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Many have tried, and many have failed to become the world’s richest!!!

Even though he is not the world’s richest, he is the first Hip Hop Rapper to be considered a Billionaire!!

Rapper & Business Mogul “Jay-Z” has been declared by Forbes Magazine as a Billionaire.

According to Forbes Magazine, Jay-Z has gained his fortune through music, investments in art, liquor, real estate and shares in tech companies like Uber!!!

FORBES MAGAZINE:  “Jay-Z’s net worth conservatively totals $1 billion, puts him among only a handful of billion-dollar entertainers. It also makes the rapper, whose given name is Shawn Carter, the first hip-hop artist to achieve that status.”

Forbes calculates that Jay-Z has around $220 million in cash and investments, which includes an estimated $70 million stake in Uber, which he purchased for $2 million in 2013.

The Rapper has also invested $100 million in the spirits brand D’Usse, of which he’s the partial owner, as well as $310 million in his champagne line, Armand de Brignac.