40 Richest Rappers of All Time

It’s impossible to overstate the influence of rap on popular culture. Even though other genres of music had a head start, rap is a powerful force.

From rap’s “golden age” in the 1980s to today’s generation of social media-created stars, they all have one thing in common — boatloads of money.

These are the richest rappers of all time.

Name: Curtis Jackson

Born: July 6, 1975 (Queens, New York)

Career highlights: Grammy Award winner, three-time BET Award winner, 13-time Billboard Music Award winner, two-time MTV Video Music Award winner

Best album: “Get Rich or Die Tryin” (2003)

Note: Numbers are from Celebrity Net Worth and other sources in February 2022.

There was nowhere you could go in the early 2000s without hearing the raspy, bullet-addled voice of Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent — and this was a good thing at the time. 

In 2001, 50 Cent survived an attack that left him with six bullet wounds, including what the gunmen thought was a kill shot to the face. He returned with a different voice and a new determination to take over the world of rap. 

Propelled by the backing of Eminem and Dr. Dre, his debut album “Get Rich or Die Tryin” sold almost 1 million copies in its first week and has been certified nine times platinum. 

“Everything negative is a positive. The bad things that happen to me, I somehow make them good. That means you can’t do anything to hurt me.” —50 Cent

Name: DeAndre Cortez Way

Born: July 28, 1990 (Chicago, Illinois)

Career highlights: Grammy Awards nominee, three-time BET Awards nominee, four-time Teen Choice Awards nominee

Best album: “souljaboytellem.com” (2007)