2. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter: Worth $450 Million
Hov sold Rocawear clothing label for $204 million in 2007; signed 10-year $150 million Live Nation deal in 2008 and holds stakes in New Jersey Nets, 40/40 Club chain, ad firm Translation and other businesses. Lyrical boasts appear accurate: “I’m like really half a billie . . . you got baby money.”
