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Justin Smith was born on the 8th January 1978 in Patterson, New Jersey USA, of African and American ancestry. Better known by his stage name Just Blaze, he is a hip hop record producer, mostly recognized for producing Eminem and Jay-Z songs. He is also known as the CEO of Fort Knocks Entertainment, a hip hop and R’n’B record label. He has been an active member of the entertainment industry since 1997.

So, have you ever wondered how rich Just Blaze is? It has been estimated by sources that the total size of Blaze’s net worth is over $20 million, as of early 2016. He has been accumulating this amount of money through his successful career as a producer on the American music scene. Obviously, Blaze appears to be a very talented person devoted to his career, which may well see his fortune increase further in the coming years.

Just Blaze Net Worth $20 Million

Just Blaze spent his childhood in his hometown, where as a young boy under the influence of his older cousin, he developed an interest in music. At the beginning, Blaze started working as a DJ, and in no time he decided to turn to the music production side. After matriculation, he enrolled at Rutgers University; however, he quit education after three years of studying to start a career in the music industry.

Blaze began his career in the 1990s working with the rap group Harlem World, producing their songs such as “I Really Like It”, and “Family Crisis”, and afterwards he collaborated with Buckshot on his song “Heavy Weighters”, all which increased his net worth. With the beginning of the 2000s, his name became more known on the rap scene, which enabled him to start working at Roc-A-Fella Records, with such artists as Big Pun on his songs “Off Wit His Head”, and “Wrong Ones”. Later the same year, he produced Busta Rhymes songs “Street Shit”, and “Here We Go Again”, and worked with Kanye West.

After working with Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z became intrigued with Blaze, and the two worked on Jay-Z’s album “The Dynasty: Roc La Familia”, including songs “Streets Is Talking”, “The R.O.C.”, and “Soon You’ll Understand”, among others, which increased his net worth to a large degree, thanks to the popularity the songs gained upon release. After the initial successful collaboration with Jay-Z, the two continued their work together, and produced songs for Jay-Z’s albums “Blueprint”, “Blueprint 2”, “Black Album”, “Kingdom Come”, and “American Gangster”, all of which contributed to the overall size of his net worth.

Just Blaze has also collaborated with Eminem, on his album “Recovery”, which also increased his popularity as well as net worth. To speak further of his accomplishments, Blaze has collaborated with numerous other artists of the rap scene, including Fat Joe, Beenie Man, Chris Brown, among others.

Just Blaze also started his own record label in 2004, entitled Fort Knocks Entertainment, through which he has produced and released several albums on his own, but the main focus of the record label is to promote young and talented hip hop musicians, such as Dave Young, Mrs. Jade, and Quan, among others. This has also increased Blaze’s net worth by a large margin.

If to talk about his personal life, there is no information about Just Blaze as he keeps his privacy, although he is active across many of the most popular social media platforms, including Twitter and Instagram, on which he has over 300,000 followers.