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MultiStratz t1_j51ucqq wrote

That's gotta be more money than his music ever made him- cheers!

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HurricaneDDT t1_j524c94 wrote

No way he's made or been on atleast 20 songs that have made the top 100 charts and that doesn't include songs that have sampled him or artist on his own label

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MultiStratz t1_j525f0h wrote

But 82 million? Artists don't usually get that rich off their music alone. All the highest net worth rappers own crazy diverse portfolios. 50 cent and Jay-Z aren't banking off their music anymore, but they're still banking.

Edit: I looked it up- Flo Ridas net worth was 30 million before this suit.

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MrZero3229 t1_j52auie wrote

50 Cent made his fortune by partnering/investment in Vitaminwater

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MultiStratz t1_j52axyg wrote

Yep. Smart move!

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JohnHwagi t1_j53rz34 wrote

50 Cent sorta went broke for a minute though with a series of dumb shenanigans

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FaceMaskYT t1_j53x73j wrote

He didn't really go broke, he just had short term liquidity issues which needed to be dealt with through bankrupcy, he still had a shit load of assets

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crunchsmash t1_j52ab47 wrote

"Net worth" searches on google are never accurate

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BubbaTee t1_j53vm5z wrote

>No way he's made or been on atleast 20 songs that have made the top 100 charts

You're over-estimating how much recording artists get paid.

I saw a story of Lisa Lopes talking about how, at the peak of TLC's popularity, they were taking home ~$50k/year each. That was despite having just released one of the best-selling albums ever at the time, CrazySexyCool, which went 12x platinum. It later came out the group only got 56¢ per album sold - at a time when CDs cost $18 each.

"Industry rule number 4080: record company people are shady." -A Tribe Called Quest

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WhyDoIHaveAnAccount9 t1_j521dnz wrote

that dude made 5 songs that I know of and they all sound the same

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MultiStratz t1_j5228ln wrote

I know his name, but can't think of a single one of his songs.

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secondsbest t1_j52a8pm wrote

You don't remember the boots with the ferrr? Thats low.

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MultiStratz t1_j52adi5 wrote

That was him? Ok, yeah! I thought that was Nelly for some reason. My memory is shot! Yeah that's not a bad jam!

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spectert t1_j52cwbk wrote

You must have been spun right round to think that was Nelly.

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Might_Aware t1_j52swqi wrote

Nelly is - 🎶Come on shawtee take a wit ride me, something something inside of me- Hey! Must be the monay! 🎶

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randy88moss t1_j53rukz wrote

Also Nelly 🎶 Must be your ass ‘cuz it ain’t your face 🎶

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Tesus4 t1_j53zsef wrote

I have seen a video of Nelly saying he thought it was him singing😃😃

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dalenacio t1_j53c7ju wrote

Well there was that one song that made every national radio about teaching a girl how to suck his dick. Sorry, I mean how to whistle.

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