Rap is one of the most popular youth musical trends. It has firmly entered Russian culture since the late 80s - early 90s of the last century.
It's no secret that the most famous foreign artists of this style, such as Eminem, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, Diddy, Jay-Z, earn tens of millions of dollars a year, and, far from always, directly from their musical activities. .
But what are the annual earnings of domestic rappers? Let's look into this issue.
Most of all, among Russian rappers, of course, Timati (Timur Yunusov) earns, probably the most promoted and well-known domestic rap artist to the mass public, moreover, to the public, even very far from this musical style.
In 2014, he earned $1.5 million, which, however, is a whole million dollars less than the previous year.
In addition to the proceeds from concerts and sales of discs, he also has income from his own production center. Although not all rap fans consider Timati a real rapper, arguing that for the right to be called that, he has too pop repertoire.
The next largest income for Timati is the rapper Basta, aka Vasily Vakulenko, aka Noggano, aka N1NT3ND0.
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As for the fact that Basta is a 100% rapper, no one has any doubts. In 2013, he earned $ 2 million, which is 500 thousand less than Timati's earnings. Basta, like Timati, in addition to performing rap, is engaged in production activities.
He also takes part in the filming of films, both as an actor and acting as a director, producer and screenwriter.
Sufficiently high popularity among fans of Russian rap, and, accordingly, high earnings from their activities, have such performers and groups as Guf (Alexey Dolmatov), "Casta", "CENTR", "Krec", but their exact annual income, unfortunately not known.
On the other hand, we can look at the approximate amounts that Russian musicians and bands performing rap songs receive for one concert.
- Basta (Vasily Vakulenko) - 300,000 rubles.
- Guf (Alexey Dolmatov) - 300,000 rubles.
- "Casta" - 240,000 rubles.
- "Krec" - 200,000 rubles.
- Noize MC (Ivan Alekseev) - 170,000 rubles.
- "CENTR" - 160,000 rubles.
- "AK-47" - 120,000 rubles.
- Smokey Mo (Alexander Tsikhov) - 100,000 rubles.
- "Bad Balance" - 100,000 rubles.
As you can see, the amount of earnings for one ordinary concert of Russian rappers does not exceed 300 thousand rubles. Although, of course, there are exceptions, when the amount of the fee can reach 500 thousand or more.
For comparison, let's take a look at the annual income of the leading foreign rappers. So, Dr. Dre (Andre Young) earns $620 million, Jay-Z (Sean Corey Carter) and Diddy (Sean John Combs) each earn $60 million, and Eminem (Marshall Bruce Mathers III) earns $18 million a year.
If we talk about fees for one concert, then, for example, the famous American rapper 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) has at least $ 250,000 for one performance.
That is, foreign rappers earn tens and hundreds of times more than domestic ones.
Of course, there are objective explanations for this. Firstly, the culture of rap in the West, and more precisely in the USA, is much more developed than ours, and has deep roots. Secondly, the American market is much larger and more saturated than the Russian one, and much more significant amounts of money are turned around there.
Nevertheless, the rapper movement in Russia is gaining momentum, and the leading Russian rappers are quite wealthy, and one might even say rich people, although in terms of income they are still significantly behind their overseas counterparts. But time does not stand still, and it is quite possible that a period will come when the situation will change dramatically.
Miron Fedorov is 31 years old. In a week, on January 31, he will turn 32 (don't forget to congratulate!).
How much Oksimiron earns is hard to say. The last time infa about his income appeared in 2012 - they wrote that he requires 180 thousand for a concert. Now - silence.
Let's count ourselves
Since there are no exact figures, we will calculate for ourselves. In 2016, the rapper performed in 30 cities, at the end of November he gave two major concerts in Moscow (each for 4,000 people) and one in St. Petersburg (a hall for 7,000 people). On the day of the concert, it was impossible to buy tickets for any of the venues.
In the summer of 2016, he signed a contract with Reebok and became the face of the autumn-winter collection and the “first ambassador” of the brand in Russia. In 2017, Oxy will release his own collaboration.
Tickets for a concert at the Olympic in Moscow and Ice in St. Petersburg began to sell a year in advance. So far, the price varies from 700 to 70,000 rubles in St. Petersburg and from 400 to 5,500 rubles in Moscow. And then there is OXXXYSHOP, which releases various merchandise and sells it at every concert. That is, the exact numbers cannot be found, but Oxy definitely has no problems with money, agree?)
While looking for information about Oksimiron's income, we stumbled upon his rider of the 2012 model. In general, nothing special - a hotel room, 15 liters of drinking water, three meals a day, etc. From the interesting: three clean white terry towels 60 × 40 (why exactly this size and exactly three ??), nuts and oriental sweets, a can of Nutella (hahaha), a liter bottle of whiskey (Chivas or Jack Daniels), a two-liter bottle of Coca-Cola ( not light).
So much for you: “Give me a warm blanket and a hood, wipe your ass with napkins, and everything is marked “good.” However, maybe the situation has changed and there is no more Nutella on the list?
How much do rappers earn abroad
Well, a little about the situation abroad. There rappers earn much more than ours. The richest are Puff Daddy and Jay-Z. Their fortune is estimated at 750 million and 610 million dollars, respectively. The main income they receive through entrepreneurial activity, not creativity.
So, Puff Daddy owns the Revolt television network and the Sean John music label. Jay-Z owns Roc-A-Fella Records, about 40 fitness clubs in New York, the 40/40 Club sports bar, the Brooklyn Nets basketball club, the Rocawear label and the Roc Nation entertainment company, etc. The list doesn't end there.
We are waiting for Oksimiron to grow up to the western comrades.
To foreign rappers, ours, frankly, is still far away in all respects. Even the top resident of Black Star in terms of income cannot compete with some Busta Rhimes. In fairness, among Western rappers, few can outrun Rhimes.
Our guys open burgers, sign contracts with sportswear companies and advertise rates, and we watch, sigh, and start counting other people's money again.
Timati
Income: 201.7 million rubles
Over the past year, Timati has earned over 200 million rubles, and most of this amount is not income from concerts, but income from companies he co-owns, in particular from a burger.
Things are going well for him: a large metropolitan demand for burgers from Timati and good revenue have become a reason to open restaurants in other cities of Russia. So very soon it will be possible to stand in kilometer-long queues for a roll and black gloves not only in Moscow.
Basta
Income: 189.7 million rubles
Music is not the only source of Basta's income: he not only gives concerts at large venues in Russia, but also produces other guys, acts in films and tries himself as a director. Apparently, things are going well: Basta's income is about to break through the mark of 200 million rubles.
L'One
Income: 115.8 million rubles
Oxxxymiron
Income: 113.5 million rubles
The wave of hype that Miron rode on his board a few years ago put him on the list of the richest rappers in Russia.
Fully sold out tickets for his concerts across the country, income from the sale of merchandise and a contract with Reebok - and bam, Oksimiron's income has exceeded 100 million. Here you are, grandmother, and the city under the sole.
