Warren G has an estimated net worth of $6 million. He accrued this wealth through his career as a rapper and producer.
The American rapper Warren Griffin III is known for his role in West Coast rap’s 1990s ascent.
At age 17, Warren was jailed for gun possession. Following his release, he began focusing on music after his stepbrother Dr. Dre taught him how to use a drum machine.
In 1990, Warren G together with Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg formed the hip-hop trio 213, named for Long Beach’s area code. The trio 213 dissolved when two of its members signed with Death Row Records.
During his early solo career, Warren G worked with artists like MC Breed and 2Pac, but his big break came when his vocal collaboration with Mista Grimm, on “Indo Smoke”, appeared on the Poetic Justice soundtrack (1992).
A pioneer of G-funk, he attained mainstream success with the 1994 single “Regulate”, a duet with Nate Dogg.
His debut album, Regulate… G Funk Era, debuted at #2 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 176,000 in its opening week. The album later went on the sell over 3 million copies in the US and was certified 3x multi-platinum. The single “Regulate” spent 18 weeks in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, with three weeks at No. 2, while “This D.J.”, reached No. 9. Both songs earned Grammy nominations.
Three songs from his second album, Take a Look Over Your Shoulder, reached the Top 40, as did his 1998 duet with Nate Dogg, “Nobody Does It Better”.
Warren G’s next two albums, 2005’s In the Mid-Nite Hour and then 2009’s The G Files, released independently, were self-produced.
In the 2010s, he experienced a resurgence in popularity amid the digital age.
In 2017, “Regulate”, platinum since 1994, went 2x multi-platinum, propelled by digital downloads.
Warren G retired in 2009 and has since opened a restaurant.