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Chamillionaire is the stage name of Hakeem Temidayo Seriki, a rap star as well as an entrepreneur who founded the rap collective The Color Changin\u2019 Click in 2001. Beginning in 2002, Chamillionaire also had a solo career.<\/p>\n
In 2005, Chamillionaire signed a contract with Universal Records and dropped The Sound of Revenge, which featured songs like \u201cTurn It Up\u201d and \u201cRidin\u2019\u201d. In 2007, Chamillionaire\u2019s next album, Ultimate Victory, came out. Chamillionaire is also widely known for his Mixtape Messiah albums.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire decided to leave Universal in 2011, which meant Venom, his 3rd album, didn\u2019t come out. In 2012, he put out an EP called Ammunition, and then two others, Elevate, and Reignfall in 2013.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire also founded Chamillitary Entertainment in 2004. In 2015, Chamillionaire teamed up with Upfront Ventures, venture capitalists in L.A., and ever since has favored his entrepreneurship over his performing.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire\u2019s Career<\/h2>\n![\"Chamillionaire,Out,And,About,For,Sun,-,Candids,At,Sundance\"](\"https:\/\/www.networthinformer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chamillionaire-out-and-about-for-SUN-CANDIDS-at-Sundance-Film-Festival.jpg\")
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Chamillionaire got his famous stage name by blending the word \u201cchameleon\u201d with the word \u201cmillionaire\u201d. While doing promotions with his friend Paul Wall at any event, Chamillionaire was introduced to a DJ called Michael 500 Watts. Chamillionaire offered to do promotions for Swishahouse, his company.<\/p>\n
Afterwards, Watts invited them to his studio and they freestyled over one of his radio show intros. Watts was so impressed with them that he put it on a mix tape. Chamillionaire and Paul Wall soon started appearing all over the mix tape scene in Houston, becoming Swishahouse members themselves.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire and Paul Wall soon after formed The Color Changin\u2019 Click and put out an album called Get Ya Mind Correct in 2002.<\/p>\n
In 2005, Chamillionaire signed up with Universal Records, and they and his imprint Chamillitary Entertainment put out his first big solo album, The Sound of Revenge. It started off in the tenth place on Billboard Magazine\u2019s 200 chart. \u201cTurn It Up\u201d was the lead single, and \u201cRidin\u2019\u201d followed soon after.<\/p>\n
\u201cRidin\u2019\u201d hit the first spot on the Hot 100 chart in the United States. The MTV Video Music Awards gave it an award for Best Rap Video in 2006. Later, Chamillionaire got a Grammy for the song in 2007.<\/p>\n
The Sound of Revenge\u2019s third single was called \u201cGrown and Sexy\u201d. Weird Al Yankovic even recorded a parody version called \u201cWhite & Nerdy\u201d. The RIAA certified the album platinum. It featured Natalie, Lil\u2019 Flip, Bun B, Krayzie Bone, Lil Wayne, Killer Mike, Pastor Troy, Billy Cook, Rasaq, and Scarface.<\/p>\n
The Black Entertainment Television Awards gave Chamillionaire their award for Best New Artist in 2006. This was all huge for Chamillionaire net worth in the early years of his fame.<\/p>\n
In 2006, Chamillionaire dropped Mixtape Messiah 2. Later that year and into early 2007, he appeared on Ciara\u2019s \u201cGet Up\u201d, Frankie J\u2019s \u201cThat Girl\u201d, Trick Daddy\u2019s \u201cBet That\u201d, Jibbs\u2019 \u201cKing Kong\u201d, and Three Six Mafia\u2019s \u201cDoe Boy Fresh\u201d.<\/p>\n
In 2007, Chamillionaire led into his second album\u2019s release by dropping Mixtape Messiah 3,a nod then finally the album itself, Ultimate Victory. Unusually for rap, the album was notable for featuring zero profanity from Chamillionaire. Singles included \u201cHip Hop Police\u201d and \u201cThe Evening News\u201d.<\/p>\n
Guests on the album were performers such as UGK, Lil Wayne, Krayzie Bone, Tony Henry, Lloyd, Devin the Dude, and Famous (Lil Ken). This album was also great for Chamillionaire net worth..<\/p>\n
In mid-2008, Chamillionaire dropped Mixtape Messiah 4. In late 2008, Chamillionaire announced his next album Venom, with Mixtape Messiah 6 acting as a prelude of sorts. A single called \u201cCreepin\u2019 (Solo)\u201d featuring Ludacris was dropped but then Chamillionaire canceled the album temporarily, and then took that back.<\/p>\n
Again, however, he canceled the album and just dropped Mixtape Messiah 7 on its own. It was two discs long and featured sixty six tracks. Then, Venom was announced yet again with the first single being \u201cGood Morning\u201d.<\/p>\n
In December 2009, Chamillionaire announced another mixtape called Major Pain with the song \u201cThe Main Event\u201d, inspired by the NBA\u2019s All-Star Game 2010.<\/p>\n
Around this time and after a few more announcements and cancelations of Venom, Chamillionaire parted ways with Universal and the album was finally definitively canceled. What was recorded of it was later released by fans as a bootleg.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire started releasing some music independently which he called the Playlist Posion series. The first song was \u201cWhen Ya On\u201d with Nipsey Hussle, then \u201cThis My World\u201d with Big K.R.I.T., then \u201cCharlie Sheen\u201d with Rock D & Killer Mike, and then \u201cPassenger Seat\u201d with Short Dawg.<\/p>\n
In April 2011, Chamillionaire dropped Major Pain 1.5, and followed that up with Badazz Freemixes, then Badazz Freemixes 2, and then Badazz Slowmixes.<\/p>\n
In March 2012, Chamillionaire dropped an EP called Ammunition, which featured 8 tracks. In 2013, He announced another full album to take Venom\u2019s place called Poison, but it never materialized.<\/p>\n
That same year, Chamillionaire appeared on Krizz Kaliko\u2019s song \u201cMayday\u201d off their album called Kicking and Screamin\u2019. He also appeared on Saigon\u2019s song \u201cKeep Pushing\u201d from their album called The Greatest Story Never Told Chapter 2: Bread and Circuses.<\/p>\n
By the end of the year, Chamillionaire put out a new song called \u201cShow Love\u201d. He also put out a music video for the song, additionally appearing in Dead Island: Riptide\u2019s music video for \u201cNo Room in Hell\u201d.<\/p>\n
In early 2013, Chamillionaire put out an EP to lead into Poison. The EP was called Elevate and had seven tracks, and unusually for him, had no guests on it. By the middle of the year, he put out another EP, Reignfall.<\/p>\n
In 2014, Chamillionaire put out the singles \u201cWatching Breaking Bad\u201d, \u201cGo Getta\u201d, and \u201cEnd of a Knife\u201d. Since that point, Chamillionaire has mainly focused on his entrepreneurial career over his music.<\/p>\n
From the year 2015, Chamillionaire has been a so called entrepreneur in residence at the company Upfront Ventures. In 2015, he appeared on one single, BeatKing\u2019s \u201cSweat Dreams\u201d.<\/p>\n
In 2018, he put out a compilation album of earlier non album songs called Greatest Verses, Volume 3. Two years later, he appeared on \u201cI\u2019m On 3.0\u201d by Trae tha Truth.<\/p>\n
In 2003, Chamillionaire invested in a car deal and auto customization business called Fly Ryder\u2019s Kustom Toy\u2019z. He has his own record label called Chamillitary Entertainment. It has been independent ever since Chamillionaire left Universal Records in 2011.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire also runs a modelling company whose name is Masterpiece Mind Frame. Chamillionaire sees it as his way to give back to people who have talent but don\u2019t know how to make money from it.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire owns his own tour bus company as well. He founded it in 2006 after he noticed the business potential in such a venture after he himself toured the United States as a rap star following The Sound of Revenge\u2019s first release. His tour buses feature cable, wi-fi, DVD and Blu-ray, recording studios, and showers.<\/p>\n
In 2009, Chamillionaire was introduced to venture capitalist and entrepreneur Mark Suster, one of Upfront Ventures\u2019 managing partners. Chamillionaire invested a bunch of money in Maker Studios, Mark Suster\u2019s online talent agency.<\/p>\n
That same year, Chamillionaire launched something called the Global Innovation Tournament, which was help at Stanford University\u2019s Stanford Memorial Auditorium in 2009. Quincy Jones III appeared at the event giving a seminar as part of an Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire also put investment money into Cruise Automation, a company that was created self driving technology. This helped Chamillionaire net worth a great deal when Cruise Automation sold to GM for a price in excess of one billion dollars. One of the things they offer is a kit to turn any car into a self driving one.<\/p>\n
In 2014, Maker Studios sold itself to Disney for a whopping five hundred million dollars. Chamillionaire had made an initial investment of one and a half million dollars and ended up getting a pay out of over twenty million dollars.<\/p>\n
This is how Chamillionaire and Mark Suster really came to form their partnership, especially when Mark Suster came to realize how much Chamillionaire wanted to be a part of the technology industry. Relativity Media submitted their own bid in April of 2014 that went up to over a billion dollars, but Maker declined.<\/p>\n
Maker Studios officially became a Disney subsidiary in December 2015. Maker Studios also formed a partnership with Fusion TV, all following up Disney\u2019s corporate umbrella.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire also invested in Lyft, the ride share app that is one of Uber\u2019s chief competitions.<\/p>\n
In 2015, Upfront Ventures announced that they had appointed Chamillionaire their entrepreneur in residence. A rap star had never received this honor before that. Chamillionaire\u2019s goal with it was to help a new generation of entrepreneurs in tech be given opportunities, along with crucial advice along with investment capital.<\/p>\n
In summer of the year 2017, Chamillionaire was teasing in various places online that he was in the middle of working on a project that he called bigger than music. It eventually came out that would be the entrepreneur in residence at Upfront, as well as that they would be doing a soft launch of Convoz, a new social media app.<\/p>\n
Convoz\u2019s goals was to be able to connect influencers with their fans on an even more direct basis than any previous social media app allowed.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire described it rather unassumingly as somewhere that people could go to have conversations with other people, and that he was displeased with the way that communications on other social media apps that already existed had operated up to that point, which is why he was inspired to push this.<\/p>\n
Convoz gives its members the ability to post fifteen second long video clips, each of which is addressed to a particular celebrity. That celebrity is then able to decide which member they want to give a reply to, and whether that reply will be available to all members or just that specific one.<\/p>\n
Convoz started out with only 7 employees, and had gained funding from a number of companies, including XG Ventures, Okapi Ventures, Precurson VC, 500 Startups, Upfront Ventures, Greycroft Ventures, and such big names as Snoop Dogg and Justin Kan.<\/p>\n
In mid 2019, Chamillionaire said, while being interviewed by Yahoo! Finance, that he was planning to invest twenty five thousand dollars into a start up that was run and founded by either a woman, a person of color, or both.<\/p>\n
He made this decision after it came out that white people are eighty seven percent of CEOs backed by venture capitalists, with ninety seven percent of the employees being white men.<\/p>\n
Later that year, Chamillionaire put money into Atoms, the very first company to put out footwear that came in quarter sizes rather than just full and half. Initialized Capital, Garry Tan and Alexis Ohanian\u2019s investment firm, led this particular investment.<\/p>\n
After that success, Chamillionaire launched an even bigger competition for female and minority led start up companies. One of the judges was Daymond John from Shark Tank.<\/p>\n
Pierre Laguerre won this competition with his idea of \u201cFleeting Pro\u201d, the idea being that it would link certified drivers of a class A and class B ranking to various truck companies for various on demand needs.<\/p>\n
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\nChamillionaire: Early Life<\/h2>\n
Chamillionaire was born as Hakeem Temidayo Seriki in the twenty eighth of November in the year 1979 in Washington, D.C., United States of America. His mom was Christian, and his dad a Muslim from Nigeria. When he turned 4 years old, the family relocated to Houston, Texas, United States of America.<\/p>\n
When Chamillionaire was an early teenager, his parents broke up, and he moved to North Houston, to the Acres Home community. Chamillionaire went to Jersey Village High School. Chamillionaire has a younger brother, Rasaq Seriki, who also raps.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire\u2019s parents banned rap music along with all music that wasn\u2019t religious from their home, which made rap extremely enticing to him as a teenager. Chamillionaire\u2019s biggest inspirations were UGK, 8 Ball & MJG, Geto Boys, Public Enemy, and N.W.A.<\/p>\n
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\nChamillionaire\u2019s Personal Life and Family<\/h2>\n
Chamillionaire has a son called Xavier who was born on the fourteenth of May in the year 2010. Chamillionaire is a devoted fan of the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire\u2019s friend Paul Wall allegedly attacked his brother Rasaq at a night club along with his entourage. Chamillionaire was extremely sad about this as the three of them all used to be in The Color Changin\u2019 Click together and all considered each other family.<\/p>\n
They all reconciled in 2010 and went on tour again.<\/p>\n
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\nChamillionaire\u2019s Social Media Influence<\/h2>\n
Chamillionaire has accounts on most of the major social media networks, which helps Chamillionaire connect with his fans, plug his music and various entrepreneurial endeavors, which contributes to Chamillionaire net worth.<\/p>\n
Facebook<\/a><\/h3>\nChamillionaire has an official public verified Facebook account. Chamillionaire\u2019s official public verified Facebook account handle is simply @chamillionaire. On this social media platform, Chamillionaire currently has over one million followers.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire mainly uses his Facebook to posts photos of himself and to share information about his various entrepreneurial endeavors. This, of course, helps Chamillionaire net worth continue to expand.<\/p>\n
Twitter<\/a><\/h3>\nChamillionaire has an official public verified Twitter account. Chamillionaire\u2019s official public verified Twitter account handle is simply @chamillionaire.<\/p>\n
On this social media platform, Chamillionaire currently has over seven hundred and twenty one thousand followers. Chamillionaire is himself following one thousand and sixty four accounts in return as of the present time.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire mainly uses his Twitter to tweet his thoughts and observations, as well as to share information about his various entrepreneurial endeavors. This, of course, helps Chamillionaire net worth grow.<\/p>\n
Instagram<\/a><\/h3>\nChamillionaire has an official public verified Instagram account. Chamillionaire\u2019s official public verified Instagram account handle is simply @chamillionaire.<\/p>\n
On this social media platform, Chamillionaire currently has three hundred and fifty seven thousand followers. Chamillionaire is himself following eighty two accounts in return as of the present time.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire mainly uses his Instagram to posts photos of himself and to share information about his various entrepreneurial endeavors. This, of course, in turn, contributes to Chamillionaire net worth.<\/p>\n
LinkedIn<\/h3>\n
Chamillionaire has an official public verified LinkedIn account, which Chamillionaire uses for networking purposes revolving around his various entrepreneurial interests. Naturally, this is a great help for Chamillionaire net worth.<\/p>\n
TikTok<\/h3>\n
Chamillionaire has an official public verified TikTok account. Chamillionaire\u2019s official public verified TikTok account handle is simply @chamillionaire. Although Chamillionaire currently has over three thousand followers, he hasn\u2019t yet added any videos to his TikTok account.<\/p>\n
Should the situation ever change and Chamillionaire begin using his TikTok account, we will be sure to update this page with that information. Our goal is to keep our readers informed of all of the latest news about Chamillinoaire net worth, life, and career.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire: Height, Weight<\/h2>\n
Chamillionaire\u2019s height is not a matter currently available in the public record. Chamillionaire is 5 feet, 10 inches, or 177.8 centimeters, or 1.77 meters. Chamillionaire\u2019s weight is not a matter currently available in the public record. It is currently estimated to be 175 pounds or 80 kilos.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire\u2019s hair color is black. Chamillionaire\u2019s eye color is dark brown.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire Net Worth & Bio Summary<\/h2>\n\n
Image Credit: Everett Collection\/ Shutterstock.com<\/p><\/div>\n
Chamillionaire got his famous stage name by blending the word \u201cchameleon\u201d with the word \u201cmillionaire\u201d. While doing promotions with his friend Paul Wall at any event, Chamillionaire was introduced to a DJ called Michael 500 Watts. Chamillionaire offered to do promotions for Swishahouse, his company.<\/p>\n
Afterwards, Watts invited them to his studio and they freestyled over one of his radio show intros. Watts was so impressed with them that he put it on a mix tape. Chamillionaire and Paul Wall soon started appearing all over the mix tape scene in Houston, becoming Swishahouse members themselves.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire and Paul Wall soon after formed The Color Changin\u2019 Click and put out an album called Get Ya Mind Correct in 2002.<\/p>\n
In 2005, Chamillionaire signed up with Universal Records, and they and his imprint Chamillitary Entertainment put out his first big solo album, The Sound of Revenge. It started off in the tenth place on Billboard Magazine\u2019s 200 chart. \u201cTurn It Up\u201d was the lead single, and \u201cRidin\u2019\u201d followed soon after.<\/p>\n
\u201cRidin\u2019\u201d hit the first spot on the Hot 100 chart in the United States. The MTV Video Music Awards gave it an award for Best Rap Video in 2006. Later, Chamillionaire got a Grammy for the song in 2007.<\/p>\n
The Sound of Revenge\u2019s third single was called \u201cGrown and Sexy\u201d. Weird Al Yankovic even recorded a parody version called \u201cWhite & Nerdy\u201d. The RIAA certified the album platinum. It featured Natalie, Lil\u2019 Flip, Bun B, Krayzie Bone, Lil Wayne, Killer Mike, Pastor Troy, Billy Cook, Rasaq, and Scarface.<\/p>\n
The Black Entertainment Television Awards gave Chamillionaire their award for Best New Artist in 2006. This was all huge for Chamillionaire net worth in the early years of his fame.<\/p>\n
In 2006, Chamillionaire dropped Mixtape Messiah 2. Later that year and into early 2007, he appeared on Ciara\u2019s \u201cGet Up\u201d, Frankie J\u2019s \u201cThat Girl\u201d, Trick Daddy\u2019s \u201cBet That\u201d, Jibbs\u2019 \u201cKing Kong\u201d, and Three Six Mafia\u2019s \u201cDoe Boy Fresh\u201d.<\/p>\n
In 2007, Chamillionaire led into his second album\u2019s release by dropping Mixtape Messiah 3,a nod then finally the album itself, Ultimate Victory. Unusually for rap, the album was notable for featuring zero profanity from Chamillionaire. Singles included \u201cHip Hop Police\u201d and \u201cThe Evening News\u201d.<\/p>\n
Guests on the album were performers such as UGK, Lil Wayne, Krayzie Bone, Tony Henry, Lloyd, Devin the Dude, and Famous (Lil Ken). This album was also great for Chamillionaire net worth..<\/p>\n
In mid-2008, Chamillionaire dropped Mixtape Messiah 4. In late 2008, Chamillionaire announced his next album Venom, with Mixtape Messiah 6 acting as a prelude of sorts. A single called \u201cCreepin\u2019 (Solo)\u201d featuring Ludacris was dropped but then Chamillionaire canceled the album temporarily, and then took that back.<\/p>\n
Again, however, he canceled the album and just dropped Mixtape Messiah 7 on its own. It was two discs long and featured sixty six tracks. Then, Venom was announced yet again with the first single being \u201cGood Morning\u201d.<\/p>\n
In December 2009, Chamillionaire announced another mixtape called Major Pain with the song \u201cThe Main Event\u201d, inspired by the NBA\u2019s All-Star Game 2010.<\/p>\n
Around this time and after a few more announcements and cancelations of Venom, Chamillionaire parted ways with Universal and the album was finally definitively canceled. What was recorded of it was later released by fans as a bootleg.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire started releasing some music independently which he called the Playlist Posion series. The first song was \u201cWhen Ya On\u201d with Nipsey Hussle, then \u201cThis My World\u201d with Big K.R.I.T., then \u201cCharlie Sheen\u201d with Rock D & Killer Mike, and then \u201cPassenger Seat\u201d with Short Dawg.<\/p>\n
In April 2011, Chamillionaire dropped Major Pain 1.5, and followed that up with Badazz Freemixes, then Badazz Freemixes 2, and then Badazz Slowmixes.<\/p>\n
In March 2012, Chamillionaire dropped an EP called Ammunition, which featured 8 tracks. In 2013, He announced another full album to take Venom\u2019s place called Poison, but it never materialized.<\/p>\n
That same year, Chamillionaire appeared on Krizz Kaliko\u2019s song \u201cMayday\u201d off their album called Kicking and Screamin\u2019. He also appeared on Saigon\u2019s song \u201cKeep Pushing\u201d from their album called The Greatest Story Never Told Chapter 2: Bread and Circuses.<\/p>\n
By the end of the year, Chamillionaire put out a new song called \u201cShow Love\u201d. He also put out a music video for the song, additionally appearing in Dead Island: Riptide\u2019s music video for \u201cNo Room in Hell\u201d.<\/p>\n
In early 2013, Chamillionaire put out an EP to lead into Poison. The EP was called Elevate and had seven tracks, and unusually for him, had no guests on it. By the middle of the year, he put out another EP, Reignfall.<\/p>\n
In 2014, Chamillionaire put out the singles \u201cWatching Breaking Bad\u201d, \u201cGo Getta\u201d, and \u201cEnd of a Knife\u201d. Since that point, Chamillionaire has mainly focused on his entrepreneurial career over his music.<\/p>\n
From the year 2015, Chamillionaire has been a so called entrepreneur in residence at the company Upfront Ventures. In 2015, he appeared on one single, BeatKing\u2019s \u201cSweat Dreams\u201d.<\/p>\n
In 2018, he put out a compilation album of earlier non album songs called Greatest Verses, Volume 3. Two years later, he appeared on \u201cI\u2019m On 3.0\u201d by Trae tha Truth.<\/p>\n
In 2003, Chamillionaire invested in a car deal and auto customization business called Fly Ryder\u2019s Kustom Toy\u2019z. He has his own record label called Chamillitary Entertainment. It has been independent ever since Chamillionaire left Universal Records in 2011.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire also runs a modelling company whose name is Masterpiece Mind Frame. Chamillionaire sees it as his way to give back to people who have talent but don\u2019t know how to make money from it.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire owns his own tour bus company as well. He founded it in 2006 after he noticed the business potential in such a venture after he himself toured the United States as a rap star following The Sound of Revenge\u2019s first release. His tour buses feature cable, wi-fi, DVD and Blu-ray, recording studios, and showers.<\/p>\n
In 2009, Chamillionaire was introduced to venture capitalist and entrepreneur Mark Suster, one of Upfront Ventures\u2019 managing partners. Chamillionaire invested a bunch of money in Maker Studios, Mark Suster\u2019s online talent agency.<\/p>\n
That same year, Chamillionaire launched something called the Global Innovation Tournament, which was help at Stanford University\u2019s Stanford Memorial Auditorium in 2009. Quincy Jones III appeared at the event giving a seminar as part of an Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire also put investment money into Cruise Automation, a company that was created self driving technology. This helped Chamillionaire net worth a great deal when Cruise Automation sold to GM for a price in excess of one billion dollars. One of the things they offer is a kit to turn any car into a self driving one.<\/p>\n
In 2014, Maker Studios sold itself to Disney for a whopping five hundred million dollars. Chamillionaire had made an initial investment of one and a half million dollars and ended up getting a pay out of over twenty million dollars.<\/p>\n
This is how Chamillionaire and Mark Suster really came to form their partnership, especially when Mark Suster came to realize how much Chamillionaire wanted to be a part of the technology industry. Relativity Media submitted their own bid in April of 2014 that went up to over a billion dollars, but Maker declined.<\/p>\n
Maker Studios officially became a Disney subsidiary in December 2015. Maker Studios also formed a partnership with Fusion TV, all following up Disney\u2019s corporate umbrella.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire also invested in Lyft, the ride share app that is one of Uber\u2019s chief competitions.<\/p>\n
In 2015, Upfront Ventures announced that they had appointed Chamillionaire their entrepreneur in residence. A rap star had never received this honor before that. Chamillionaire\u2019s goal with it was to help a new generation of entrepreneurs in tech be given opportunities, along with crucial advice along with investment capital.<\/p>\n
In summer of the year 2017, Chamillionaire was teasing in various places online that he was in the middle of working on a project that he called bigger than music. It eventually came out that would be the entrepreneur in residence at Upfront, as well as that they would be doing a soft launch of Convoz, a new social media app.<\/p>\n
Convoz\u2019s goals was to be able to connect influencers with their fans on an even more direct basis than any previous social media app allowed.<\/p>\n
Chamillionaire described it rather unassumingly as somewhere that people could go to have conversations with other people, and that he was displeased with the way that communications on other social media apps that already existed had operated up to that point, which is why he was inspired to push this.<\/p>\n
Convoz gives its members the ability to post fifteen second long video clips, each of which is addressed to a particular celebrity. That celebrity is then able to decide which member they want to give a reply to, and whether that reply will be available to all members or just that specific one.<\/p>\n
Convoz started out with only 7 employees, and had gained funding from a number of companies, including XG Ventures, Okapi Ventures, Precurson VC, 500 Startups, Upfront Ventures, Greycroft Ventures, and such big names as Snoop Dogg and Justin Kan.<\/p>\n
In mid 2019, Chamillionaire said, while being interviewed by Yahoo! Finance, that he was planning to invest twenty five thousand dollars into a start up that was run and founded by either a woman, a person of color, or both.<\/p>\n
He made this decision after it came out that white people are eighty seven percent of CEOs backed by venture capitalists, with ninety seven percent of the employees being white men.<\/p>\n
Later that year, Chamillionaire put money into Atoms, the very first company to put out footwear that came in quarter sizes rather than just full and half. Initialized Capital, Garry Tan and Alexis Ohanian\u2019s investment firm, led this particular investment.<\/p>\n
After that success, Chamillionaire launched an even bigger competition for female and minority led start up companies. One of the judges was Daymond John from Shark Tank.<\/p>\n
Pierre Laguerre won this competition with his idea of \u201cFleeting Pro\u201d, the idea being that it would link certified drivers of a class A and class B ranking to various truck companies for various on demand needs.<\/p>\n
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Recommended Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n Steven McBee Net Worth<\/a><\/p>\n Chamillionaire was born as Hakeem Temidayo Seriki in the twenty eighth of November in the year 1979 in Washington, D.C., United States of America. His mom was Christian, and his dad a Muslim from Nigeria. When he turned 4 years old, the family relocated to Houston, Texas, United States of America.<\/p>\n When Chamillionaire was an early teenager, his parents broke up, and he moved to North Houston, to the Acres Home community. Chamillionaire went to Jersey Village High School. Chamillionaire has a younger brother, Rasaq Seriki, who also raps.<\/p>\n Chamillionaire\u2019s parents banned rap music along with all music that wasn\u2019t religious from their home, which made rap extremely enticing to him as a teenager. Chamillionaire\u2019s biggest inspirations were UGK, 8 Ball & MJG, Geto Boys, Public Enemy, and N.W.A.<\/p>\n Recommended Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n Manny Khoshbin Net Worth<\/a><\/p>\n Chamillionaire has a son called Xavier who was born on the fourteenth of May in the year 2010. Chamillionaire is a devoted fan of the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n Chamillionaire\u2019s friend Paul Wall allegedly attacked his brother Rasaq at a night club along with his entourage. Chamillionaire was extremely sad about this as the three of them all used to be in The Color Changin\u2019 Click together and all considered each other family.<\/p>\n They all reconciled in 2010 and went on tour again.<\/p>\n Recommended Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n Nelly Net Worth<\/a><\/p>\n Chamillionaire has accounts on most of the major social media networks, which helps Chamillionaire connect with his fans, plug his music and various entrepreneurial endeavors, which contributes to Chamillionaire net worth.<\/p>\n Chamillionaire has an official public verified Facebook account. Chamillionaire\u2019s official public verified Facebook account handle is simply @chamillionaire. On this social media platform, Chamillionaire currently has over one million followers.<\/p>\n Chamillionaire mainly uses his Facebook to posts photos of himself and to share information about his various entrepreneurial endeavors. This, of course, helps Chamillionaire net worth continue to expand.<\/p>\n Chamillionaire has an official public verified Twitter account. Chamillionaire\u2019s official public verified Twitter account handle is simply @chamillionaire.<\/p>\n On this social media platform, Chamillionaire currently has over seven hundred and twenty one thousand followers. Chamillionaire is himself following one thousand and sixty four accounts in return as of the present time.<\/p>\n Chamillionaire mainly uses his Twitter to tweet his thoughts and observations, as well as to share information about his various entrepreneurial endeavors. This, of course, helps Chamillionaire net worth grow.<\/p>\n Chamillionaire has an official public verified Instagram account. Chamillionaire\u2019s official public verified Instagram account handle is simply @chamillionaire.<\/p>\n On this social media platform, Chamillionaire currently has three hundred and fifty seven thousand followers. Chamillionaire is himself following eighty two accounts in return as of the present time.<\/p>\n Chamillionaire mainly uses his Instagram to posts photos of himself and to share information about his various entrepreneurial endeavors. This, of course, in turn, contributes to Chamillionaire net worth.<\/p>\n Chamillionaire has an official public verified LinkedIn account, which Chamillionaire uses for networking purposes revolving around his various entrepreneurial interests. Naturally, this is a great help for Chamillionaire net worth.<\/p>\n Chamillionaire has an official public verified TikTok account. Chamillionaire\u2019s official public verified TikTok account handle is simply @chamillionaire. Although Chamillionaire currently has over three thousand followers, he hasn\u2019t yet added any videos to his TikTok account.<\/p>\n Should the situation ever change and Chamillionaire begin using his TikTok account, we will be sure to update this page with that information. Our goal is to keep our readers informed of all of the latest news about Chamillinoaire net worth, life, and career.<\/p>\n Chamillionaire\u2019s height is not a matter currently available in the public record. Chamillionaire is 5 feet, 10 inches, or 177.8 centimeters, or 1.77 meters. Chamillionaire\u2019s weight is not a matter currently available in the public record. It is currently estimated to be 175 pounds or 80 kilos.<\/p>\n Chamillionaire\u2019s hair color is black. Chamillionaire\u2019s eye color is dark brown.<\/p>\n
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