his girlfriend, Suntrust Bank got her Walden Park neighborhood Atlanta, home foreclosed in September 2010. Diamond’s car was also repossessed and both of their homes were put up for sale. They rented a home in Cobb County, later.

Current Deals

In late 2013, Lil Scrappy signed a new album and record deal. The rapper has inked a new label partnership between his Gri$tle Gang Records, Chinga Chang Records and Sony Entertainment. He will release his “Reparations” album through this deal. He has been behind the scenes working on his this project, which is scheduled to release in Spring 2014. Scrappy took to Instagram to share the good news.

“Partnering with Chinga Chang Records is the best move I’ve made since I entered the Hip-Hop game, period!” says Scrappy in a statement. “’Reparations’ reflects the maturity and wisdom I’ve learned from being in this industry.”

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Singer-songwriter, dancer, actor, model, record producer, reality show star.

Nicole Scherzinger was born on June 29 1978. She is an American recording artist, actress and television personality.  She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Alfonso Valiente (who is of Fillipino descent) and Rosemary Elikolani (who is of Hawaiian and Russian descent). Her parents separated when she was young, but her mother acted as a guiding light in her life, encouraging her as an artist, pushing her to strive for her best. She was 6 when her family relocated and moved to Louisville, Kentucky along with her sister Keala and her German-American stepfather Gary Scherzinger- whose last name she eventually took up

She began her performing career in Louisville, attending the Youth Performing Arts School at DuPont Manual High School, performing with the Actors Theatre of Louisville. In 1996, she went on to be the first runner-up at the 1996 Kentucky State Fair’s Coca-Cola Talent Classic contest.

When it was time for her to go to college, she chose to major in musical theatre at the Wright State University where she had roles in musicals such as Chicago and in Show Boat.

She however, pressed the pause button on her college education to sing backing vocals for a band called Days of the New. At the time, the band leader Travis Meeks claimed that “She was an amazing entertainer, but she didn’t seem to understand music very well.”

Her first tryst with television was when she made an appearance in and participated in the television series Popstars- an international TV series that was the precursor to the famous singing reality show American Idol. She won Popstars as a member of Eden’s Crush. She later went on to join The Pussycat Dolls as the lead singer. The pussycat dolls were an American pop girl group and dance ensemble that was founded in Los Angeles, California. They were choreographed by the famous Robin Antin. In 1995. In 2003, Interscope Records turned the group into a music franchise comprising of Nicole Scherzinger, Carmit Bachar, Ashley Roberts, Jessica Sutta, Melody Thornton, and Kimberly Wyatt. They released their first album PCD in 2005.

Nicole Scherzinger (third from right on the cover of PCD

The album was hugely successful and saw guest contributions from the likes of Timbaland, CeeLo Green, Rich Harrison, among others. The album contained various number-one singles such as “Don’t Cha” “Buttons” and “Stickwitu”

Their next album Doll Domination followed shortly in 2008. Her work as their lead singer helped establish the pussycat dolls as the one of the best selling girl groups of all time. The combination of the song’s lyrics, catchy tunes and fun videos made them hugely popular. PCD went on to sell more than 3 million copies worldwide and more than 10 million copies worldwide.

She simultaneously began working on her solo career, going on to make collaborations with big names in the industry such as P. Diddy, Timbaland and 50 cent. However, there was trouble in paradise. The band was amidst constant conflict as Nicole was overshadowing the rest of the dolls and the rest were treated as mere subordinates. They eventually broke up and Nicole went on to establish a successful solo career for herself.

She won the tenth season of Dancing with the stars in 2010.

Scherzinger on an episode of Dancing with the stars

Soon, she went on to replace famous singer Cheryl Cole as one of the judges on famous reality TV show The X Factor.She became hugely popular as one of its judges. However, her stint with X factor was brief, before she announced recently that she had forgone the opportunity of judging yet another season of X Factor as she wanted to focus on her career.

Scherzinger has an emotional moment as a judge on the X Factor

HOME

Scherzinger used to reside in a luxurious mansion on Hollywood hills in Hollywood. She purchased the house from real estate agent Daisy Fuentes for $2,165,000. The magnificent Mediterranean style home consisted of 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms spread out over 4,014 sq feet, nestled in 1.5 acres of land with no immediate neighbours. However, Scherzinger made a shocking decision to sell the house- at a whopping sum of $2,349,000.

In 2012, she made a decision to buy a house in London for over $5 million, in order to be closer with ex-beau F1 star Lewis Hamilton.

Scherzinger’s salary is as below.

• Annual: USD 1,500,000.00
• Monthly: USD 125,000.00
• Weekly: USD 30,000.00
• Daily: USD 6,000.00

BRAND ENDORSEMENTS

Nicole Scherzinger’s popularity resulted in various brand endorsement offers. She signed on a brand endorsement agreement with popular brand Herbal Essences. She soon became the face of a particular type of Herbal essences shampoos and conditioners called ‘Hello Hydration’ and ‘Moroccon Mu shine’

Scherzinger endorsing Herbal Essences’ “Hello Hydration” shampoo

Scherzinger endorsing Herbal Essences’ “Moroccan Mu Shine”

In 2012, she was also eventually signed on as the brand ambassador for the famous brand ‘London Fog’             replacing Christina Hendricks, one of their most successful brand ambassadors till then. London Fog’s foundations were in 1923, when they began making waterproof clothing for the U.S Navy during the world war II.

Scherzinger endorsing London Fog

Nicole has also agreed to be the brand ambassador of The imPRESS Press-On Manicure range of products by Broadway nails. It’s a collection of six patterns and 3 colours- inspired by Nicole’s birthplace- Hawaii, reflecting her love and passion for music, life and fashion.

Scherzinger’s Broadway Nails range

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Camron is an American rapper and actor with an estimated net worth of $ 8 million. Till date Camron has released six studio albums and five albums in collaboration with other big names . Two of his solo albums and one of his collaboration albums have been certified Gold and one of his solo album which was released in 2002 called ” come home with me” has been certified Platinum. Apart from this he has also appeared in over six films.

Early Life and career

Cameron Ezike Giles popularly known by his stage name Camron was born and raised in Harlem, New York. He went to Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics where he meet his long time friends Mesa and Jim Jones, of the Jones brothers. He was a promising basketball player however, he was unable to take advantage of scholarship offers due to his poor academic scores. He enrolled in a college in Texas without graduating from the high School but soon dropped out and returned to New York where he began selling drugs before he started rapping.
He began is career in music industry in the mid 90s rapping with Big L, Mase and his cousin in a group called ” children of the corn” however after his cousin died in a car accident in 1997, the group decided to part ways and the members continued solo career. After one year of his cousin’s death, in 1998 Camron was introduced to ” The Notorious Big” by Mesa. Biggie was very much impressed by Camron. He introduced Camron to his partner Lance who signed Camron to his label distributed by Epic Records. Camron’s debut album, “Confessions of Fire” was released in july 1998 which include singles such as “3-5-7″ and ” Horse Carriage” reached the R&B Top Ten and just missed out on reaching Top 40 list. The album achieved gold status and made its way to the Top 10 of Pop and R&B charts. Later in 1999, Big L was murdered. In 2000, Camron worked with music executive Tommy and released his second album Sports Drugs and Entertainment on Sony  Records. The album included successful singles like ” Let me know” and “what means the world to you”. The album reached the number 2 position on R&B and Hip-Hop charts and number 14 on billboard 200. In 2001, Camron signed with his childhood friend and now his new manager Damon Dash to Rock-A-Fella Records, parting ways with Sony Records. Camron reportedly signed $4.5 million record deal with Damon Dash and Rock-A-Fella and Jay z in form of a record advance. His third and most successful album, ” Come home with me” which was released in 2002 featuring Jay z, Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek as guests. the album included hit singles such as ” oh Boy” and ” Hey ma” . The album achieved Platinum status and became the stepping stone for  Camron group “The Diplomats” to sign with Rock-A-Fella. In 2003 Camron got together with other  members of his band to release the Diplomat’s debut  album called, ” Diplomatic Immunity” which was quickly certified Gold by RIAA. The album featured lead singles such as “dip set anthem” which is a remix to camron’s hit ” hey Ma” and street anthem ” I really mean it”. A year later the Diplomats released their second album ” Diplomatic Immunity 2″ though the second album was not a successful as their first album, it still managed get gold status. By this time Camron popularized the color pink. Camron was always seen wearing pink clothing and even bought an all pink Range Rover. In 2005 Camron officially joined the Warner Music Group under Asylum Records.. He began to work on his fifth studio album called, “Killa Season” which was released in 2006 featuring The heatmakerz, Charlmagne, Ty Fyffe and I.N.F.O. The same year Camron released his first film in which he wrote, directed and starred in “Killa season”. It sold over 112,000 units in the first week and debuted at number 2 on the charts, but failed to have the same strength as his two previous releases and failed to reach gold or platinum status. In 2007 after the release of “Killa Season”, Camron took a 3 year break from his music career as his mother suffered three strokes which left her paralyzed. He moved to Florida with her and stayed there until she had fully recovered. In 2009 Camron released his come back album ” Crime pays”. The album reached number 3 on the billboards 200 and sold over 150,000 units which was the lowest selling album for his career. In 2009 Camron formed his new label called “dip set West” and new group called ” The U.N”. During late 2009 and early 2010 Camron released a series of mix tapes. He also released an album with Vado entitled Camron & The UN. Camron then announced that he would be releasing a joint album with his new group. The album was named “Gunz n’ Butta”. In 2013 he released his next studio album ” Killa Season 2″. The album featured Dip set, Nicki Minaj, Wiz khalifa as guests. He also released a mixed tape called ” Ghetto Heaven Vol1″. Apart from his music career, Camron appeared in ” Paid in Full”, ” Killa Season” the movie.

Controversy

There had been rumors about a fight between Camron and Jay z, Camron took it to public with a track called ” You Gotta Love it” featuring Max B. In the song Camron takes jabs at Jay z’s age and his alleged stealing of “biting” lyrics and his girlfriend. Camron explained the fight began when Jay-z became the  CEO and president of Rock- A- Fella Records. But later in 2012 Camron stated that he doesn’t have any problem with Jay-z. In 2007, Camron and 50 Cent had a live argument on ” The Angie Martinez” show on Hot 97 radio. 50 Cent commented that major record labels would not work with artists of Koch Entertainment. Camron stated that Jim Jones outsold their albums and that his group ” The Diplomats” had a deal from several labels. Both rappers released songs with videos on you tube. 50 cent suggested that Camron is no longer able to leas “The diplomats” and that Jim Jones should take his place, to which Camron replied with “Curtis” and ” Curtis 2″ in which he makes fun of 50 cent’s appearance calling him a gorilla with rabbit teeth. This time Camron was not speaking to his fellow Diplomat members Julie Santana and Jim Jones, leading to speculation that the group had broken up. However, despite admitting that he did not want to contact Jim Jones, he said that he had no hard feelings towards him.  In late 2011, both appeared together on Wolfgang Gartner’s album Weekend in America, on the track “Circus Freaks.”

Wealth

Camron owns his tremendous wealth from his music as well as film career.
Camron reportedly charges over $75,000 to perform in U.s and over $150,000 to perform outside U.S.A plus luxurious hotel stay and Business class tickets.
Camron signed a record deal worth $4.5 million deal with Rock-A-Fella.
Apart from this Camron resides in a 12000 square feet home with 5 bedrooms and 4 bathroom in New York which has an estimated worth of $5 million. Camron loves to cruse in his pink Range Rover and his expensive luxurious rides includes a Jaguar and Maybach combined worth of over $300,000.

Quote : At the end of the day, nothing is guaranteed but, that’s what they asked us ten years ago, ten years ago you was like yo it’s going to be crazier than it is now.

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Born on 29, February, 1976, Jeffery Atkins better known by his stage name Ja Rule is an American singer, rapper and actor from Queens, New York. When he was 5 years old his sister died due to breathing complications and after that he was brought up as the only child of his mother, Debra Atkins who was a health care worker. As he was raised in a Jehovah’s witnesses he could not discover the music genius in him but as his mom ultimately left the religion new doorways opened for him.

Career & Wealth

Music:

He started his career in the year 1993 with a hip hop group known as Cash Money Click. His stage name Ja rule came into existence because of his friend who used to address him by that name. In 1998, he made his first appearance as a featured artist on radio on Jay-Z’s single “can I Get A…”.His debut album Venni vetti vecci was released in 1999 and it ranked 3 on the billboard list of 200 and within a period of about seven days 184,000 copies of it were sold. His hit single Holla Holla found its spot at 35 on the billboard list of hot 100 charts and reached platinum status adding feather to his cap.
Acting:

Ja Rule also tried his hand on acting and is now an established actor .He started his career as an actor with the film Turn It Up which was released in 2000.After that he appeared in many famous movies like Fast And Furious (2001), Back in the Day (2004), Half Past Dead (2004), Scary Movie 3(2003) and in Assault On Precinct 13(2005) .In 2013, he acted as Miles Montego in a movie I Am In Love With A Church Girl.

Personal Life:

In April 2001, Ja Rule got married to Aisha Murray. He has three children, Brittany (born in1995), Jeff Atkins Jr. (born 2000) and Jordan Atkins (born 2004)0

More about his Wealth:
Estates and Homes:

Ja Rule owns a beautiful Saddle river home.

Autos and Cars:

He owns a lime green coloured Lamborghini murcielago.

Ja Rule Brands:

Some of the brands which he wears are Burberry, DCMA black hoodie, Joe boxer, Nike, NY cap, Ralph Lauren etc.

Awards and Nominations:

In 2001, he won hip hop music award for single of the year –Put It on Me. For the same single he was also nominated for MTV music video awards for best rap video. The very next year he won MTV music video award for best hip hop video-“I’m Real (Murder Remix)”.”Always on Time” was nominated in MTV music video awards for best hip hop video. American music award nominated him for favourite rap/hip hop artist. He was nominated in Grammy awards for best rap performance by a duo or group-”Put It On Me”, for best rap album-“Pain Is Love”, for best rap/ song collaboration-“Livin’ It Up”. The same year he won best selling rap artist award in World Music Awards, best male hip hop artist in BET awards, musician of the year in GQ men of the year, male artist of the year in Teen Choice Awards, best rap/hip hop award in NACCP Image awards. He was also nominated for best rap album of the year –“Pain Is Love” in Soul Train Music Awards. In the year 2003, he won Source Award for R&B rap collaboration of the year-“Thug Luvin”.He was nominated for many awards in the year 2003 which includes Grammy Award for best Rap/Sung collaboration-“Always on Time”, favorite hip hop/R&b male artist in American Music Awards. He won phat tape song of the year for “Clap Back” in Source Awards in 2004.In 2009, he was nominated for Hit do ano(song of the year)-“fly”.

Controversies and Legal Issues:

In 2003, Ja Rule punched a man in Toronto who later filed a case on him but the case was settled out of the court. In 2004, he was arrested for driving with a suspended driver’s license and carrying marijuana. In 2007, he was incarcerated along with Lil Wayne and Don Rhys on the charges of possession of gun and drugs .He received a two year prison sentence after pleading guilty for attempted possession of weapon.

Feuds:

In 1999, 50 Cent and Ja Rule engaged in a well publicised feud. According to 50 Cent it all started when Ja Rule spotted him with a person who robbed him of his jewellery but Ja rule denied it completely and saying that it all happened when a shooting was going on for a video in Queens and 50 Cent did not like the way Ja Rule was getting love from the people. In New York studio rapper black child stabbed 50 Cent because of which he got three stitches .From then on conflict is going on between them .Black Child, a Murder Inc. Artist has insulted 50 Cent in many of his songs. He also got into a feud with Lil’ Mo which was later settled as both reconciled.

Quotes:

“I Love to see my family together. That’s what life is about. It’s about family”.
“Every religion there’s something foul going on “.
“I’ve signed a few sneakers in my day”.
“These companies are in it for their dollars, and whatever is hot that is what they follow”.

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Profession- Rapper

Karim Kharbpouch aka French Montana is an American rapper with $5 million bucks as his estimated net worth. Born as Karim Kharbouch in Morocco he adopted the stage name of “French Montana” which is a medley from’ Morocco and Tony Montana from Scarface. He is the founder CEO of “Cocaine City Records” and most of his net worth of $5 million can be attributed to his Cocaine city Records.

Early Life

French Montana was born in Rabat, Morocco in 1984 as Karim Kharbouch. He spent 13 years of his life outside Casablanca at a family estate. His parents are Moroccan but his mother seems to have some Somali ancestry as well. While growing up, he devoted all his time to playing football and rapping and he still calls them as his favorite childhood hobbies. He left Morocco at the age of 13 along with his mother; father Abdela and brother Zack to move to South Bronx in New York City. He then joined Bronx high schools of Roosevelt and Lehman. This is where he picked up English apart from the streets. His father then returned to Casablanca after spending two years in the New York City. His youngest brother was born in the USA after the departure of his father. His mother lived on welfare and he was the only source of income for the family.

Making of a Rapper

Born and raised in Morocco, French Montana along with his family moved to New York City in 1996. His first mix tape was released in 2002 titled “Cocaine city”. He later moved on to release DVDs of his performances and other artistes’ interviews, which apparently he sold on the streets.  In 2011 His career took a turn for better when he was signed by Interscope and Bad Boy records. He later worked with Bad Boy Records and Maybach music Group. Rick Ross, Max B, Charlie Rock. Flip and Cheeze are some of the other artists that French Montana has worked with.

Personal Life

French Montana is multilingual and some of the languages he speaks include English, French and Arabic. He was once shot in the head in between 2003 to 2004 while coming out of a recording studio in New York. He was immediately rushed to the hospital and he survived.

French Montana tied the knot with Deen Kharbouch in 2007. In 2009, they had a son and named him Kruz. The couple got divorced in 2012 but French Montana still maintains that being a father is one of the best experiences in life. He is known to be in an on and off relationship with rapper Trina who is signed to his record label- Coke Boys.

Accumulating Wealth

French Montana released his first mix tape in 2002 which he named “Cocaine City”. Although, while recording this mix tape he also collaborated with Cokeboy Los who happens to be close friend of French Montana. He also released DVDs of his performances and also mixed them with interviews from other artists too. His first releases include interviews from artists such as Pee Wee Kirkland and Remy Ma. An interesting fact is that the primary aim of these DVDs was just to garner more publicity. They in fact turned to be the top selling ‘street DVDs’. The sales of these DVD from 2002- 2010 have made a substantial donation to his net worth. French Montana’s career became rather intense when he signed record deals with Bad Boy Records and Interscope Records in 2011. He soon established his own record label and very soon joined forces with Bad boy Records and Maybach Music Group which again added to his financial success and net worth.

Musical Ventures

Though his dreams were crushed when his debut album with Akon was delayed for three years but nothing could crush French Montana spirit. He generated $3 million from Bad Boy Records and Maybach Records from 2011 to 2012. However the album failed to create much hype.

His debut record “Excuse my French” was expected to cross the 500,000 copy mark by the end of fourth quarter of 2013 but it too couldn’t make the cut. His joint venture with Bad Boy and Maybach spent $1.2 million on featured artist, production, promotion and distribution. Unfortunately French Montana is supposed to pay all that money back but with low sales of the album it seems quite unlikely.

French Montana’s Cars

The American rapper seems to be a fan of speed as can be seen from his car collection. He owns a white Cadillac Escalade, one Maserti GranTurismo and a white Rolls Royce Ghost.

Brands French Montana owns

Indulging in high-end brands that is can commonly be spotted amongst celebrities. French Montana is no exception. French Montana owns a French watch which is priced at $100,000. He apparently spends $10,000 on Versace shirts. He also owns an expensive pair of Vintage Versace Sunglasses X.

Musical Influences

There are some artists that inspired French Montana and were a part of his growing up days. These include NAS, tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, the Notorious B.I.G and the Wu-Tang Clan. He considers himself a great lover and admirer of art. He also admires the works of artists Adele and Amy Winehouse.

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Introduction

Dr. Dre was born on 18^th February 1965 in California. His birth name is Andre Romelle Young. He is not just a Record producer but is also a Rapper and an Entrepreneur. He started his career in year 1984. He can play almost all the instruments like Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizer, drum machine, turntable, and sampler. He is the CEO of Beats Electronics and Aftermath Entertainment. He is considered to be third richest man in this field. When he started his career he was the member of World Class Wreckin’ Cru. He was also the member of Death Row Records. In year 1996 he established his own studio and left Death Row Records. The name of his own label was Aftermath Entertainment. In the same year his compilation album named Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath was also produced. In year 1999 his solo album was also produced which was named as 2001. In year 1998 he signed Eminem who helped him in recording vocals. 50 cent was also signed for recording labels in year 2003. Apart from this Dre also worked in many movies as an actor. The movies in which he worked are The Wash, Set It Off, Rolling Stone, and Training Day.

Early life

Theodore and Verna Young were the parents of Dr. Dre. His father also had a singing group which was named as amateur R&B singing group. After the birth of Andre, his parents got divorced. They first started living separately and after a year they got divorced.

Music Career

At his young age he was quite inspired by the song named The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on Wheels of Steels. At his young age only he attended many concerts and many club ceremonies where DJs and rappers used to perform. He used to get highly inspired by those people. His favourite club was named as The Eve after Dark. He started his career by becoming a DJ in a club. His initial name as a DJ was Dr. J. He kept this name on behalf of Julius Erving. Erving was the favourite basketball player of Andre.

Career in Film

He has also made a career in film industry. Apart from his singing career he has also worked for films. He acted in several films. In year 1996 he started his career with movies. He acted in the movie named Set It off. It was a movie which depicted a bank robbery. His acting was appreciated by the people and they accepted him as an actor too. After this film he appeared in many movies like Training Day and The Wash. In some movies his music was also included. He produced a song named Bad Intentions and this song was included in the movie named The Wash.

Entrepreneurship

He is also a very successful entrepreneur. he manufactured head phone by his brand name in year 2008.  The name of the headphones is Beats by Dr. Dre. There are several other products in this line l Beat Tours, A circumaural Headphone, Beats Studio, Beats Spin, Beats Solo & Solo HD, Heartbeats by Lady Gaga, Diddy Beats and Supra-aural headphones. He has also planned for the discharge of After Cognac and Vodka. He will also release Detox. For his business he had collaborated with HP too. Both the HP and Andre have planned a combo of HP laptops and his headphones. This idea further increased the sale of his headphones.

Personal life

He got married to Nicole Threatt. After their marriage they were graced with five children. Unfortunately one of his sons named Andre Young Jr died in year 2008. He has a wide network. All the big personalities are the colleagues of Dre. He attend all the high class parties in his state.

Awards and Nominations

In year 1994 he was nominated for the award named Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. In the same year he won Best Rap Solo Performance Award for his work in Let me Ride. Then in year 2000 he was nominated for many awards like Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, Best Rap Album. He won the Producer of the Year award in year 2001. He even won the Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group award for Crack the Bottle in year 2010.

Richness

Dre earns a lot of money and hence he has a prolific life style. He has a very beautiful woodland wills home in Los Angeles. The estimated worth of the house is said to be $3.2 million. The house has eight lavish bed rooms. The architecture of the house is quite mesmerising. He bought this house in 2008. The house covers 13,748 square feet of area. It has a swimming pool in its outdoor area which further enhances the beauty of the house. It has six stunning bathrooms. He parks his luxurious cars hi the four garages which are present in the house. He has a car named Hummer H2. The car has 6.2 litres V8 engine. It gives a very high range of Torque and 393-hp. It is a military style car.  The car has a bulky look but it is very comfortable. the estimated net worth of Dr. Dre is considered to be $110 million.

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50 cent

50 cent is an American rapper, actor, investor and entrepreneur. With a net worth of $ 125 million, he is one of the richest figure in Hip Hop. He is also the front-man of the New York based Hip Hop group ‘G-unit’. 50 cent has sold more than 30 million albums world wide and has won numerous awards including a Grammy. His real name is Curtis Jackson III.

Early life

Jackson was born on July 6, 1975 in South Jamaica. His mother, Sabrina, was 15 year old when he was born. Jackson was raised solely by his mother. When he was 8 years old his mother passed away. He then lived with his Grand parents. At the age of 12, Jackson started selling drugs in the streets. He was accustomed with guns and drugs by the age of sixteen. He once got caught in school when they used Metal Detectors. Although Jackson admitted that he never used the drugs he used to sell. Jackson adopted the nickname 50 cent for a change. The name was inspired by a Brooklyn Robber, Kelvin Martin.

Rapping career

50 cent

The 21-year old Jackson started rapping in a friend’s basement. He was soon introduced to Jam master Hay( Run-DMC fame). Jay taught Jackson to write rhymes, count bars and make verses sound better. Jackson released his first unofficial album, Shut em’ down. It was not a commercial hit though 50 cent did receive some underground attention. As a result, Nas took him on his tours. He was supposed to record videos for the album but Jackson got shot 9 times 3 days before. He was severely injured and it was a miracle for him to recover. He was back from the hospital in 15 days and recovered fully within a period of 5 months. Jackson recalls the incidence, “It happens so fast that you don’t even get a chance to shoot back…. I was scared the whole time…. I was looking in the rear-view mirror like, ‘Oh @#!*% , somebody shot me in the face! It burns, burns, burns. After I got shot nine times at close range and didn’t die, I started to think that I must have a purpose in life… How much more damage could that shell have done? Give me an inch in this direction or that one, and I’m gone”.

After fully recovering, Jackson released a mix tape named Guess who’s back?. Eminem through a source got hold of the CD and invited Jackson to fly to Los Angeles. Dr. Dre and Eminem, highly impressed by 50 cent, decided to sign him to a $ 1 million dollar deal. 50 cent’s subsequent album Get rich or Die tryin‘ was declared 8 times platinum. It sold 872,000 copies in the first four days. 50 cent launched his own G-unit records shortly after that.

His subsequent project, The Massacre, was a successful venture as well selling 1.14 Million copies. Rolling stone cited to 50 cent, “50′s secret weapon is his singing voice - the deceptively amateur-sounding tenor croon that he deploys on almost every chorus”. In 2007 Cutis was released which sold about 691,000 units in the first week. 50 cent has been a prominent figure in Hip Hop since 2003.

Business ventures

50′s Mansion!

Jackson has ventured into various businesses and is a shrewd entrepreneur. In 2003, he launched the G-unit sneakers in collaboration with Reebok. Jackson has also founded two film producing companies, G-unit films and Cheetah vision. Jackson recently shifted his business efforts to Philanthropy. He launched an energy drink called Street king. A large portion from its sale will go to charity. He also founded a company named SMS audio and it sells headphones. He lives in the former house of ace boxer Mike Tyson.

Awards and Accolades

50 Cent has won five awards from seven nominations at the annual American Music Awards:

Billboard Awards :

Grammy awards:

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