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How does DJ Envy have so much money?
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Envy definitely richer then you think, he showed his old car collection..
This nikka driving a rolls royce wraith, rolls royce dawn, Ferrari 488 , Bentley mulsane , srt8 jeep, and S600 Mercedes maybach
This nikka driving a rolls royce wraith, rolls royce dawn, Ferrari 488 , Bentley mulsane , srt8 jeep, and S600 Mercedes maybach
DamienWayne
Superstar
I was too young to pay attention I just remember his wife at the time was so damn thick
. They came over for a baby shower one time
desjardins
Superstar
damn i forgot "dj benji" was the one that ruined Star career.
Man that era of the Star and Buckwild show probably was the best morning radio I ever heard
.can't even imagine if that shyt was a modern day podcast where they could curse and stuff
Star, the gay dude, the white chick they had, DX21, the "new buckwild" who was always fukking up on the verge of getting fired constantly like the real buckwild
shyt was classic
little4209
All Star
Celeb DJ...literally hosting parties every damn night before the radio show...the radio show..lol..owns a juice bar now, plus ive heard him mention investments..I think he owns a car wash also or somethin
CashmereThoughts
Veteran
nikka been flipping houses and having side businesses forever.
Aside from that he's on one of the biggest syndicated radio shows ever, tv check from revolt, Sirius radio, night clubs, college parties. He getting a lot of bags
Aside from that he's on one of the biggest syndicated radio shows ever, tv check from revolt, Sirius radio, night clubs, college parties. He getting a lot of bags
AND YES I'M POCKET WATCHING & GOSSIPING IF YOU GOT PROB LEAVE THE THREAD NOW!!!
Professor Mac
Im African not black
Dude still has to answer to another man.
NYSTATEOFMIND
Superstar
He came up for real 
I remember his ass@ Hampton University
carrying records in a dusty volkwagen jetta
I remember his ass@ Hampton University
carrying records in a dusty volkwagen jetta
<<TheStandard>>
I Am A God
This,
Urban DJs don't get paid like the white EDM djs do but he's still caking.
He's pulling in millions just off being on the breakfast club which is a syndicated show on multiple radio Radio One stations around the country, not just Power in NYC.
First things first, Let's going into his history. He was making mixtapes like DJ Clue in the mid 90s to late 2000s. The Mixtape Game was like the drug game for Djs back in the 90s and early 2000s before the internet came. You could basically press up 20,000-50,0000 copies of a mixtape and sell them to bootleggers, record stores, stands and say if you're getting 3-5 bucks a CD you're fukking EATING. A lot of this was untaxed money because who's reporting this. I was actually making mixtapes on a much smaller scale in Philly when I was in high school. If I sold 500-1000 copies at 2-4 bucks a copy I was happy. My friends sold drugs, I made mixtapes and brought them to mixtape stores. Obviously he's not doing mixtapes anymore with the internet taking over but he had this source of income for a while. Then there's him actually dropping an album with Desert Storm.
This was a promotional tool that led to him getting parties so he could become a celebrity DJ and get on the radio. Now that he's on the radio he can charge more and get more bookings.
When he does urban clubs he's often doing multiple gigs in one night. So he'll book like 3 events (1,500 to 5K a piece in the tri-state and hit all of them). I'm a DJ and although I'm pretty much leaving the game I had a mentor who is a famous tour dj for some of the biggest hip hop tours in the last 20 years who would do this on a smaller scale with urban events. A lot of the times the urban promoters don't have crazy budgets but why not take that 1,500 to 5 grand for 1-2 hours of work while hitting 2, 3, 4 clubs in a night. My mentor and even I would do the same for like 2 to 4 hundred bucks or so. A lot of times we'd be doing so many events in one night, he'd send me to one to open up until he got there and another DJ to another until he got there. Anyways, If he gets booked for a corporate event he can hit them over the head. (like 20,000) If he gets booked for a College event, he can hit them over the head because the schools have the budgets. If he does a bar mitzvah for a rich business man's child, he's hitting them over the head. Basically he's eating off the sheer volume of events he's doing + the Breakfast club and what that gives him. Then there's endorsements (because he's on the radio) and investments.
Someone like DJ D Nice (From BBD....the former rapper) will get like 10-20,000 for doing those BET events and and corporate shyt but for most Djs it's kinda like a volume based thing and you're eating so much just off doing so many events.
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<<TheStandard>>
I Am A God
Envy living like that
How does one become a DJ
I'm going to be honest with you. If you don't know how to produce records and create hits DO NOT become a DJ in 2017. In this day and age EVERYONE is a DJ because technology has completely deteriorated the barrier of entry it takes to get into the game. When I started DJing you had to purchase vinyl and it took a while to build up enough records to successfully do a party and I also had to purchase the turntables. Now all you need is a laptop and a controller. Before you competition was just people who were passionate about music now your competition is some bad bytch in a bikini who promoters can use to get into the building or some celebrity or washed up rapper who decided to do it for a check. Everyone from Snoop to Talib Kweli are DJs now. From to Pauly D from Jersey Shore & Paris Hilton. If you're a good producer or have something else going on outside of DJing that makes you popular like radio, tv, movies then you can make big bucks Djing otherwise you'll be a guy in your city making a couple of a hundred bucks per gig at club & 1000s for weddings and corporate events, which is cool but you're really eating off a volume based thing which kinda sucks when you think about it. You'll give up your holidays and every single weekend of your life to entertain other people. You'll also be performing when you're sick as fukk (you don't work, you don't eat), chasing promoters around for money, always being owed. If you're throwing your own events, there's pressure to be popular and get people constantly coming to your events so you can eat. If you're a celebrity DJ it's really a great life but if you're a good DJ who's not a celebrity I personally think there's better ways to live life even if you are really passionate about music, as I was.
I've personally DJ'd all types of celebrity events (Jill Scott's Bday, Justin Timberlake Afterparty, events with Terrence J from BET, events with Khaled, all types of shyt) but yeah the money was never as good as I thought it would be. I used to be in the clubs 4-5x a week. I've pretty much stopped doing clubs and have only been doing private & corporate gigs in the past year and a half just because I make more per event and have to deal with much less. I'm probably about to go back to school and get my masters and do something else just because this isn't really the life I want anymore.
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blues_funk_reggae
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A lot of real talk in your post. My boy showed me a video of Paris Hilton Djing, shyt had me
all she was doing was clicking buttons on a mac book pro. 
like you said, "completely deteriorated the barrier of entry" 
I remember the days when DJs had to keep time and shyt, cop the same vinyl so you can have two on two tables at the same time spinning. Ain't nothing like seeing a DJ spin old school style.