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Ariana Fletcher has quickly become one of Instagram's top influencers. As a strong, independent Black woman, she is consciously opening doors for other women of color to do the same. She was once stereotyped as simply being the 'baby mama' of rapper G Herbo's son, and quickly went to work to change the image that others had of her, making herself known as an impactful, successful entrepreneur. Now worth $10 million at the age of just 26 years old, and affectionately referred to as 'Ari' by her adoring fans, it seems the young influencer is well on her way to building a mega-fortune.
Changing The Social Media Space
Ari Fletcher has huge goals, and she makes waves of change with each social media post she puts up. She is conscious of the fact that the Black community is both under represented and misrepresented in the world of social media, across all platforms, and she is lending her voice to the conversation to force a change.
After giving birth to a beautiful baby boy named Yosohn 3 years ago, many believed Ari was in it for the money and the status associated with having a baby with a famous rapper, but she proved them all wrong in more ways than one.
Fletcher has gone on to generate a net worth valuation that far exceeds G Herbo's and has proven to the world that a woman of color, a mother, and a hip hop model, can put her face forward in a fresh new way to generate millions for herself and for others.
Online Earnings
Ari started off as a waitress in a Chicago nightclub, then shifted her attention to establishing herself as a model. Her desire to seek greater opportunities and reach new levels of fame and fortune motivated Ari to keep pushing further. Ari's sharp entrepreneurial skills first came to light in 2016, when she launched her hair company called Kyche Extensions. She had no formal business training but she managed to leverage her impressive fan following and turn her followers into paying customers and supporters.
Ari also went on to start her own beauty company, in addition to to her existing and lucrative hair extension business. She has perfected the management of her numerous endorsement deals, which she oversees with meticulous care. Through her expansive online presence, Ari has proven to be a social media tycoon that yields a lot of power and holds an incredible amount of influence and power when it comes to brand endorsements and promotion. She helps generate multi millions for huge brands while in turn, increasing her own net worth, becoming one of the world's most influential social media celebrities.
During a media interview she stated: “I’ve made over $1 million from Instagram so I’m proof this can be done. Not only in terms of monetizing from the pictures that I post, but also using formulas from these other successful brands that I back to create my own successful brand.”
Putting Her Family First
Ari Fletcher oozes love and respect for her family, and prioritizes her loved ones at every opportunity. In fact, the entire foundation that her career is built on, is family oriented, right down to the name of her social media handles.
In 2013, her brother tragically passed away, and as a tribute to his legacy, she changed all her social media handles to bear his name, Kyle Jamison.
After her brother passed away in 2013, Fletcher changed all of her social media handles in honor of his name, Kyle Jamison. Including his name on all of her social media profiles is her way of keeping his name alive. Her new profile name reads; "Kyle Sister" and she proudly operates with an ode to her brother with every message she posts.
During interviews, when Ari is asked about what she thinks her future holds, her answer always revolves around the success of her family and on having a positive impact on the world. She seeks to create a fortune and a powerful legacy for her son, and mentions often that she is generating wealth in order to pass it along to him. Ari also works hard to help elevate others and guides those around her by assisting them to develop social media skills as well. Her friends, makeup artist Olivia Song and Mariee’ of Moon Cosmetics. have seen direct benefit from Ari's assistance.
Dominating Social Media Earnings
Ariana has earned her millions on social media, and has used the power of her online influence to generate even more money for herself at every turn. Her biggest fan following exists on Instagram, where she has well over 5 million followers, but she can also be found on a number of other social media apps as well. She has an impressive 304,000 followers on Youtube, and only started posting on this forum in 2017.
With millions of followers tuned in to every messages she relays, Ari has found a way to parlay that attention into a lucrative career. She has signed a number of endorsement deals that pay a hefty amount of money each time she promotes their brand. She has secured millions of dollars from her endorsement deals with Rihanna's Savage X Fenty, as well as Fashion Nova, and many more.
Ari's Money Train
She demands increased payout amounts each year, and big brands aren't hesitating to invest in her, given the huge amount of influence she has on her audience. Many of her endorsements are for companies that are founded by, or rooted in the Black community.
Ari's endorsement earnings are said to generate well over $150,000 per month.
According to Ari Fletcher, her start as an entrepreneur dates back to 2016 when she launched her own hair company, KYCHE Extensions. She did so with no prior business experience but used the lessons she’s learned over the years to apply them to other ventures.
Sources: Afrotech, Exactnetwork, Hollywood Mask