Timbaland Net Worth
$85 Million dollars
Timbaland Bio
| Full Name | Timothy Zachary Mosely |
|---|---|
| Category | Celebrities |
| Net Worth | $85 Million |
| Date of Birth | March 10, 1972 (age 51) |
| Birth Place | Norfolk, Virginia, USA |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, Singer, Record Producer, Songwriter, Record Executive |
| Children | 3 |
| Genres | Hip Hop, R&B, Pop |
| Member of | Swing Mob, Timbaland & Magoo |
| Website | timbaland.com |
How much is Timbaland net worth?
Timbaland is a famous American rapper, songwriter, and music producer. Timbaland net worth is around $85 million.
In 1996, Timbaland worked on first album named “Ginuwine…the Bachelor” for Ginuwine who is R&B singer.
In 1996, after working on Aaliyah’s second studio album named “One in a Million”, and in 1997, Missy Elliot’s debut studio album named “Supa Dupa Fly”, made Timbaland a prominent producer for hip hop artists and R&B.
Early Life
Timbaland’s real name is Timothy Zachary Mosely. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia on March 10, 1972. Back in 1986 when Timbaland was just 14 years old, he was shot accidentally by a co-worker when working at Red Lobster.
Timbaland got partially paralyzed for about nine months as a result of shooting. At that time, he used to learn how to DJ with his affected left hand. He went by DJ Tim or DJ Timmy Tim for DJing projects in his high school.
In this period, he began a long-term friendship and collaboration with Melvin Magoo Barcliff. In 1990, he finally graduated from Salem High School. He was a member of S.B.I. group (Surrounded By Idiots) with Pharrell Williams.
Career
Missy Elliott took Timbaland with her to New York after listening to his song at the time when DeVante Swing of Jodeci signed Missy Elliott and the group Sista to his record label known as Swing Mob.
You might be wondering, where did the name “Timbaland” came from? It was Swing who named this young rapper Timbaland. The reason behind this name was the brand called Timberland in the early 1990s. Timbaland along with Ginuwine, Magoo, Sugah, and Playa became famous as “Da Basement” members of the Swing Mob artists’ stable.
Timbaland produced many projects with DeVante which include the famous 1995 Jodeci LP “The Show, The After-Party, The Hotel”.
In the late 1990s, Timbaland became successful in the R&B and pop industry. He produced a long list of all-time hits, firstly for a selected group of artists named Aaliyah, Missy Elliott, Ginuwine, Jay-Z, Snoop Doga, Ludacris, Justin Timberlake, and Nas.
He is famous for mixing creativity and individuality into his production works. He has got a style in his music with bouncy bass and high-pitched synth sounds.
Sometimes, he even whisper softly in the background. His music is super easy to recognize because he never uses samples.
Timbaland created his own record label known as Beat Club. He released three albums with Timbaland & Magoo from 1997 to 2003, and he dropped a solo album named “Tim’s Bio” in 1998.
Then he released “Timbaland Presents Shock Value” in 2007 and brought out its sequel in 2009. These albums had a mix of vocalists, rock bands, and rappers.
They had a couple of major hits, like “Give It to Me” with Justin timberlake and Nelly Furtado, which reached the top position on the charts. Another one named “The Way I Are” with D.O.E. and Keri Hilson made it to number three position on the charts.
In 2008, Timbaland was busy producing many albums for different artists. He worked on Ashlee Simpson’s “Bittersweet World”, Madonna’s “Hard Candy”, Lindsay Lohan’s “Spirit in the Dark”, Flo Rida’s “Mail On Sunday”, Chris Cornell’s “Scream”, Missy Elliott’s “Block Party”, and Jennifer Hudson’s debut album, these are just few names. Timbaland was on a roll that year!
Timbaland did some cool music stuff in 2008. He produced a song called “Believe” for Dima Bilan, and it won at the Eurovision Song Contest. Later, in 2010, he was featured for the deluxe edition of Chris Brown’s album called “F.A.M.E.”.
Timbaland produced a couple of songs called “Paper, Scissors, Rock” (with Big Sean) and a bonus track called “Talk Ya Ear Off” for the Japanese version.
Timbaland started teaching through Masterclass in 2019. He provided an instructional series on beat-making and production.
Timbaland released a sequel about another album from Justin Timberlake in August 2010. They worked together for Justin’s big 2006 album with hits like “My Love,” and “I Think That She Knows.” Timbaland went on his social media and posted about a sequel with some zipped-lip emojis.
Timbaland’s Earnings by Year
| 2007 | $21 Million |
| 2008 | $22 Million |
| 2009 | $17 Million |
| 2010 | $14 Million |
| 2011 | $7 Million |
| 2012 | $6 Million |
| 2013 | $10 Million |
| 2014 | $7 Million |
| 2015 | $9 Million |
| 2016 | $6 Million |
| 2017 | $8 Million |
| 2018 | $7 Million |
| Total | $134 Million |
Personal Life
In 2008, Timbaland married Monique Idlett. She filed for divorce after about five years in 2013. She asked his ex-husband to pay child support for their five years old daughter and her ten years old child from a previous relationship.
Monique demanded permanent alimony and life insurance from her ex-husband. She also demanded him to pay for vacations, private schooling, summer camp, and other stuff.
She even requested her husband to pay for her legal fees otherwise she had to borrow money from his friend to hire an attorney.
Timbaland has three children named Reign Mosley, Demetrius Mosley, and Frankie Mosley.
The first Fashion against AIDS collection was launched in February 2008 and sold in 28 countries in H&M stores. After designing a T-shirt print, Timbaland posed for the campaign. He spoke out in a video to help raise awareness among urban youth about HIV/AIDS.
Plagiarism Accusations
Timbaland has faced some plagiarism accusations more than once. Back in January 2007, he got called out for plagiarizing several elements (both samples and motifs) in the song “Do It” from Nelly Furtado’s 2006 album “Loose.”
Timbaland and David Cortopassi, the composer of the 1967 song “Spazz,” settled things out in July 2009. They settled the matter in lieu of a lawsuit over Timbaland’s song “Throw It on Me” from his Shock Value album. So, a legal drama was avoided.
A Swiss newspaper revealed about another plagiarism accusation in January 2014. This time, it was about the song “Versus” by Jay-Z, and no other than Timbaland produced it.
Turns out, the instrumental sounded a lot like “On the Way” by a Swiss musician named Bruno Spoerri. To make things right, Jay-Z and Timbaland shared the song’s royalties, giving 50% to Spoerri as a song’s revenue, while Jay-Z retained the other 50% for his lyrics. They settled it well!
Real Estate
We have discussed Timbaland net worth. Now, we’ll discuss about houses.
Timbaland paid $7.9 million for a mansion in Coral Gables, Florida in December 2019. The 8,600 square foot brand new home in the Hammock Lakes gated community has seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, and one half bath according to Audrey Ross of Compass.
