Let’s find out who the richest female rappers in the world are.
Rihanna is the richest female rapper, with an estimated net worth of $620 million.
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Female rappers have a lot of money. I have seen their houses, their cars, their shoes, and all they needed was to get a good record.
The richest female rappers are listed here in order of their net worth.
The 20 Richest Female Rappers in the World
Below are 20 of the richest female rappers of all time, as of 2022. I created this list by combining figures from Celebrity Net Worth with the information published by HipHopDX.
20. Roxanne Shanté
Net Worth: $500 Thousand
Roxanne Shanté is a rapper and a female rapper from the Queens, New York. She is best known for battling with Queen Latifah in the 1990s.
As of June 21, 2022, Roxanne Shanté is estimated to have a net worth of about $500,000.
19. Angel Haze
Net Worth: $500 Thousand
Angel Haze is a female hip-hop artist with the name Angel Haze, who was born in 1989. She has created her first music album in 2013 and got so famous after that.
Angel Haze has a net worth of about $500 thousand dollars. She is the 19th richest female rapper in the world.
18. Foxy Brown
Net Worth: $1.8 Million
Foxy Brown is an American rapper who is best known for her solo work, as well as many collaborations with other artists. She is a Brooklyn native.
After over 30 years of success, Foxy Brown’s net worth is estimated to be roughly $1.8 million dollars.
17. Young M.A
Net Worth: $2 Million
While Young M.A and her music has been successful, her career has been slowed by a number of legal battles. One of the most recent has her being sued by a record label who accused her of using a sample of a song with their permission in an upcoming album.
Young M.A. has a net worth of 2 million dollars. She’s also the 17th richest female rapper on the list.
16. Azealia Banks
Net Worth: $3 Million
She signed to XL Recordings in 2008. The song ‘212’ went viral around the world. Banks is the first rapper to have her music distributed globally via a website.
Azalia Banks’ net worth is estimated to be approximately three million dollars.
15. Da Brat
Net Worth: $3 Million
She first started on the road as a rapper in 1992. At the time she was a member of the New Jersey based hip hop group, D-Block Records. Her first album ‘Funkdafied’ became a huge success in the USA and overseas. Since then she has sold millions of copies of her albums. In 2007 she was nominated for a Grammy Award for ‘Best New Artist’.
Da Brat makes $3 million dollars a year, which puts her at the number fifteen position on the Forbes list of richest female rappers.
14. Remy Ma
Net Worth: $4 Million
Remy Ma is an American rapper who was discovered by Big Pun. She started her music career as a member of the rap group Salt-N-Pepa and was one of the first successful female rappers. Her debut solo album ‘There’s Something About Remy’ was released in 2006 and she was nominated for the BET Award for Best Female hip-hop artist in 2006 and 2007. In 2014, she released her second album ‘Hard Knock Life’.
The rapper is rumored to have amassed that amount of money as a result of her music career.
13. Iggy Azalea
Net Worth: $6 Million
Iggy Azalea (the dog) was a dog born in Australia with no name for his life. He lived in a street with the name “Iggy Azalea” which sounded cool for him. He got a tattoo of the name “Iggy Azalea” because he wanted to be the only dog with that name. One day a girl saw him and fell in love with him. They spent the rest of their lives together.
Iggy Azalea is estimated to be worth around $6 million, making her the 13th richest female rapper in the world.
12. Trina
Net Worth: $6 Million
She is the most famous female rapper in the American hip hop scene. She is an American rapper who first gained recognition when she appeared on Trick Daddy’s second studio album www.thug.com on the single ‘Nann Ni**a”. Since then, she has released five studio albums.
As of July 26, 2021, Trina’s net worth is $100K.
11. Cardi B
Net Worth: $8 Million
Cardi B became known by her Instagram and Facebook posts about her stripping. She was able to get a recording contract with Atlantic Records and become the first female rapper to break five million Spotify streams. She has been considered the biggest artist in the world based on the number of streams of her songs on Spotify.
In the 2019 Forbes, Billboard, and Music Industry Awards, Cardi B was nominated for eight awards, and won five of them.
10. MC Lyte
Net Worth: $8 Million
MC Lyte is a rap artist who became famous in the late 1980s and is considered to be one of hip-hop’s pioneer feminists.
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Her assets include several properties, including her home in Compton, California.
9. Eve
Net Worth: $10 Million
Eve started her rap career at the age of 19, and in 2002, she won the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration with Wyclef Jean. In 2003, she released her debut album “Eve” which was made an Album of the Year. Eve is the 9th richest female rapper in the world.
Eve’s personal wealth is approximately $ 10 million.
8. DJ Spinderella
Net Worth: $10 Million
DJ Spinderella is an American rapper. She was a member of the hip hop group Salt-H-Pepa, in which she did the rapping. In the group, she is known for her single, “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love”. Spinderella has released two solo albums: Salt and I’m Salt.
She was a big inspiration for me to start rapping and be myself. I grew up listening to her music and she was great for my career.
7. M.I.A.
Net Worth: $14 Million
M.I.A. (Mathangi Arulpragasam) is an American rapper, dancer and singer. She was born in Sri Lanka in 1983. She is the founder of the record label DONDA Records and her debut album Arular was released in 2003.
M.I.A.’s net worth is approximately $14 million.
6. Cheryl James
Net Worth: 14 Million
Cheryl James was part of the rap trio Salt-H-Pepa with Sandra Denton and Spinderella. James is the sixth richest female rapper in the world with a net worth of $19 million. In 2016, Cheryl James was ranked the 9th richest woman in Hip Hop.
Cheryl James estimated worth is approx. $14 million that she earned as of July 2022.
5. Sandra Denton
Net Worth: $15 Million
Sandra Denton was a Jamaican-American rapper and actress best known for her work as a member of the female trip Salt-n-Pepa. She has among Cheryl James and Spinderella starred in their own reality show ‘The Salt-n-Pepa’ show. She is currently singing a song with Jennifer Lopez.
Sandra Denton made her debut in 2015 with the release of her music video “The Love I Made”.[24] Her first single was “Songs of My Life” and released in January 2016.[25] She is one of three artists who have an imprint of Epic Records.
4. Lil’ Kim
Net Worth: $18 Million
The success of “Not Tonight” was also a significant factor in the music industry. As she became more popular, she started appearing on other songs and would often write more than her own songs. This would help increase the sales of songs she appeared on.
The value of Kim’s net worth fluctuates from $18 million to $6 million as reports vary. For the most recent estimate of $18 million, the source is Celebrity Net Worth.
3. Missy Elliott
Net Worth: $50 Million
Missy Elliot is a famous rapper. She is one of the richest female rappers in the world and has collaborated with some of the best artists in the world.
Missy Elliot’s net worth is estimated to be about $50 million, making her third richest female rapper in the world.
2. Queen Latifah
Net Worth: $60 Million
Queen Latifah was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1970. She became famous after her first album in 1991, which marked the first time a woman won album of the year in the prestigious grammies.
According to the World Economic Forum, Queen Latifah’s net worth is $60 million.
1. Nicki Minaj
Net Worth: $75 Million
She first rose to fame with her work on the hip-hop group Maroon 5. As a solo artist, she has released two studio albums, Pink Friday (2010), which included the Grammy Award-winning “Super Bass”, and Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2014), which also received two Grammy Award nominations. She has a net worth of $80 million making her one of the richest female rappers.
She is one of the richest female rappers right now, and she has been working on her upcoming album ‘Pink Friday’. She is so talented on the microphone that it would make anyone jealous.
As of July 2022, Nicki Minaj is worth about $75 million dollars, making her the richest female rapper in the world.
Summary
In May 2016, Billie Eilish became the youngest artist to ever appear on the Billboard Hot 100, when “Bad Guy” hit number one.