Here's How Much Travis Scott Is Really Worth
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Seemingly predicting his future success, Travis Scott's name was once stylized with the dollar sign — Travi$ Scott — like when he interviewed with Complex in 2012. That year, most people heard Scott for the first time on the song "Sin City" featured on the compilation album "Kanye West Presents Good Music Cruel Summer." It was an incredible turnaround for Scott who not long before was struggling to get by. He remembered saying, "I'm homeless right now" when he received a call to work with Kanye West. The two rappers met up in New York and according to Scott, "First thing he gave me was a Doritos taco from Taco Bell." Not long after, Scott would be able to afford more than just fast food as he became one of the hottest rappers by the end of the decade. Following his first two albums, Scott earned his biggest breakthrough with his 2018 album "Astroworld." The record was "inarguably his strongest to date" per Pitchfork, and turned Scott into a rap superstar.
As of 2021, Scott was worth an estimated $60 million according to Celebrity Net Worth. Beyond his smash hits like "Sicko Mode" featuring Drake, Scott became a businessman with multiple endeavors to increase his bank account. With so much dough, Scott made extravagant purchases, which weren't always selfish. Other times throughout his career, Scott lost some of his money for reparation.
It's time to follow the dollars and find out how much Travis Scott is really worth.
Travis Scott loved music as a kid
Jacques Bermon Webster II was born in Houston, Texas, in 1991. Years later, he would become known as Travis Scott. In the documentary "Look Mom I Can Fly" (via the Houston Chronicle), one of Scott's former counselors said of the young man, "Jacques had a spark in him that made him move through the world with great, boundless energy, motivation, creativity and genius." Scott grew up in a middle-class suburb near Missouri City, Texas and lived in the Houston area until he was about 19 years old.
As a young man, "I used to stay with my grandma in the hood from ages one to six," Scott recalled to Complex. His love for music started at an early age, thanks in part to being part of a family of musicians. His grandfather was a jazz composer and Scott's dad played the drums and piano. At the age of three, Scott received his first drum set. "I was playing drums extra hard, like I wasn't going to fail with that s***. I was a drum master," he recalled. Drum kits for juniors, like the Questlove Pocket Kit created by the famous drummer of The Roots, sell for hundreds of dollars on Amazon. The young man also followed his father's skills by learning to play the piano, but eventually he pivoted to "the electronic sound" and began "making beats."
Travis Scott's comfortable beginnings
For his early education, Travis Scott stayed in the Houston area of Texas. "I went to private school in elementary and middle school," he told Complex. This likely cost significant money because Missouri City private schools can range from $2,000 to $9,900 per year, Community Impact estimated in 2017. His parents were successful enough to spend the money for their child's private education. Scott shared with Complex, "My mom worked for Apple and my dad owned his own business." As for his time in class, Scott said, "I loved private school. It was like the freshest b****** and all my homies were rich as f***." Meeting these other children also laid the foundation for Scott to dream big. He remembered that private school "showed me a whole other taste level of life. That's when I knew, s*** is way bigger than Houston."
When Scott became a teen, he switched from private school and attended Elkins High School in Missouri City. In the documentary "Look Mom I Can Fly" (via the Houston Chronicle), Scott praised his high school counselor for helping him while studying and said "she saved my life in high school." Scott was more than ready to excel in class and he even graduated early from high school at the age of 17. "I'm smart man. I wasn't a dumb***," he told Complex.
Coast to coast with Travis Scott
Fed up with studying when he just "wanted to be on stage rapping at MTV," Travis Scott dropped out of the University of Texas, he told Complex. The 19-year-old Scott asked his mom for money for a computer and other school supplies, only to spend it elsewhere. "Bought me a plane ticket next day, dipped out to New York, and I started grinding man," he recalled. But the lie didn't last long when his parents once came to visit him at the university and he wasn't there. With little money in New York City, Scott remembered sleeping on his friend Omen's floor to rest up for sessions at producer Just Blaze's studio Stadium Red. Both Omen and Scott relocated to Los Angeles after only a few months in New York. But his friend left and Scott remembered, "I was by myself. I had nobody and no money." Part of the reason was that his mom and dad cut him off financially after he dropped out of university. He called his parents to explain that he quit with hopes of being the next big rapper. Evidently, his family didn't like the news because Scott remembered, "My phone turned off next day."
After becoming a superstar, Scott did eventually pay his mom back for the money he never put toward school supplies. "Not like in a lump sum! But yeah, definitely," he told Grantland.
Travis Scott's impressive neckline
Going beyond soft accessories like cool hats, Travis Scott likes to wear jewelry. As one of the biggest names in rap, his bling is often larger than life. For example, TMZ reported he purchased a custom necklace that says "Astroworld" for a whopping $450,000 in 2018. According to the outlet, the necklace created by the Eliantte jewelry company contained "50 carats of VS diamonds and over 1,000 grams of gold." Scott reportedly purchased the piece in celebration of his successful Astroworld tour in 2018. Similar to the amusement park theme of the tour, the chain looks like roller coaster tracks and the pendant features his face in the middle of a Ferris wheel.
In 2021, Scott added another incredible necklace to his collection. Returning once again to Eliantte, Scott also worked with artist Takashi Murakami to create a piece called "Melted Utopia Dream," Eliantte posted on Instagram. The jewelry maker shared another video of the necklace and detailed that the elaborate piece contained "Hand Carved Jack Beads With Cactus Pearls Out The Tahiti Ocean" and shells.
Scott also liked to gift expensive jewelry to those closest to him. On her Instagram Story, Kylie Jenner showed off an icy chain from Scott with the Kylie Cosmetics logo as the pendant, People recapped. She also posted a mirror selfie wearing the necklace in celebration of her 22nd birthday.
Travis Scott's awesome office space
Most corporate offices have simple water coolers to keep employees happy. But this would be too simple for Travis Scott. The rapper keeps a custom soda and snack machine in his office, and it's a device that sounds like something out of a break room from the future. The machine, designed by the Exotic Pop beverage company from Houston, features a "49-inch multi-function touchscreen makes it easy to navigate the machine's vast offerings" and "a 3D spinning hologram" of his biggest album, TMZ reported. Among the options inside are types of sodas "from all over the world" and to eat, one choice is an entire box of Wheaties cereal with a 1988 Michael Jordan box cover. The touchscreen can also be used to place a custom order for any treat not already in the machine, which will then be delivered to the office. The theme of the vending machine is, naturally, Astroworld, based on his album and live show of the same name.
Chatting with 97.9 The Box about creating mind-blowing snack appliances, Exotic Pop founders Charleston Wilson and Kirk White shared that the vending machine collaboration came about after they'd developed a custom soda for Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival. According to TMZ, the device set him back a cool $50,000.
Travis Scott gives the best gifts
Travis Scott would be incredibly popular just for his music but it also helps that he linked up with "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star Kylie Jenner. The power couple had daughter Stormi together, and as a dad, Scott spoils his little girl. Take when he bought mother and daughter matching "Toi et Moi" diamond rings, for example. According to Dale's Jewelers, Jenner's ring with a "pear-cut diamond nestled next to an emerald-cut diamond" was valued at $325,000. As for Stormi's smaller but equally impressive diamond studded ring? It likely cost around $120,000.
For Stormi's first time meeting Scott's family in Texas, the rapper helped out with the party hosted by his mom. As reported by TMZ, Scott spent $7,145 on six "floral sculptures and stands, which display lightning bolts going through clouds of roses, orchids and hydrangeas." Hanging below the flower arrangements were strings of Swarovski crystals to represent raindrops (get it?). This wasn't the first time Scott went all out with blooms. Jenner shared a photo on Snapchat of roses perhaps sent to her by Scott, via Elle. The bouquets contained a total of 443 roses to commemorate the exact time in the morning that Stormi was born. Scott will have even more chances to buy gifts because in September of 2021, Jenner shared the news that she and Scott would have a second child together on an Instagram post.
The times Travis Scott was paid to party
Starting in 2017, Travis Scott worked with the Marquee Las Vegas to make appearances and perform songs at the fancy nightclub. First, Scott performed songs from his debut album "Rodeo" in the club "decked out in a cowboy theme with bales of hay and top-to-bottom decor," Billboard recapped. Years later, Scott once again linked up with Marquee and signed a deal to be a resident artist. More than just performances by the rapper, the nightclub turned into an extension of Scott's Astroworld universe. This included a "big Astroworld sign, as well as circus, carnival, theme-park decor and staff decked out in Astroworld gear." In addition to likely selling merchandise, Scott often drew sold out crowds at the Marquee, which could hold over 3,000 people. For fans to see Scott, the tickets ranged from $30 up to $200 in some cases.
More than just ticket sales, Scott likely took home a huge payday just for showing up at the nightclub. Take Scott Disick, who is connected to the rapper through Kylie Jenner. At one point, the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" ensemble member could earn either $70,000 or $80,000 for appearances in clubs like 1OAK in Las Vegas, GQ reported.
Travis Scott travels in style
Travis Scott must have felt it would be easier to live a jet-setting lifestyle by owning a personal plane. At the end of 2020, he reportedly bought himself a sizable private jet during the Christmas holidays, per TMZ. The rapper may have been inspired after seeing the mother of his daughter, Kylie Jenner, zip around in her own private aircraft. Reportedly, her jet cost $72.8 million, a small drop in the ocean that is Jenner's net worth, which hovered around $1 billion in 2020.
With his brand new jet, Scott put it to use to go spend even more money. As reported by the Daily Mail, Scott went back and forth from the Bahamas in his aircraft. While in the picturesque country, Scott celebrated his 29th birthday with friends on a yacht. According to his post on Instagram, Scott called his time at sea the "Cactus Cruise," referencing his nickname Cactus Jack. For his travel gear, paparazzi spotted Scott's assistant carrying a gigantic Hermès bag when he returned from the Bahamas. This wasn't the first time Scott showed off his rare luxury item as he was once spotted in New York City with the extra-large bag. As detailed by Vogue, the rare, "brown crocodile-leather style, called Haut à courroies," can resell for over $20,000.
Travis Scott had huge musical paychecks
In 2018, Forbes listed Travis Scott in its "30 under 30" list of influential people in the music industry. At the time, Scott reportedly earned over $100,000 for each stop on his tour. Scott continued to dominate the airwaves and as of 2020, Forbes estimated his singles alone raked in $100 million. This all on top of his multi-platinum album "Astroworld" and the accompanying tour, which became "the top-grossing rap tour in 2019." That year, Scott took home an estimated $15.5 million with $9.6 million of that total coming just from his tour, per Billboard. Then, in 2020, Billboard ranked Travis Scott as the 35th highest paid musician in the United States for 2020. He reportedly earned $5.82 million in the year in a combination of revenue from fans streaming his music, sales, and publishing.
In 2021, Scott held his third Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas. As recapped by The Sun, general admission tickets cost over $400 including a concert fee, VIP tickets cost nearly $800, and deluxe VIP tickets went for over $1,000. Both VIP options reportedly sold out and over 50,000 people were in the crowd on the fateful night. As a result, anyone who purchased a ticket received a full refund.
Travis Scott can partner with anyone
Travis Scott became the face of a wide range of brands, which prompted Forbes to refer to Scott as "corporate America's brand whisperer." For example, Scott teamed up with General Mills on a limited edition version of its Reese's Puffs cereal. The rapper created the design on the cardboard box, "featuring his action figure holding a spoon branded with his Cactus Jack label," per USA Today. Each serial box cost $50 online and according to the Reese's Puffs Twitter account, all boxes sold out in 30 seconds. Also sold out were "a matching 'Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk' Reese's Puffs cereal bowl and an 'Enjoy Today' spoon." Sticking with food, Scott teamed up with the biggest name in fast food. According to Forbes, Scott's collaboration with McDonald's earned the rapper "at least $5 million from the traditional endorsement part of the deal and another $15 million from merchandise sales." His special combo meal sold at McDonald's was such a huge deal that it caused supply chain issues for the fast food juggernaut, CNBC reported.
For entertainment, Scott teamed up with Sony and its video game console PlayStation. The company announced in 2020 that the rapper came on board as "a strategic creative partner." PlayStation said that Scott's job would be "to produce innovative projects that we hope will delight our collective fans." Forbes estimated that Scott earned at $1 million from the partnership and could expect to earn over $20 million overall.
Travis Scott's life on four wheels
With his vast resources, Travis Scott is a total gear head. He loves to collect vehicles, especially supercars. For example, the rapper owned a custom Lamborghini Huracan with a unique paint job. The design featured purple camo color by the luxury brand Bape, and as a video by The Hollywood Fix shows, Scott once drove it on the wrong side of traffic. According to Kelley Blue Book, a 2017 version of his car starts at about $205,000 and can easily go over $300,000 with other options. He also bought a custom chocolate brown Lamborghini Aventador from West Coast Customs. A video for "Inside West Coast Customs" shows Scott in disbelief as he sees his new toy for the first time. The impressive vehicle is even more expensive than his other Lambo — Kelley Blue Book said the most basic version of the 2019 Aventador costs $417,826.
In an interview for L'Officiel, Scott revealed his car collection also included a Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon Cabriolet and a Range Rover SVAutobiography, which he posed in front of on an Instagram post.
All of these cars are certainly different from what Scott was used to growing up. As he told L'Officiel, around the age of five, he felt his dad's Toyota 4Runner — a great albeit not flashy vehicle model — was as cool as it gets. But his mom's Jeep Cherokee "got to the point where the passenger door didn't even open, so we all had to get in through the driver's side and crawl through."
Inside Travis Scott's real estate portfolio
Outside of the recording studio, Travis Scott spends some of his time in extraordinary homes. As detailed by Dirt, the rapper purchased a $23.5 million mansion in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles in 2020 — and apparently, he paid for the entire house in cash. Though this was a huge discount from the original asking price of $42 million, the outlet noted that Scott's purchase was still one of the biggest Los Angeles real-estate deals in 2020. Along with the seven bedrooms and eleven bathrooms in the 16,700 square foot mansion that looks like "a modern yacht," Scott also gained LeBron James as his neighbor. The following year, Scott showed he was ready to expand when he purchased the property next door. The rapper paid a reported $5.8 million for the adjacent estate, which included a "single-story midcentury structure," per Dirt.
Scott also scooped up a luxury property in his home state of Texas. As reported by Dirt, the rapper shelled out $14 million for an enormous mansion in Houston in 2019. Following the Astroworld concert disaster in 2021, Scott went to the sprawling estate.
High fashion with Travis Scott
In the fashion world, Travis Scott teamed up with Nike in a deal to make collaborative sneakers. The line was a huge success, with Forbes reporting that versions of Scott's Nike sneakers sometimes went for 400% over the retail value. For example, online sneaker resell shop StockX listed "a bright-blue pair of Travis Scott x Air Jordan 4 Retros for $10,000," per Forbes. Another pair of his shoes went for twice that amount. The StockX CEO said of Scott's place in the fashion world, "For the next generation of consumer, he has tremendous influence." Nike must have understood his potential and reportedly, Scott may earn around $10 million per year for his deal with the sneaker brand.
Scott's appeal extended into the luxury market as well when he teamed up with Dior, one of the most famous French fashion houses. The two parties collaborated on Dior's 2022 spring/summer menswear collection called "The Cactus Jack Dior line," Rolling Stone reported. As recapped by WWD, the fashion show for the line held in Paris "incited a riot outside the show venue." But following the Astroworld concert tragedy, it remained unclear whether the collaborative line would ever reach stores. If the collection became delayed or canceled, this would be a huge lost potential for Scott. Though his contract with Dior is unknown in value, he would benefit from the company's massive global reach and sales. For example, GlobeNewswire reported that the Christian Dior group earned 44.7 billion euros in 2020.
Travis Scott had a lucrative avatar
Travis Scott was so popular with fans that he didn't even need to be present to throw a wildly successful and profitable concert. Paving the way for the future of concerts, Scott teamed up with Epic Games to perform a virtual concert in its video game Fortnite. According to Forbes, 12 million viewers turned in to watch Scott perform four songs in a nine-minute set. As a result, "Scott grossed roughly $20 million for it including merchandise sales, according to a source, much more than what his concerts typically gross." This wasn't by chance either as Scott reportedly wanted to work with Fortnite to expand his reach as a live performer, and he and the company reportedly "spent months going back and forth" to create the unprecedented event.
The timing of the April 2020 concert was fortuitous, just as many artists started to cancel live shows as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Scott said about the experience and why he wanted to have a virtual show in the first place, "It was an opportunity to go to the max, to create a world that permits won't let you do, fire marshals won't let you do, building codes won't let you do." According to the rapper, he and fans in Fortnite could therefore "have unlimited fun."
Following the Astroworld Festival tragedy, Epic removed Scott's emote from the game, per the Verge.
How Travis Scott lost money
Travis Scott had a reputation for wild shows even before the tragic Astroworld Festival in 2021. Though he certainly made money from his live shows in the past, Scott's sometimes dangerous performances took a serious bite out of his earnings. For example, in 2019 Scott faced two misdemeanor charges and ultimately pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct at a concert in Arkansas. As a result, "Scott was required to pay $640 in court associated costs. He also had to pay $6,825.31 to two people who claimed they were injured at the concert," the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. The previous year, Scott already faced another lawsuit for one of his concerts in New York City. A fan who was allegedly left partly paralyzed after falling off a balcony during a performance by Scott in Manhattan sued the rapper, per the New York Post.
None of these lawsuits were even close to the aftermath that ensued as a result of the 2021 Astroworld Festival. According to Reuters, Scott faced multiple lawsuits from attendees regarding deaths and injuries. For example, attorney Ben Crump announced in a statement that he was representing over 200 people in over 90 lawsuits against the festival. These were in addition to over 50 different suits filed against the event's producer Live Nation and Scott. Forbes reported a lawsuit filed by 125 attendees for $750 million and a trial against Scott, Drake, and others.