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Noting that Jay-Z has been successful is an understatement. Twenty albums (including collabs like “Watch the Throne”), founder of streaming service Tidal and entertainment company Roc Nation, has stakes in Uber, recently sold his Armand De Brignac champagne brand to LVMH, and still co-owns D’Ussé alongside beverage giant Bacardi—and that's still missing a few bullets on the resumé.
And while this year
Forbes estimated his net worth to have surpassed the $1 billion mark (add Beyoncé's bank account, and you've got the wealthiest couple in music), Jay-Z hasn't let his success go to his head. Even though rap's most successful man ever could easily afford to a pair of $10,000-or-so Dior x Air Jordans for every day of the week (to match his insanewatchcollection), he's walking around in Pumas that sell for $110.