Afroman, a well-known name in the hip-hop and rap genre, is an American singer, rapper, and songwriter, who as of 2023 has a net worth of $4 million to $6 million.
Most known for his top hits Crazy Rap and the Grammy-nominated singleBecause I Got High, Afroman has enjoyed a fairly lucrative music career over the years.
His start in the music scene was a rather unconventional one, recording his songs in eighth grade and selling the tapes to his school peers.
His first tape was about his eighth-grade teacher, who had kicked Afroman out of school for sagging his pants, which didn’t rest well with the now 49-year-old singer and rapper.
Afroman stated that his track sold around 400 copies to students and surprisingly, other teachers.
His big breakthrough came in 2000 when he convinced Tim Ramenofsky, owner of T-Bones Records to help him get his now iconic song Because I Got High out.
Despite a slow start, the two eventually caught the eye of Universal Records and would go from performing at local shows to signing a million-dollar publishing deal.
However, his career would take a strong hit following the infamous attack on the U.S. in 2001, bringing his music to a halt for a few years.
Afroman Net Worth
Despite his earnings taking a steep dip after his contract with Universal Records ended in 2001, Afroman made a huge comeback on YouTube and Spotify after the two platforms came to life.
Joining YouTube on October 22, 2012, Afroman has gathered more than 440 million views across 274 videos, with his song music video Because I Got High accounting for more than half of those at 266 million views.
Using YouTube’s average payout of $1,200 to $6,000 per million views, Afroman has earned an estimated $528,000 to $2,640,000 from the platform alone.
Afroman also found great financial success on Spotify, where his songs have racked up a total of 670 million streams.
In terms of money generated, Spotify’s average payout of $0.003 to $0.005 puts Afroman’s total earnings from the platform at $2.6 million to $3.3 million
His song Crazy Rap (45 Colt & 2 Zig Zags) takes the #1 spot with 304,956,402 total streams, netting him approximately $915,000 to $1.5 million,
Afroman Music Career
Thanks to his deal with the publishing studio, the album Because I Got High was released, and the title track saw great success, reaching #1 in 11 countries and getting certified 2x Platinum in Australia and Platinum in eight other countries.
That same year, he released his second album Sell Your Dope, with the song Crazy Rap listed under it.
The single was a hit as well, going 3x platinum in the U.S. and reaching #10 on the UK Singles Chart.
Afroman’s fame and stardom were short-lived, due to the unfortunate attack on the U.S. in 2001.
Following the incident, Afroman’s hit tracks which were played continuously on radios came to a stop, and the rapper would eventually terminate his contract with the publishing studio.
Despite fading out of the limelight after 2001, Afroman continued to release music over the years which was relatively much less successful than the tracks he produced at the peak of his career.
Afroman Lawsuit and Legal Trouble
Despite the chill and laid-back demeanor Afroman has exhibited over the years, he did find himself in an unfortunate string of legal trouble.
In 2015, Afroman was performing at a concert in Mississippi when a woman attending the concert snuck on stage and approached the rapper from behind.
In a quick turn of events, the rapper punched the woman in the face, which he eventually stated was an involuntary reaction, and publicly apologized to the woman.
Afroman was arrested and charged with assault, and later, served with a lawsuit by the woman, which ended with the former paying the defendant $65,000.
In 2022, his Ohio home was raided by authorities while he was away in Chicago.
Afroman, who was suspected by authorities of drug trafficking and kidnapping was found innocent.
Despite suffering over $20,000 in damages to his property and having only $4,600 of the $5,000 police confiscated from his apartment returned, Afroman was served with another lawsuit when the rapper used footage his security camera caught of the officers during the raid in his rap videos.