Drake was born on 24 October 1986 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His full name is Aubrey Drake Graham. He is a Canadian recording artist, rapper, songwriter and actor. He is famous for his role as Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation. He is a famous rich personality as a rapper. In the year 2010, he first album was released called Thank Me Later which reach at number one on the Billboard 200. His second album in the year 2011, Take Care was also very famous and topped the charts in the United States and Canada. His third album was release in the year 2013, Nothing Was the Same. He is very much dedicated towards his work and his work is appreciated all over the world. He has received a number of awards and honors for his work. He earned a Grammy award, three Juno awards, six BET awards and numerous other Billboard awards. Drake’s record shows 1w number one singles on Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart. Not only is this, there is a ten number –one singles on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart passing Jay-Z in the year 2012. He is one of the actors who occupied top three position on the chart.

Life:

He was born to parents Sandi Graham who was an educator and Dennis Graham who was a drummer and worked with Jerry Lee Lewis. His father was an African-American form Memphis, Tennessee and his mother was a white Jewish Canadian. Talking about his education, he attended the Jewish day School and had a Bar Mitzvah. He has seen many ups and downs in his life, starting from his parents who got divorced when he was only five. He was then raised by his mother. Later he attended Forest Hill Collegiate Institute where he began acting. Moreover, he attended the Vaughan Rod Academy.  Around 5 million copies of his albums were sold till date. The most interesting thing to note is that, in the ear 2012, he was tied up with Rihanna for the most nominations at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards. Also, he was ranked number 2 on MTV’s Hottest MCs in the Game VII list in the year 2012. Not only is this, he became the number 1 Rhythmic artist of the year 2012 based on Mediabase.

Career:

Drake started his career form the television shoe Degrassi: The Next Generation as Jimmy Brooks. In the show, he appeared in total of 138 episodes. In the year 2006, his first mixtape was released called Room for Improvement which received a lot of appreciation and it got famous all over the world. Also in the year 2007, his second album was released called Comeback Season with is spawning a single and a music video for “Replacement Girl” featuring Tray Songz. In the same year, he became the first artist who was named in BET awards. His third album in the year 2009 was gone viral. It became d=so famous that 2000 downloads was reported in just first two hours of release. Drake always been a talented artist. He made his fate on his own and earned a lot through his talent. As said, if there is a will, there is a way. He proves it. He has been an inspiration for large number of freshers. A large number of audience is following hi,. He has a large number of fans list. According to his management, it was reported that, he achieved a big success before signing the major, Hip Hop Since 1978. His “So Far Gone” was debuted at number 6 on the Billboard 200 and also certified by the RIAA with over 500,000 copies sold in the United States. Also, in the year 2010, his album won Rap recording of the year at the Juno Awards.

For his third album, Thank Me later, he did a free concert with Hanson for which he received 25,000 fans at New York’s South Street Seaport. It was hard to handle the overflowing crowd at that time. Moreover, this album sold in 447,000 copies and was debuted on the number 1 on the Billboard 200. Not only is this, its other achievements are that, it reached on number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also topped the Billboard Rap Songs chart. The story is not over yet, the album received a nomination for the Best Rap Solo Performance at the 53^rd Grammy Awards. Moving over to his fourth album , Take Care which peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top 10 of the hot R&B Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Richness and Assets:

Drake is a rich personality of the era. His net worth is $24 million. His main source of wealth is his mixtapes and studio album releases, as a producer and from his 2012 hip hop tour. He has a big property. He always lived a luxurious life. He loves driving and so he owns a luxurious car, Bentley Continental GT which is one of the fastest production cars from Bentley. It has open top and LED xenon headlights provides it a very contemporary exterior look. The interiors are really extraordinary. Also, he owns a rich expensive mansion which is $9 million. It provides all the comforts one needed to live.

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Paul David Hewson, popularly known as Bono, the multi-millionaire member of U2 band has an estimated net worth of $600 Million. Between 2012 and 2013 alone, Bono managed to earn $110 million.

 Early Life & Career

Bono is a multi-talented man. He is an Irish singer, peacemaker, an activist and a philanthropist. Bono is popular because of his huge contributions in the field of music. Bono was born in Dublin, Ireland in a catholic family. When he was just fourteen, his mother died in 1974. Bono was very much emotionally attached to his mother. two years after his mother’s death, Bono joined an Irish band U2 in 1976. He became the front man for the band,however, his stage presence was more compelling than his singing. Soon within a year’s time band members began touring and released u2′s first album in 1980 entitled “Boy”. Many songs from the album like “Mofo”, “Lemon”, “I will follow” and “Out of control”focuses on Bono’s loss of his mother. where as other songs focused on comparison between childhood and maturity. Eight years after joining the band, success followed. In 1987, the band released the Grammy winning album “The Joshua Tree”. This album instantly made Bono a popular name in the music industry. Bono now writes lyrics for all the songs of the band and these lyrics are often rich in political and social theme. However soon in 1991, the focus of the songs changed drastically. U2′s band Achtung baby was released in 1991, and most of the album’s songs were highly inspired from the private lives of band members. In 2000 the band got back to its modern rock roots. That year their track “Beautiful Day” won a Grammy for Record of the year and another Grammy for Song of the year. Apart from this, singles like n”Sometimes you cant make it on your own” and “Vertigo” were commercially and critically fared. the songs made a great showings on the top rating charts and also managed to win Several Grammy Awards. U2 has been a successful band, and Bono used the band’s success in promoting social activities too. He used his music to raise consciousness with several performances at Net Aid, Band Aid and many others. In 2006, Bono’s band joined hands with a band called Green Day to record a cover song “The saints are coming”. This helped in rebuilding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
In 2011, after conquering Music, Bono along with his U2 band partner Edge turned towards Broadway. He worked on lyrics and music as well as served as a producer for his live theater show called “Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark”. Apart from this Bono over the years, have met with several World leaders and politicians and took an active part in discussing issues such as World poverty and AIDS. Apart from his association with U2, Bono has collaboration with Bob Dylan, Johnny cash, Clannad, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Jenifer Lopez, and B.B.King to name a few. Apart from his music career, Bono has appeared in several TV Series like “Entourage”, “Classic Albums”, “American Idol” and many more. Apart from this Bono along with his band mate Edge purchased a 70 room two star hotel called “Clarence Hotel” and converted it into a 49 room five star hotel. Bono is also one of the board member of Elevation Partners. The company has a majority stake in Forbes media, and also owns a 1.5% stake in Facebook.
In total Bono and his band has won four Grammy Awards, One Golden Globe Award, and a Time Persons Award. Times Magazine ranked Bono at the number eight position on its Most influential people list. Bono is the only musician to appear in the top 10.

Relationship

Bono got married in 1982 to his long time girl friend Alison Hewson. The couple together has two daughters, Jordan and Memphis Eve and two sons, Elijah Bob and John Abraham. Currently he enjoy his life with his wife and children at his home in Dublin.

Wealth

Bono is the Multi-millionaire front man of the band U2, he is now the richest musician in the world. He has an estimated net worth of over $600 million. Bono earns his tremendously high wealth from Singing and his other ventures in hotel industry and equity firm. He is a board of member of Elevation partners which owns 1.2% of Facebook estimated to be $1.5 billion.
Bono owns his large Manor house in Dublin. The house gets a tremendous view of Killiney Bay. This 22,000 square feet Manor is worth over $15 million.

Bono also owns an apartment in “The Sam Remo” building in New York. Bono purchased the apartment for himself for $15 million, but never moved in. The apartment is on 27th floor in a spread of 3500 square feet.

Bono owns a luxurious beach villa. The villa is four floor high. The lavish mansion is private and its living area starts five meters up from the beach. This luxurious villa is worth over $20 million.

Bono owns a luxury Yacht called “The Cyan”. This is a 140 feet long yacht. The yacht features six cabins and rooms that accommodate 12 guests. The yacht include an on deck Jacuzzi, a swimming platform and several other water sport area. the Cyan has a charter price of $255,000 per week.

Bono not only lives in luxury, he loves to cruse in luxury. He owns a 1980 Mercedes 450 SEL, Maserati Quattroporte, Volkswagen Tiguan, a ducati 916, and Tesla Roadster with combined worth of over $10,00,000.

Apart from spending his wealth on luxuries, Bono is associated with charitable organizations like DATA, EDUN, one Campaign, and product red.

Quote: “I want to run, I want to hide, I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside. I want to reach out and touch the plains, where the streets have no names.”

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Jadakiss

Jadakiss is an American rapper from New York. He is a member of the famous rap group ‘The LOX’. He appeared in several video’s of Puff Daddy’s songs during the late nineties. Eminem mentioned him as one of the greatest rappers alive in the song ‘Till I collapse’. He owns the D-block records. He released an album named ‘The Last Kiss’ in 2009. His new album is all set to release in 2014.

EARLY LIFE AND MUSIC CAREER

Jadakiss.

Jadakiss was born on 27 May 1975 in Yonkers, New York, United States of America. He became interested in rapping at a very young age and by the age of 16 became an avid freestyler. Jadakiss was noted for his amazing free styling ability. Jadakiss formed the group ‘The Warlocks’ in 1994 along with friends Styles P and Sheek Lounch. The group changed its name to ‘The LOX’ (Living of experience) and was signed to Bad Bay label. Jadakiss developed a very strong bond with the legendary rapper ‘The Notorious B.I.G.’ The group’s first hit song was- ‘We will always miss Big Poppa’. In 1998, The LOX released its first album, ‘Money, Power and Respect’. The album received an universal acclaim and was a mainstream success. However, after the album got released Jadakiss decided to leave Bad Boy label. He though the approach of Puff Daddy was pretty radio friendly. In 2001, Jadakiss released his solo album named ‘Kiss the game goodbye’. The album featured many guests such as Snoop Dogg, The Alchemist, DJ Premier, and DMX. It received bad reviews from the critics. Many critics called the album ‘Uninspired’. Jadakiss agreed to the claims and said that he did the album out of contractual agreements. His next album was called ‘Kiss of Death’. It was released in 2004 and released a critical acclaim. It did a very good mainstream business as well; Much successful and dope than its predecessor. Jadakiss then signed to Jay’s Roc-a-fella record company. Jay Z wanted to collaborate with Jadakiss for a long time. He released an album named ‘The last kiss’. It was quite successful receiving good reviews from the critics and selling good numbers. He then decided to collaborate again with the Ruff Ryders records. He featured on 2 DJ Khalil tracks in 2011. He even featured on the tracks ‘Welcome to the hood’. He even released a mix-tape named Consignment in between. In 2013, Jadakiss announced his next album ‘Top five, Dead or Alive’. He released a track to the album featuring The Dream. The album will feature many artists such as The Lox, Young Jeezy, Wiz Khalifa, Chris Brown, and Lil Wayne. Jadakiss is one of Eminem’s favorite rappers. Eminem acknowledged Jada’s skills in the song ‘Till I collapse’.

RICHNESS

Jadakiss’ favorite car.

Jadakiss has a net worth of $ 6 Million. He is one of the dopest rappers in the Hip Hop industry. The first LOX album was declared platinum by R.I.I.A. Also, his solo efforts have managed to achieve decent sale numbers. He has achieved this fortune as a result of his rapping abilities. His albums have fared really well in the market. His rapping skills are recognized by the entire Hip Hop community.

FAMOUS QUOTES BY JADAKISS

“People have no discrepancy for me or my lyrics or the song. They just know I didn’t get the right push right. If I were in a video I could have gotten that plaque and all of that but uh.. They’re alot of polotics they had to pay that 3 Million to get us off Bad Boy so they weren’t gonna spend anymore money than they already spent.”

“ Yeah yeah Ruff Riders is definitely still goin’ strong.. Im the main man over there right now. Um as I am rebuilding that back up to as strong as it was I’m pullin’ D-Block up the walls slowly. Yanno I mean that is my main goals right now to get the R Factor how strong it used to be and bring D-Block up one day at a time.”

“I mean definitely. Now more so than ever before. Yanno when we was coming up it was really more underground. Now mixtapes are big, mixtapes are everywhere and its now harder to get on them and its just most of the mixtape DJs have record deals got their own spot, yanno just hip hop is getting bigger every day.”

“Jada just working on this album, pushing it. Yanno squeeze the juice out of it as much as I can squeeze it. Three or four singles hopefully. Yanno get the next one out in the next 6 to 8 months. Davel in movies, Clothing line, book deals, everything that anybody else would want. Big ventures, cop Basketball teams, whatever I can do. Im just trying to get it in.. I just wanna WORK!”

“Definitely, substance of the music is down. That’s why me myself, I listen to old cds. I like the new artists, and all that but I dont think I could start listenin’ to them until for a few more years. I listen to the old cds. Like I’m stuck on them. Im stuck on Puns album, Bigs album, Reasonable Doubt and Cuban Link. Im like an old head.”

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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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Keith Sweat.

Keith Sweat is a famous R&B soul singer, song-writer and composer from America. He is considered as an icon in Soul music. He is inventor of  New Jack swing. His mother was a hairdresser and his father was a factory worker. His father died when he was 12 years old. He worked as a stock boy for a while. He then worked in the stock exchange as an assistant. His career was well set until he finally decided to pursue his dream of being a musician.

MUSIC CAREER

Keith Sweat

Keith used to sing at night clubs in New York until he was discovered in 1987 by Elektra records.  He began his music career with a band called ‘Jamilah’. Keith was the lead singer of the band. They used to perform at many places including New York. He left the group in 1984 and began his solo career. Keith used to sing at various Night Clubs in New York. He was then provided a chance to make an independent record of his work. He was the singer and song-writer for the song ‘You are the one for me’. He was signed by a recording studio named ‘Vintertainment’ and later was permanently signed by Elektra Records. His first album was named ‘Make it Last forever’. It sold more than 3 Million copies across the globe. The single ‘I want her’ became very famous. He released his second album in 1990 and it was named ‘I’ll give all my love to you’. It peaked at #6 on the billboard charts. His 3rd album was released in 1991 and it was named ‘Keep it coming’. The album became massively successful. He collaborated with LL cool J in a song and was quite famous. The song was named “Why me Baby?”. He then moved to New York and founded his own record company ‘Keia records’. Keith released his fourth album in 1994, ‘Get up on it’ and it was a huge hit. He released a self-titled album in 1996. It was a successful effort. The song ‘Twisted’ peaked at number 2 on the billboard charts. ‘Nobody’ peaked at number 2 on the charts. His next album was named ‘Still in the game’ and it peaked at #6 on the billboard charts. It was quite a hit. He released the album named ‘Didn’t see it coming’ in 2000 and it was a moderate hit. It was not as successful as his previous efforts though. In 2002, Keith Sweat returned with his 8th studio album ‘Rebirth’. The album fared better than the previous one and reached #75 on the Billboards chart. A few singles from the album were constantly played on the radio. He released an album named ’Just me’ in 2008. It was a hit on the radio. Many songs appeared on the Billboard chart toppers list. Keith has been a successful solo artist and has released many beautiful songs. He is currently signed to Kedar recordings and released an album named ‘Ridin’ Solo’ in 2010. It was a moderate hit. Keith sweat has won many awards and nominations throughout his career. Quite a star!

RICHNESS

Keith Sweat’s house!

Keith Sweat has a net worth $ 250 thousand. He has released many albums throughout his career and many of them have fared well. He is considered to be an icon in Soul Music. Numerous fans love Keith sweat’s music. He lives in a very lavish mansion and owns many awesome things such as Louis Leeman shoes.

Famous Quotes By Keith Sweat

“You can’t stop loving or wanting to love because when its right, it’s the best thing in the world. When you’re in a relationship and it’s good, even if nothing else in your life is right, you feel like your whole world is complete.”

“ I think the music now is more influenced by what I’ve done and what people like myself and other people have done, like Charlie Wilson and Luther and other people like that. I think our influence is more wide spread because you’ll hear certain sounds or certain samples coming from things we’ve done. I think we influenced what’s going on now. They’ve taken it to another level, but our influence is out there.”

“It’s kind of hard to say I approached an album in a certain way. I just go in there and say “Let me write a song, let me try to write a hit record”. There’s no real approach. It’s just what feels good, let me listen to some tracks, if the track feels good I think of what I can think of or what hook or verses I can come up with. I just approach it like I want to do a good song, not like “Ok I gotta approach this album like this because I approached the last album like that”. I don’t think like that.”

“To make great music, staying power. Giving people what they want. I think that’s what I want my legacy to be, that “Yo, he put out good music, he had staying power, every time we see him perform he did a great show, he’s a good brother”. That’s what I want my legacy to be.”

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Mase

Mase is a an American rapper. He was born on 27 August 1977. He was born in  Jacksonvill, Florida. He was introduced by Puff Daddy in the year 1996. He featured on the album, Life after Death, of the legendary ‘The Notorious B.I.G. He featured on the track- ‘Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems’. It was the biggest hit of the album. After Biggie’s death, Mase was the prime face of Bad Boy Records. He is known for his laid back and slow rapping flow. His real name is Mason Durell Betha.

Early Life

Mase was born in Florida and moved to New York at the age of 5. Mase was a point guard for the Basketball team of his high-school. In 1993, he started performing as ‘Murder Mase’ in a rap group called- Children of the Corn. Mase was then introduced to the famous Hip-Hop producer, Puff Daddy.

Rapping Career

Mase.

Mase released his first solo album, Harlem World, in 1997. The album debuted at #1 on the billboard Pop and R&B charts. It sold about 2,70,000 copies in its first week. It received rave reviews from the critics and was nominated for a Grammy award. ‘Feel so good’, ‘What you want’, and ‘Lookin’ at me’. It featured many artists such as Jay Z and Puff Daddy. The album has been certified 4X by the RIIA and has sold more than 3.3 Million copies. ‘Feel so good’ was ranked at 67 in the list of the 100 greatest hip hop songs by VH1. Mase released his second album in 1999. It was called- Double up. Double Up sold about 1,07,000 copies in its first week. It debuted at #11 on the Billboard charts and attained a #5 position later. The content of this album was more aggressive than the former. Later, Mase declared in a radio station that he would retiring rom rap music. He said it was a call from God. After a five year break from music, Mase returned with an album named, Welcome Back. The album sold 1,88,000 copies in its first week and debuted at #4 on the billboard charts. It was given a gold status by the RIIA selling 5,59,000 copies. Since, 2009 Mase has been appearing in many singles. He toured alongwith 50 Cents, G-Unit. But they soon parted ways because of creative differences. He featured on a track alongside Drake. Mase said that Michael Jackson’s death has ignited a fire in him and wants a pursue a music career soon. He featured in many tracks and mix tapes after that. Also, he’s been in talks with Diddy to launch a new album under the Bad Boy records. In December 2012, Mase announce that he would be releasing a new-album named, Now we even. The album would include guest appearances by Drake, Jay Z, 2 Chainz, Diddy, Beyoncé Knowles, fabulous, and Ceelo green, Dipset and Meek Mill. Mase has been married to Twyla Betha and he leads an international ministry as a pastor. Known for his slow floe, Mase is one of the most brilliant MCs in the game.  He established his career at the age of 19 and ever since had a successful rap career. His contribution to the game has been very precious.

RICHNESS

Mase has a net worth of $ 16 Million and his source of income is music. He has released a few successful albums and has garnered a fortune through them. He is regarded as an excellent rap artist. His flow has inspired many rappers in the game. His net worth is an outcome of sheer effort and dedication.

FAMOUS QUOTES BY MASE

“And I don’t want you rock in them fabrics. Girl, I will give you karats till you feel you a rabbit. Anything in your path, you want you can have. Walk through the mall, if you like it you can grab. Total it all up and put it on my tab. And then tell your friends all the fun you had”

“And I chill the way you met me With a jet ski attached to a SE Smoke my Nestle, no mad rap-ass cat, where my check be? Problem with y’all I say it directly. Went from hard to sweet, starved to eat From no hoes at shows to menage in suites Now, I be the cat that be hard to meet Gettin’ head from girls that used to hardly speak.”

“You unhappy and I can see it when you cry You look like your life has just been minimized I ain’t your man, I’m your man on the side You just call me when you plan to slide. And if you ever feel like you wanna creep All you gotta do is just give me a beep Only way I won’t call you back, ‘less I’m asleep Gettin’ my money or layin’ it wit’ a piece.”

“Mansion not listed, y’all got me twisted Only young boys shop at the district I hop out of big things, rocky wristed Now everybody thinking I’m domestic Uh, grown mine, I need to chrome mine Y’all go lease, I need to own mine I stay so fresh I need my own line So if money involved I need a hundred for mine. In my life, money comes and goes Money comes and goes Even when it’s movin’ slow I ain’t afraid to spend it ’cause it comes and goes In my life, money comes and goes Money comes and goes Even when it’s movin’ slow I ain’t afraid to spend it ’cause it comes and goes. ”

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SOURCE OF EARNINGS:

Gayle King has earned her wealth as a news anchor, talk show host and as the editor of O, The Oprah Magazine. She is also a frequent correspondent for The Oprah Winfrey Show and CBS This Morning.

EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION:

Gayle was born on 28th of December 1954, in Chevy Chase in Maryland and raised in Bethesda, Maryland. She was born to a family of an electrical engineer (her father “Scott”) and a homemaker (her mother “Peggy”). Gayle was the oldest of the four daughters of Peggy and Scott. During her early childhood her father was offered a job in Turkey and thus the whole family shifted temporarily over there. Galye spent several years of her early childhood in Turkey and also attended an American school at that time. There she spent her most of the time with fellow US citizens. Her father was considerably a wealthy and highly respected person in his professional circle.

Later, the family returned back to Maryland, started living as if they had never moved to Turkey and Gayle joined the University of Maryland to study psychology and sociology. She then graduated with a double degree in her subjects in the year 1976.

CAREER:

In 1976, Gayle was employed by Baltimore’s WJZ-TV as a production assistant. Gayle then was offered a job on WDAF-TV to work as a reporter and weekend anchor. Thus, she moved on to Kansas City, Missouri. In 1981, she was hired as a news anchors for WFSB in Hartford, Connecticut. She worked there for the next 18 years. During this period she used to live in Glastonbury. She then co-hosted an NBC daytime talk show with Robin Wagner in 1991, called Cover to Cover. Then, she was offered her own half-hour syndicated television show which lasted one season titled “The Gayle King Show” in 1997.

She then joined O, The Oprah Magazine as an editor in 1999. She even worked as a special correspondent for The Oprah Winfrey Show and Good Morning America. Later, during September 2006, Gayle again started hosted The Gayle King Show but this time it was on XM Satellite Radio. Later on, once again, she started her show with the regular title “The Gayle King Show” on OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) and it was broadcast from January 3rd of 2011 to November 17th of 2011. She had to end the show on OWN due to her deal with CBS as a co-anchor for CBS This Morning from January 9th 2012.

GROWTH IN WEALTH:

Gayle net worth grew higher and higher in the early 1980s during her work as an anchor for WFSB.

RUMORS:

Some rumors were spread that Gayle was considered as a replacement for Star Jones Reynolds in 2006 and Rosie O’ Donnell in 2007 as a host on The View. It again was a rumor in 2009 that she would be a replacement again if Elisabeth Hasselbeck had left The View. But these rumors were left rumors and never came true.

FRIENDSHIP WITH OPRAH WINFREY:

Gayle during her tenure at Baltimore’s WJZ-TV as a production assistant, met a news anchor who was still unknown at that time and her name was Oprah Winfrey. One evening a particularly bad snowstorm had hit Baltimore. Oprah Winfrey suggested that Gayle King stay with her instead of tackling a long, slow, treacherous drive home (Gayle was still living with her parents at the time). They were up for hours, laughing, giggling, talking about everything and gossiping about co-workers. Their lasting friendship had begun.

MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN:

Gayle dated and later married Bill Bumpus, a local police officer in the Kansas City area in the year 1982. They moved to Hartford, Connecticut when Gayle King was hired to work for a local TV station. Bumpus graduated from nearby Yale University Law School. Gayle King and Bill divorced in 1993. The couple have 2 children (a boy and a girl) born in the 80s. Gayle’s daughter’s name is Kirby, and son’s William.

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Gayle loves music and she is a very big fan of Jay-Z and Carrie Underwood. She usually sleeps for just 4 to 5 hours every night and a workaholic kind of person. She gets nervous soon. She loves spending time with her son, William (25 years) and daughter, Kirby (24 years). A very unique thing is that she has TV sets in every room of her house, including the bathroom!

She is a pet lover, especially dogs and she always keeps mentioning that if ever she had more time at home, she would love to get a labradoodle. The spelling of her name was ‘Gail’ when she was born but during her seventh grade she got changed to ‘Gayle’. Her son lives in Shanghai presently!

When ever Gayle feels like supporting any film starring the actors she likes, she immediately buys tickets in bulk even if she can’t make it to the cinema hall! She never drinks alcohol and not even coffee! She wakes up daily at 3.30 early in the morning. She likes basketball a lot! She lived in Turkey during her age 6 to 11. She loves the color ‘Yellow’ a lot!

$ 7 MILLIONS WORTH PENTHOUSE:

Gayle resides in her penthouse located on East 57th Street. It is 2,530 square-foot apartment worth $ 7 millions. Ceilings of each and every room are painted with different colors. She has a custom wallpaper in her kitchen.

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American rapper and songwriter Notorious BIG has an estimated net worth of $160 million. Born Christopher George Latore Wallace, he was also known as The Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls. Other names included “The King of New York”, “The Black Frank White”, “Big Poppa”, “Frankie Baby”, and “B.I.” On March 9, 1997, Wallace was killed by an unknown assailant in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. The Source named Wallace the greatest rapper of all time in 2001.

Early years

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he was the only son to parents of Jamaican descent. He was a high school dropout who began dealing crack in the neighborhood at the age of 12, a venture he claimed as his only source of income. His mother, often away at work, did not know of her son’s drug sales until Wallace was an adult.  During his trip to North Carolina for a routine drug exchange, he ended up in jail and served for nine months behind bars.

Career

Wallace began rapping when he was a teenager. He entertained people on the streets and performed with local groups the Old Gold Brothers and the Techniques. After being released from jail, Wallace made a demo tape under the name Biggie Smalls, a reference to a character in the 1975 film Let’s Do It Again as well as his stature; he stood at 6 feet 3 inches and weighed as much as 350 pounds.

He had recorded hip hop tracks on a tape which was passed around and played at local radio stations in New York. He released his debut album Ready to Die in 1994 which he collaborated with Sean Combs aka Puff Daddy and Mase. With this, he became a central figure in the East Coast Hip Hop scene. He also helped increase the city’s visibility in the genre during that time when West Coast Hip Hop was dominant in the mainstream. Biggie ended 1995 as not only the top-selling rap artist, but also the biggest solo male act on both the pop and R&B charts.

On March 9, 1997, Christopher Wallace was killed by an unknown assailant in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. Sixteen days after, his Life After Death double-disc set was released and became No. 1 on the U.S. album charts. In 2000, it was certified Diamond and is one of the few hip hop albums to receive such certification. Two more albums were released since his death and he has certified sales of 17 million units in the US.

Biggie made numerous appearances on popular TV shows while he was alive. Smalls appeared in the popular cop drama, “New York Undercover,” and also on the hit comedy show, “Martin.” He was scheduled to appear in a movie casted as a druglord with Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken, but never got the chance because of his death.

 Legacy

Today, Biggie is still one of the music industry’s most admired hip-hop artists. Several musicians have paid tribute to Biggie by mentioning him in their songs, and his musical style has been emulated by countless up-and-coming artists  including Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Alicia Keys, Fat Joe, Nelly, Ja Rule, Eminem, Lil Wayne, Game, Clinton Sparks, Michael Jackson and Usher.

In 2007, He was immortalized in a wax sculpture unveiled by his mother Voletta Wallace at the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Manhattan.

As his star power increased, Biggie did his best to share his prestige. He backed the work of several rappers that he’d originally performed with while starting out in Brooklyn, and took to the studio in support of other artists. Undoubtedly, Biggie’s talent as a writer and rapper will continue to be acknowledged for decades to come.

Style

Everything he wore helped define the 90’s. His leather jackets and Versace shades maintained his street credibility, but when he rocked Groovy Lou’s custom white suit, he evoked old blues and jazz musicians of a bygone era.  Wallace had begun to promote a clothing line called Brooklyn Mint, which was to produce plus-sized clothing but fell dormant after he died. In 2004, his managers, Mark Pitts and Wayne Barrow, launched the clothing line, with help from Jay-Z, selling T-shirts with images of Wallace on them.

Personal Life

Wallace’s longtime girlfriend gave birth to his first child, T’yanna. Biggie famously sung about T’yanna in his song Juicy. Biggie married R&B singer Faith Evans after they met at a Bad Boy photoshoot. They had a son together named Christopher.  In 2002, filmmaker Nick Broomfield released the documentary Biggie and Tupac, which featured a round of interviews with people associated with both men.

 Notorious Big Quotes

• I’m making music for the people. If y’all love the music, y’all gonna buy the music.

• With big folks, either people think you look mean or it’s more of a jolly Santa Claus, ‘Oh, he’s just a pudgy little teddy bear pillow.

• I’m basically different things to different people. If it’s a guy, I’m-a probably have my guard up because it’s a street rule that when men come around that I don’t know, I just immediately throw shade on them. But I don’t associate with fellas all that much; if it’s a girl – a beautiful girl – I be nice.

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Rakim

Rakim is a legendary Rapper from the Golden age hip hop days. His real name is William Michael Griffin Jr. He is one half of the famous Golden age Hip Hop Duo, Eric B. & Rakim. He is often regarded as one of the most gifted MCs of all time. His album, Paid in full, was regarded as the best Hip-Hop album by MTV in 2006. He was ranked number 4 on the MTV’s list of the greatest MCs of all time. Steve Huey of Allmusic said that, “Rakim is near-universally acknowledged as one of the greatest MCs — perhaps the greatest — of all time within the hip-hop community.” The source magazine named him #1 on their list of the Best lyricists of all time. He is the nephew of the famous R&B singer, Ruth Brown. He indulged in the Hip-Hop scene at the age of 18. He was earlier known as Kid Wizard. He converted to Islam at the age of sixteen and adopted the name, Rakim Allah. Rakim met Eric B. and they first recorded the single named , ” Eric B. IS PRESIDENT”. The single was heard by the owner of Island records and they were instantly signed.

Music Career

Rakim and Eric B.

In 1987, the Duo released their first album, Paid in full, and it went on to become one of the most influential hip hop album of all time. “Eric B. Is President”, “I Ain’t No Joke”, “I Know You Got Soul”, “Move the Crowd”, and “Paid in Full” were a few popular singles from the album. Follow the Leader was the second album by  Eric B. & Rakim and was released July 25, 1988. The album achieved a moderate Success and sold more than five hundred thousand copies. It was declared gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. s ‘Microphone Fiend,’ ‘Lyrics of Fury,’ and ‘No Competition.’ were the famous tracks of the album. Let the Rhythm Hit ’Em was the third album released by Eric B. & Rakim and was released in 1990. It was lyrically more coherent than the previous albums by the duo. It received rave reviews from the critics for it’s dense lyrics. Don’t Sweat the Technique was the last album declared by the legendary Duo in  1992. It was a minor hit. The duo separated because of legal and personal troubles thereafter.

As a solo artist Rakim released albums such as 1997 ‘The 18th Letter’, 1999 The Master, 2008 The Archive: Live, Lost & Found, and 2009 The Seventh Seal. Rakim’s solo effort was critically accepted. He worked with Dr. Dre as well for a while but they separated because of creative differences. About his album The Seventh Seal, Rakim once said, he number 7 has a lot of significance. The seventh letter of the [Supreme] alphabet is G—that stands for God. There are seven continents, seven seas. The Seventh Seal deals with that and also some revelations in the Bible. Some call it the end of the world, but for me it’s the end of the old and the beginning of the new. By me naming my album that, I’m using it metaphorically in hip hop. I’m hoping to kill the old state of hip hop and start with the new.” He also appeared on Eminem’s 8 mile soundtrack. He once said, “The seals are from the Bible—Revelations and the coming of the Apocalypse. But Islam, Judaism, Christianity—all have a version of the same events. The Lion of Judah breaks the seven seals one by one, each imparting knowledge and inflicting catastrophe, ending with seven trumpets announcing the end of Times. After the Apocalypse, God rises from the ashes to recreate the Kingdom, taking only the greatest elements from the past with them. When you look at Hip-Hop, I want to do that: to spit fire and take our best from the ashes to build our kingdom; to recognize all the regional styles, conscious lyrics, the tracks, underground, mainstream, the way we treat each other. Lose the garbage and rebuild our scene. I’ve always tried to insert consciousness and spirituality in my records, interpreting the writings of all cultures and religions and how they apply to life in modern times.”

Rapping Technique

One of the most influential rappers of all time!

Rakim was known for his laid back, relaxed yet powerful lyrics. He has been cited as an inspiration by many rappers such as Eminem, Tupac, Nas, Kool G. Rap, Jay-Z, Biggie and Kendrick Lamar. His velvet smooth flow, internally complex rhymes and powerful lyrics make him one of the best rappers of all time. Rakim’s subject matter usually included, own rapping skills and Islamic faith.

Famous quotes by Rakim

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“To be truthful, being that the game has changed so much, you come hoping for the best and expecting the worst. To my surprise, there’s a lot of love out here for me.”

“What was once easy became confused and hard, which brings us back to the mystic question, who is God?”

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Profession: Rapper, Actor, Fashion designer, Producer

Did you know the fame name Kanye West of the best selling album The College Dropout, really is a college dropout. Kanye, who was born in Atlanta, raised by his mother, dropped out of college in order to pursue a career in music industry, starting out initially as a producer for Roc-A-Fella records, before signing with Jay-Z.

Now, that’s called beginner’s luck

West who started off by producing for upcoming local artists in the 1990’s made it big with every consecutive album, with most of his songs topping the charts in the U.S. Billboards 200 within the first week of their release. Albums like Chyna Doll, World Party and The Movement were a instant hit with the audience. At the close of the century, Kanye West produced six songs for the hit album Tell ‘Em Why U Madd, an album that was released by D-Dot under the alias of the Madd Rapper, a fictional character he created for a skit on the The Notorious B.I.G’s second studio album Life After Death. West’s songs featured guest appearances from rappers such as Ma$e, Raekwon and Eminem.

He got his big break when he signed with Roc-A-Fella Records and worked with Jay-Z on the bestselling album The Blueprint in 2001. Kanye West spent four years honing and perfecting what would become his debut album, The College Dropout, which came in at number two on the Billboard 200 and is still Kanye West’s best-selling album in the US to date. Subsequent albums, Late Registration, Graduation and 808s & Heartbreak and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy were also chart-toppers that received critical and commercial success.

West’s debut album,The College Dropout, got him into the Best Rap Album slot at the 2005 Grammy Awards, three MOBO Awards, and Best New Artist at the BET Awards. His second album, Late Registration, earned him seven Grammy nominations, two nominations at the BRIT Awards, and Best Rapper at the Vibe Music Awards.

He has been known to have worked with the best of the industry talents, like Jay-Z, Beyonce, John Legend, Alicia Keys and Janet Jackson.

The big bucks follow

Estimated yearly earnings:

2013                      $20 million

2012                      $35 million

2011                      $16 million

2010                      $12 million

2009                      $25 million

2008                      $30 million

2007                      $17 million

2005                      $10 million

2004                      $5 million

Record earnings:

Record Sales 2013

Estimated Earnings  from Yeesus Sales (630 Thousand Copies) – $1,500,000

Record Sales 2011

Ticket sales and earnings of Watch the Throne tour- $48,300,000

Record Sales 2010

Estimated earnings from My Beautiful Dark Twisted fantasy Album- $3,000,000

Record Sales 2008

Estimated Earnings from 808 & Heartbreak Album Sales (1.7 Million Copies)

Record Sales 2007

Estimated earnings from Graduation Album(2.7 million Copies)- $5,000,000

Record Sales Aug. 2005

Estimated Earnings from Late Registration Album Sales (3.1 Million Copies)

Record Sales Feb. 2004

Estimated Earnings from The College Dropout Album Sales (7.3 Million Copies)

Jay-Z and Kanye West who performed together 31 times, last year selling out their concerts 15 times earned a total of nearly $50 million. Reportedly, the duo charges $1.5 million per night for their performance.

The businessman in me

West is also a seasoned businessman with a chain of Fatburger restaurants designated for the Chicago area, a line of athletic shoes for Nike called Air Yeezy, and another shoe line with Louis Vuitton. He launched a women’s fashion label called DW Kanye West.

Talk about getting the right crib!

To start off with his Beverly Hills home, West bought of property for $1.75 million in 2003 and listed it in 2010 for $3,995,000. Soon after purchasing it Kanye stared a makeover of the house by Desiridata Design and it took three long years to renovate. He also owns a mansion in Hollywood Hills, which is estimated to be around $3.9 million, in addition to a magnificent apartment in New York.

I got the right cars.

He owns a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, along with an Aston Martin DB9. He could not settle for one Merc, can he? He also owns a Mercedes G500. He is the proud owner of not just one but two Lamborghini series, a 2012 Laborghini Aventador which he got it for $400,000 and a Gallardo.

Time for charity

His philanthropic ventures include The Kayne West Foundation which benefits education for African American and Latino children, in addition to contributing time, talent and money to Hurricane Katrina relief, World Water Day, and Live Earth, among other organizations. He also funds Doctors Without Borders which is an organization that provides aid to more than 80 countries. The organization is committed to bringing quality medical care to people in crisis regardless of their race, religion, or political affiliation. Kanye West is closely associated with The Art of Elysium, an NGO founded in 1997. The foundation supports the children with serious ailments and encourages the actors, singers and other celebrities to volunteer for the cause by spending some time with these children.

My string of relationships

West has had his string of relationships before he found his soul mate. He first dated designer Alexis Phifer, and got engaged in 2006. The pair ended their 18-month engagement in 2008. Later he dated model Amber Rose for a couple of years before they broke-up. Since then he has been in a relationship with reality television star Kim Kardashian. The two have a daughter named North Nori West. The couple got engaged after the birth of the daughter, in October 2013.

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