Category: Money Moves
Taylor Swift Tops Forbes’ 2019 World’s Highest-Paid Celebrities List
If you were worried about Taylor Swift winding up in the streets rattling a tin cup and begging for change to feed her cats, I’ve got good news for you. Despite never having owned her own masters, Taylor has still managed to make quite a good living for herself. Her 2019 earnings of $185 million have landed her the #1 spot on Forbes’ World’s 100 Highest-Paid Celebrities list. She may have been offered a shitty deal with her old label, Big Machine Records, and seen her work fall into her enemy’s hands, but don’t shed a tear for Tay Tay. There’s still plenty of Fancy Feast on the menu at her house. And you won’t see Scooter Braun’s name anywhere on this list. However, she does have other sworn enemies breathing down her neck. Coming in at #2 and #3 on Forbes’ list are Kylie Jenner ($170 M) and Kanye West ($150 M) respectively (and Kim Kardashian is #26, $72 M).
Singer Chad Focus Is Accused Of Spending $4.1 Million On His Company Card To Fund His Music Career
Pitchfork has a story for you about someone who was so full of greed and hubris that he decided to scam his company of millions of dollars to artificially advance his “music career”. In an attempt to make it big and become the next R&B/dance artist superstar, a man named Chad Arrington (stage name: Chad Focus) is accused of committing several federal crimes and now could spend 20 years in prison.
Here’s Who’s Making The Most Bank In 2019
Variety has published a list of the top earning celebrities for 2019 and Martin Lawrence is sitting pretty at the big boys’ (and girls, and Tommy Girl’s) table. And no, I’m not talking about that Martin Lawrence, I’m talking about original recipe Martin Lawrence. Thanks to his Bad Boys For Life co-star Will Smith, Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence out-earned Academy Award nominees Jessica Chastain and Joaquin Phoenix. The three-time Kid’s Choice nominee was paid $6 million for reprising his role in the Bad Boys 3-sequel. I guess that creepy genie really can make wishes come true!
T-Pain Paid His Brother’s Crazy $1.4 Million Hospital Bill
In The-American-Healthcare-System-Sure-Works-Well-For-Everybody news: rapper T-Pain revealed on Instagram his brother’s hospital bill and it’s a doozy.
Without much context or full background story, T-Pain posted a picture of a bill to his Instagram and let his followers know that American healthcare is the best in the world and makes total sense and is affordable for everyone. JK, lol, where? Which state? No: he revealed to his followers that his brother had been in two different hospitals over the course of “a month and some change” and during his time getting–I’m assuming–much-needed medical care, he racked up a bill of over $1.4 million dollars.
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Nicki Minaj Has Yet To Come Through With That Check She Was Going To Send To Geoffrey Owens
Nicki Minaj has a lot (of rice) on her plate at the moment so you might forgive her if she’s already forgotten a promise she made less than a week ago to send Geoffrey Owens $25,000 dollars, unsolicited, after the actor was outed as common day job haver. Well, that’s not exactly fair, according to TMZ, Nicki didn’t forget. She just didn’t do it. On her Queen Radio show on Monday, Nicki claims she was having trouble reaching Owens’ team. However, TMZ is suggesting she’s pulling a classic “the check is in the mail” routine.