Joe Budden Net Worth| Personal Life| Music Career and Many More!

By David D. Ramey On Mar 14, 2022

Joe Budden was born in Harlem, New York on August 31, 1980. At the age of 13, he relocated to Jersey City, New Jersey with his mother and older brother. He was a troublesome adolescent who attended Lincoln High School.

Budden’s father was absent from his life throughout his youth, an issue he later addressed in his songs. He was sent to Laurinburg Institute, a boarding school in North Carolina, for his disobedience. It was there that he began honing his rap skills.

After returning to Jersey City, he began experimenting with narcotics and acquired an addiction to angel dust. Budden entered rehab willingly at the age of 17 following an emotional conflict and quickly developed an interest in freestyling.

Name	Joe Budden
Birth	August 31, 1980, in Harlem, New York
Age	41 years
Genre	American media personality and former rapper
Relation With	Shadee Monique
Net Worth	$6 Million

Budden did not complete his graduation and had fathered a child with an older lady by the age of 20. Budden began taking his music seriously after the birth of his kid in 2001, when he linked up with producer Dub-B, also known as White Boy, and began releasing mixtapes and demos.

Joe Budden’s Net Worth!

Joe Budden is a $6 million dollar American hip hop artist. He originally garnered notoriety in 2003 with the release of his single “Pump It Up” and as a member of the hip hop band Slaughterhouse. He was dubbed the “Howard Stern of Hip Hop” after retiring from rap in 2018 and establishing himself as a broadcaster and host of The Joe Budden Podcast.

Joe Budden’s Music Career!

One demo ended up in the hands of DJ Clue, host of Hot 97 and head of the Desert Storm Records label. Budden immediately gained popularity in the mixtape culture and signed a significant deal with Def Jam Recordings in 2002.

Budden initially gained attention while promoting his single “Focus.” The song spent 17 weeks on the Billboard Hot R&B chart in the United States, peaking at No. 43. Budden’s lead song “Pump It Up” was an instant commercial success when it was released on May 8, 2003.

In 2003, he launched his self-titled debut album, which debuted at number one on the US Rap and number two on the US R&B charts and immediately garnered notoriety thanks to the single “Pump It Up.”

The record peaked at number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number ten on the Hot Rap Songs chart in the United States. The song received a Grammy nomination for Best Male Rap Solo Performance and was used in “2 Fast 2 Furious,” “Def Jam Vendetta,” and “Madden NFL 2004.”

Joe Budden released his debut studio album “Joe Budden” on June 10, 2003. It debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 in the United States and sold 95,000 copies in its first week. It eventually sold over 420,000 copies in the United States. “Fire (Yes, Yes Y’all)” was the album’s second single, peaking at No. 18 on the US Billboard Hot R&B chart.

He released two mixtapes while he was signed to Def Jam. He intended to release a second album but was plagued by delays and arguments with Def Jam about the project’s direction. Budden’s second album was finally shelved and Def Jam signed him. Joe secured a multi-album deal with Amalgam Digital in December 2007.

Following his departure from Def Jam, he released many albums, including 2007’s “The Album Before The Album,” 2008’s “Mood Muzik 3: The Album,” and 2008’s “Halfway House.” “Padded Room,” his 2009 album, peaked at #6 on the US Rap chart.

Budden released two albums in 2009 and 2010: “Escape Route” and “Mood Muzik 4: A Turn 4 the Worst.” Budden’s 2013 album No Love Lost debuted at number one on both the US Rap and US R&B charts. He achieved success with his 2015 album “All Love Lost,” and his 2016 album “Rage & The Machine” peaked at #1 on the US R&B chart. That record would prove to be his final solo attempt.

Budden has collaborated with the hip hop ensemble Slaughterhouse on the 2009 album “Slaughterhouse” and the 2012 album “Welcome To Our House,” which peaked at #1 on the US Rap and US R&B charts and #2 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Additionally, the supergroup features Royce da 5’9″, Crooked I, and Joell Ortiz. Budden has worked with a large number of musicians, including Cee Lo Green, Eminem, and Busta Rhymes. He was also featured on Marques Houston’s chart-topping track “Clubbin” with Pied Piper and Christina Milian’s “Whatever U Want.”

Joe Budden began co-hosting “Everyday Struggle,” a daily morning show for the Complex network, alongside DJ Akademiks and Nadeska Alexis, in April 2017. Budden secured a deal with Revolt TV, which is controlled by Sean “Diddy” Combs, in 2018. Budden launched and produced the discussion programme “State of the Culture” in September 2018.

Around this time, he also launched his podcast, The Joe Budden Podcast, and began travelling the United States with live concerts. It was around this time period that he proclaimed his official retirement from rap.

Joe inked a contract with Spotify in August 2018 to bring his podcast to the platform and expand it to a bi-weekly schedule, with new episodes broadcasting every Wednesday and Saturday.

He achieved popularity by solely distributing his podcast on Spotify, and the show quickly became a must-listen for hip-hop and rap culture lovers. Budden, however, revealed in August 2020 that he was terminating his deal with Spotify because of financial conflicts with the streaming provider.

Budden has also had appearances on VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop” and three documentaries, including “Hip Hop Babylon” and “Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap.” He also featured on “Couples Therapy” in 2015 alongside Kaylin Garcia.

Joe Budden’s Personal Life!

Budden is the father of two children: Joseph Budden III (born in 2001) and Lexington, who was born in December 2017 to his then-fiancee, model Cyn Santana. Since then, the two have called off their engagement.

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