Virgil Abloh is an American fashion designer, artist, and DJ. An influential fashion director and one of the most prominent fashion figures in the world. After running his own fashion houses Pyrex Vision and Off-White, he became the artistic director of Louis Vuitton in 2018. He is one of the youngest and only black designers to be director of a major fashion brand.
His salary at Louis Vuitton is $3 million per year. His hiring marked the first time an American of African descent has served as artistic director at a French luxury fashion house.
Abloh was born in Rockford, Illinois in September 1980. He founded his Milan-based fashion label Off-White in 2003 and still serves as the chief executive officer. He started out in the business as an intern at Fendi with Kanye West. He was listed as one of the most 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2018. He showed his first collection for Louis Vuitton in 2018 at the Men’s Fashion Week in Paris. Virgil Abloh was appointed to the board of directors of The Council of Fashion Designers of America in 2019.
James Charles, is an American internet personality, makeup artist and model who has a net worth of $22 million.
While working as a local makeup artist in his hometown of Bethlehem, New York, he started a YouTube channel, posting makeup tutorials. In 2016, he became the first male brand ambassador for CoverGirl after a tweet featuring his makeup went viral online.
In 2020, he hosted, directed, and co-produced the YouTube Originals reality competition series Instant Influencer. He has released an eyeshadow palette and created a makeup line in collaboration with Morphe Cosmetics, and has received numerous awards for his work on social media, including two People’s Choice Awards, three Streamy Awards, one Shorty Award, and one Teen Choice Award.
His career has included multiple online controversies, including a widely publicized feud with fellow beauty YouTuber Tati Westbrook in 2019. In 2021, he admitted to sexting with two underage boys after a series of allegations came out against him, though he denied knowing their age at the time. Morphe cut ties with Charles and YouTube temporarily demonetized his channel.
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Santigold Net Worth
Santigold net worth: Santigold is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer who has a net worth of $6 million. Her musical styles include electronic, new wave, indie, and more.
Santigold’s self-titled debut studio album was released in 2008 and reached #2 on the US Electronic chart as well as #26 in the UK. Her album Master of My Make-Believe was released in 2012 and reached #1 on the US Electronic chart as well as #21 on the Billboard 200. Her album 99¢ was released in 2016 and reached #55 on the Billboard 200 and her album I Don’t Want: The Gold Fire Sessions was released in 2018. Her most successful single “Disparate Youth” reached #9 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 singles chart and #27 on the US Alternative chart.
Santigold has collaborated with several artists including Julian Casablancas, N.E.R.D., Jay-Z, Kanye West, David Byrne, Fatboy Slim, Beastie Boys, OneRepublic, Diplo, and more.
Questlove is an American drummer, DJ, music journalist and record producer who has a net worth of $16 million dollars.
He is the drummer and joint frontman (with Black Thought) for the hip hop band, the Roots. The Roots has been serving as the in-house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since February 17, 2014. Questlove is also one of the producers of the cast album of the Broadway musical Hamilton. He is the co-founder of the websites Okayplayer and OkayAfrica. Additionally, he is an adjunct instructor at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University.
Questlove has produced recordings for artists including Elvis Costello, Common, D’Angelo, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Bilal, Jay-Z, Nikka Costa, and more recently, Al Green, Amy Winehouse, and John Legend. He is a member of the production teams the Soulquarians, the Randy Watson Experience, the Soultronics, the Beat Biters (with producers Just Blaze and 9th Wonder), the Grand Negaz, and the Grand Wizzards. In 2018, Questlove curated the soundtrack The Michelle Obama Musiaqualogy for Michelle Obama’s memoir Becoming. He also released the book Creative Quest in April 2018
