UNCHARITABLE RAP: Jay-Z Earned $63 Million, Donated $6,000 To Charity

Date:

Jay-Z calls himself the best rapper alive, and he’s made a cool half billion dollars off his talent — but when it comes to giving money to the charity he founded, he’s recently been more of a nickel-and-dime kind of guy.

Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!

The hip-hop artist gave just $6,431 to his own charity in 2010, a year in which he earned an estimated $63 million, according to tax records for the Shawn Carter Scholarship Fund examined by The Daily.

His superstar wife, Beyoncé, made in the neighborhood of $87 million, according to a Forbes estimate — yet she didn’t give her husband’s foundation a dime.

Babatunde Akinsola
Babatunde Akinsolahttps://naija247news.com
Babatunde Akinsola is aNaija247news' Southwest editor. He's based in Lagos and writes on the Yoruba Nation political issues, news and investigative reports

Share post:

Subscribe

Popular

More like this
Related

Mali’s Militocractic Government Seeks $500 Million in Taxes and Fines from Barrick Gold

Mali’s military government is demanding at least 300 billion...

Dangote says Nigeria Can Become a Refining Hub

…Saves Africa's $17bn Petrol Products Imports Nigeria must enhance...

64 Years After Nigeria’s Independence Inbox

By Rabi Ummi Umar,* Just a few days ago, Nigeria...