"Even in a year without a tour or album release, Jay-Z mints millions from his Armand de Brignac champagne and D'Usse cognac," said Forbes.
The report also cited the 53-year-old mogul's ownership of Roc Nation, and "a fine art collection including works by Jean-Michel Basquiat."
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It also noted Jay's venture capital firm, Marcy Venture Partners, which according to Tech Crunch closed its second fund in 2021 with $325 million in capital commitments.
Jay has, of course, made a pretty penny from selling his records too.
According to Best Selling Albums, he's sold over 41 million albums worldwide, with his best-selling record being his second studio album, "Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life," which has shipped 5.5 million copies worldwide.
It was previously believed the collaboration between the two superstars was merely a rumor, but earlier this month, Just Blaze, who produced the album version of the track, revealed he found the recordings while searching his computer a couple of years back.
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"I find this folder that says 'MJ vocals,'" Blaze recalled. "And I'm like, 'MJ? Don't that mean Michael Jackson?"
"And I realize as I'm listening to it, it's him singing on 'Girls, Girls, Girls.' And I'm like, it's true," he added. "Like I never, the last 20 years... I just found it during quarantine. So all these years, I've never known it was actually a real thing. And turns out the files had been sitting downstairs this entire time."
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