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American rapper, Dwayne "Lil Wayne" Carter, Jr., has an estimated net worth of $150 million in 2015. A game-changing artist and an impervious celebrity, Lil Wayne began as his career as a near-novelty -- a preteen delivering hardcore hip-hop -- but through years of maturation and reinventing the mixtape game, he developed into a million-selling rapper with a massive body of work, one so inventive and cunning that it makes his famous claim of being the "best rapper alive" worth considering.
The lyricist reportedly wrote his first song at age 8 and signed a record deal with Cash Money a year later. Two decades later, he's one of rap's richests. Jail (he served 8 months in New York's Riker's Island on a gun charge) didn't slow him down. His album I Am Not a Human Being topped the charts shortly after its release, making Wayne the first artist since Tupac Shakur to have a No. 1 album while incarcerated. Born Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. on September 27, 1982, in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2013 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album Rise of an Empire with Young Money |
$53,000 |
|
2012 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album Rich Gang with Rich Gang |
$40,000 |
|
2012 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album I Am Not a Human Being II (certified gold by RIAA and Music Canada) |
$570,000 |
|
2011 |
Performance Fee |
Earnings per show |
$600,000 |
|
2010 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Tha Carter IV (certified 2x platinum by RIAA and silver by BPI) |
$3,500,000 |
|
2010 |
Record Sales |
Gross earning of “I Am Still Music” in the United States alone |
$47,000,000 |
|
2009 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album I Am Not a Human Being (certified gold by RIAA) |
$953,000 |
|
2009 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Rebirth (certified gold by RIAA) |
$778,000 |
|
2009 |
Performance Fee |
Rate per show (guest appearances and tours) |
$500,000 |
|
2008 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album We Are Young Money with Young Money (certified gold by RIAA) |
$500,000 |
|
2008 |
Ticket Sales |
Gross earning of “I Am Music Tour” and “America’s Most Wanted Tour” |
$42,000,000 |
|
2007 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Tha Carter III (certified 3x platinum by RIAA, 2x platinum by Music Canada, and gold by BPI) |
$4,100,000 |
|
2006 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his extended play The Leak |
$250,000 |
|
2005 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Like Father, Like Son with Birdman (certified gold by RIAA) |
$500,000 |
|
2004 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Tha Carter II (certified platinum by RIAA) |
$1,400,000 |
|
2003 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Tha Carter (certified gold by RIAA) |
$878,000 |
|
2001 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album 500 Degreez (certified gold by RIAA) |
$585,000 |
|
1999 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Lights Out (certified gold by RIAA) |
$500,000 |
|
1998 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Tha Block Is Hot (certified platinum by RIAA) |
$1,402,000 |
