With So Much of Talent in Hip Hop, Its A Wonder on Who Could Be in A List of Richest Rappers in South Africa 2025.
List Of Richest Rappers in South Africa – Updated December
There is a lot of local talent in the African rap arena.
Nasty C, AKA, and Sarkodie may not receive a lot of press attention outside of Africa, but they are enormous in Africa.
The most astute among them know how to make the most of their famous status, supplementing their music earnings with endorsement deals and merchandise possibilities.
For some, it’s already paid off, at least in terms of their financial balances.
Find out which artist has amassed the most wealth as we count down the 10 richest rappers in South Africa.
- AKA
- Die Antwoord
- Cassper Nyovest
- Nasty C
- Khuli Chana
- K.O
- JR
- HHP
- Da L.E.S
- Jack Parow
AKA
AKA (Kiernan Jarryd Forbes) is one of richest rappers in South Africa, singer, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur who was born on January 28, 1988.
Forbes was born and reared in Cape Town, Western Cape, and rose to prominence with the release of his hit “Victory Lap” from his debut studio album, Altar Ego (2011).
Forbes maintained his success by releasing studio albums such as Levels (2014), Touch My Blood (2018), and Be Careful What You Wish For, a joint album with Anatii (2017).
Forbes, in collaboration with vodka manufacturer Cruz, released a watermelon-flavored drink featuring his initials on the bottles in April 2020.
Forbes made an appearance as a special guest at WWE Live events in Johannesburg and Cape Town later that month.
He was the roastee for the Comedy Central Roast special in 2019.
Die Antwoord
Die Antwoord is a South African hip hop group that was founded in 2008 in Cape Town.
Their picture is inspired by the zef counterculture movement in South Africa, and includes work by other artists involved in the movement, such as photographer Roger Ballen.
Cassper Nyovest
Cassper Nyovest is one of richest rappers in South Africa, singer, entrepreneur, and record producer who was born Refiloe Maele Phoolo on December 16, 1990.
He is considered one of South Africa’s most successful performers, having been born and reared in Mahikeng, North West.
Family Tree Records, which he founded in 2014, is his own record label.
Tsholofelo (2014), Nyovest’s debut studio album, was released in 2014 and featured the smash songs “Gusheshe” and “Doc Shebeleza.”
With the success of his concert, Fill Up The Dome (2015), hosted at the Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg, he has become a household name.
The event’s popularity prompted Nyovest to use the suffix “Fill Up” to organize similar concerts at other stadiums each year, including Orlando Stadium (2016) and FNB Stadium (2017) in Johannesburg, Moses Mabhida Stadium (2018) in Durban, and Royal Bafokeng Stadium (2019) in North West.
Refiloe, Nyovest’s self-titled studio album, was launched on October 31, 2015, at his Fill Up The Dome performance.
The Game, DJ Drama, Stonebwoy, and Casey Veggies are among the musicians included on the album.
Thuto (2018), his critically lauded third studio album, and Sweet and Short, his kwaito-focused fourth studio album, followed suit (2019).
Nasty C
Nsikayesizwe, Nasty C is the stage name of David Junior Ngcobo, a South African rapper, composer, and record producer.
Ngcobo published his debut album Bad Hair (2016) and Strings and Bling (2018), which were related and backed by his first tour, The Ivyson Tour, after releasing three mixtapes, one of which being “Undisputed,” and two EPs.
At the 2015 South African Hip Hop Awards, he was the youngest recipient of an award, the Best Freshman Award.
Khuli Chana
Khuli Chana (born August 27, 1982) is a South African Motswako rapper who goes by the stage name Khulane Morule.
Morule was born in the North West Province’s Mmabatho and began rapping motswako at an early age.
He was a part of the Morafe rap group.
After the rap group went on hiatus from recording songs as a unit, he went solo.
Khuli Chana rose to prominence with the release of his critically acclaimed album Motswakoriginator, which combines Setswana and English.
The tone and style of music originated in Mahikeng, a tiny town in the North West Province, and Motswako is a blend of two languages.
At the 2014 South African Hip Hop Awards, Chana was nominated for Most Valuable Artist and Video of the Year.
K.O
Ntokozo Mdluli, better known by his stage name K.O., is a South African rapper from Piet Retief.
He began his career as a part of Teargas, a hip hop group that released K’shubile K’bovu (2006), Wafa Wafa (2008), Dark or Blue (2009), and Num8er Num8er (2010), among others (2012).
Following Teargas’ departure, K.O went solo and released Skhanda Republic (2014), which debuted at #1 in South Africa and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA).
Skhanda Republic 2 (2017) is K.O’s second studio album, published in collaboration with Sony Music Entertainment Africa.
Jack Parow
Zander Tyler (born February 22, 1982) is one of richest rappers in South Africa who goes by the stage name Jack Parow.
Die Heuwels Fantasties, Die Antwoord, and Francois Van Coke are among the South African artists with whom he has collaborated.
Since he was in elementary school, Parow has aspired to be a rapper.
He used to rap alongside his friend Keagan Cloete, as cute cloete, claiming Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle and T-Pain as early influences.
Despite the fact that he began rapping in English, he quickly realized that he preferred Afrikaans.
Cooler as Ekke and jeffalingaling, which was promoted by pals in Die Heuwels Fantasties, was his first hit.
On their song Die Vraagstuk, he collaborated with them.
Since then, he has released four studio albums and traveled extensively over the world.
In 2015, Parow published Die Ou Met die Snor by die Bar, a biography written by local artist Theunis Engelbrecht.
Dis Hoe Ons Rol, a nine-episode TV series directed by Parow and his buddy Hardus van Deventer, broadcast on the Kyknet premium TV channel from July to August 2016.
Parow performed in each of South Africa’s nine provinces at least once during filming, which took place in two legs over 30 days.
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