Jay-z has become the first Hip Hop artist to be worth $1 billion dollars. According to a recent Forbes report the rapper’s net worth is in the 3 comma squad now and has made history. The report calculated all of his income from all of his business ventures. The breakdown of his value in his empire which he created starts with.

$ 50 mil in real estate

$70 mil art collection

$75 mil for his music catalog

$75 mil for Roc Nation

$100 mil for Tidal

$100 mil for D’Usse cognac

$220 mil in cash & investments, including a $70 million stake in Uber

$310 million for Armand de Brignac champagne

Now thats how you become a billionaire not to mention this is without Beyonce’s net worth. They both have been worth more than a billion dollars together for a while now.