According to Forbes, an estimated net worth of Jay Z is at nearly $520 million. Jay Z is not only one of the most popular and famous rappers with people listening to his music globally he is also a record producer and a highly successful hip hop artist and entrepreneur in America. Jay Z became one of the world’s best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records and received 19 Grammy Awards for his musical work. Shawn Corey Carter also known by his stage name Jay Z, is the husband of the famous artist, Beyonce. He later broadened his style to include 1970s R&B, baroque pop, arena rock, house, folk, alternative, electronica, synthpop, industrial, and even classical music.

Kanye’s style of production originally used high-pitched vocal samples from soul songs infused with his own drums and instruments. He first became prominent as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records and he achieved recognition for his work on rapper Jay-Z’s “The Blueprint”. The husband of the famous reality star Kim Kardashian, singer Kanye Omari West is number one on this list of famous rappers ! Kanye West is a very popular American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and fashion designer. It is difficult to shortlist some of the best rappers in the world right now, so we made this list of Top 10 famous rappers for you to check out (or debate). Can you imagine what the music industry would have been like had it not been for famous rappers like Tupac, 50 Cent or Kanye West? Rapping has its roots in Africa, although today you can find rappers from different races and countries performing all over the world in over a hundred languages! Rapping was born as an interesting combination of speech, poetry and, singing which adds flair to the performance of the entertainer and is such an integral ingredient of hip hop music.

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