Here's How Lil Uzi's Net Worth Has Skyrocketed in Recent Years

The 27-year-olds journey began in Philadelphia where he grew up inspired by the rappers and artists of the late 1990s and early 2000s. During that time period, he began dabbling into his own musical skills when he started rapping in high school. According to Wikipedia, Uzi began rapping with different music groups such as his group Steakhouse and released his first EP Purple Thoughtz Vol. 1 in 2014. The project captured the attention of music industry executives, and the rapper released his follow-up mixtape The Real Uzi later that same year, eventually signing a record deal with Atlantic Records.

Uzi began building even more steam in 2015 setting himself up for his 2016 breakthrough where he was a part of XXL’s 2016 Class. Each new release was more successful than the previous and thus resulted in the artist earning more with each new project. Uzi also began working with some of the music industry’s most elite artists like Migos, Gucci Mane, and Playboi Carti while also elevating his presence in the touring scene. Similar to the way most major athletes make more from their endorsement deals than their actual playing contracts, musicians tend to earn more from live performances and tours as opposed to their albums/EPs.

In 2017, Uzi landed a gig performing on the European leg of The Weeknd’s Legend of the Fall Tour, and began piling on the hits with his feature on “Woke Up Like This,” and the August 2017 release of Luv Is Rage 2 which paved for his April 2019 signing with Roc Nation. 

Uzi has spent the last couple of years continuing to build his catalog with a steady stream of releases. Unfortunately, the pandemic has halted/delayed a lot of performing opportunities for entertainers, which means they haven’t been able to get out on the road as much. Uzi spent the majority of 2021 releasing the anticipated deluxe addition to Eternal Awake, which added fourteen tracks to the original and included major features from Future, Lil Durk, Gunna, and more. The album was number one with 400 million streams during the first part of the pandemic, making it the largest streaming count since Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter 4. 

So what’s in store for Lil Uzi in the future? The only thing we know right now is that he’s currently in the studio working on new projects. According to Wikipedia, Uzi is recording an album called Forever Young, and has plans to release a follow-up to 2017’s Luv Is Rage 2. At the moment there are no confirmed concert dates in the works, but we imagine that Uzi is probably waiting it out to see what the landscape will look like in terms of this ongoing pandemic and how safe live performances will be. That said, a lot of artists have returned to the performing scene, so it’s possible that we can see Uzi back on stage once he releases again.