Historically, gambling became a glamorous activity when names such as James Bond and the Queen of France Marie Antoinette figured among the games of chance. To date, it is celebrity culture continues to define the appeal of gaming, and currently the world's biggest rappers are among the most avid casino fans. Check it out below five super famous rappers who love spin the roulette wheel and practice your skills in poker .
Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter, who rose to fame under the name Jay-Z , is not only one of the world's best-known rappers, but also a successful songwriter, record executive, record producer, and entreprennzd. No wonder, therefore, that he has an estimated net worth of$ 1.4 billion (Forbes). To create his fortune, Jay-Z had to make a lot of bets on musicians who were just starting out or even on business ideas that had no guarantee of success. But this would not necessarily have been a problem, since many reports confirm that the singer of Empire State of Mind loves to play.
The rapper can be found playing at the high-stakes tables of various casino sites, with blackjack and online poker being his favorites, but he also enjoys playing in real life. Two of the biggest stories we know of are of a reported loss of about$ 500,000 on a high stakes Texas Hold&event hand.preventDefault (); window.location.href=' / go/'; 8217; in in Las Vegas, and from another big six-figure loss in a boxing match between Miguel Cotto and Oscar de la Hoya , with Jay-Z reportedly donating the money he lost to de la Hoya's chosen charity.
50 Cent
Curtis James Jackson III, better known as 50 Cent , has been active in the music industry since 2005, when with the help of Eminem and Dr. Dre released the critically acclaimed album Get Rich or Die Tryin. Since then, he has sold more than 30 million records, won thousands of accolades, amassed a fortune, declared himself bankrupt and recovered financially once again. If this had anything to do with gambling, it is certainly not up to us to argue. However, the singer of Candy Shop is known to love a good game of chance & in fact, he's often in the news because of how much he bets!
One particular bet of$ 1,000,000 was made on Floyd Mayweather Jr's boxing match against Oscar de la Hoya in 2007. Five years later, he bet about $ 500,000 on an NFC match, at The New York City Giants ' game against the San Francisco 49ers. But 50 Cent's biggest reported bet was on a fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao, when he placed a$ 1.6 million dollar bet, which he won!
Puff Daddy
Sean Combs, known to fans as P Diddy or Puff Daddy , is one of the most famous rappers in the world. Their first album, No Way Out, released in 1997, was so successful that it received seven platinum discs. But there's something else P Diddy is known for: his love of gambling. The singer of Mo Money Mo Problems has a great affinity with Las Vegas, and his favorite online game is blackjack. We don't really know much about the individual bets he makes, but the one we do know about is quite interesting! In 2015, Daddy bet with actor Mark Wahlberg $ 250,000 that Floyd Mayweather Jr would maintain his undefeated status in the boxing match against Manny Pacquiao & and won!
Nelly
Cornell Iral Haynes Jr, known as Nelly , is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and entreprennzd, as well as the founder of a non-profit organization called 4Sho4Kids, which aims to improve the lives of children born with developmental disabilities. In 2020, his net worth was estimated at about$ 20 million (although some sources say$ 40 million, and others go as high as$ 60 million). Either way, he's a rich guy and can afford to spend a little money at the casino tables when he's off work. Nelly's favorite game is poker, with Texas Hold'em being the variation he enjoys the most. We don't know much about the amount of his bets as he doesn't splurge like the rappers mentioned above. However, he is known for having played in the 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP) and for being a regular player on the Lucky Nugget dollarpean Casino Excursion Circuit.
Drake
Drake is a Canadian rapper, actor, producer, singer, songwriter and entreprennzd with over 170 million records sold since 2006. To say Drake (real name Aubrey Drake Graham) is successful is an understatement. Among his many accomplishments, the singer has won four Grammys and is the most certified digital singles artist in the US. When the rapper is not busy on world tours or counting his estimated fortune of$ 150 million, he likes to bet in casinos. In 2019, one of his bets became public knowledge as he was said to have lost$ 200,000 during a single high stakes session at an Atlantic City hotel.
