Jay Z

Jay-Z owns an apartment in what is regarded as the most luxurious apartment building of the world, the Trump World Towers in New York. This $ 65,000 per month apartment is the new home of the multi-preneur and his equally talented wife Beyonce Knowles.

Location: The luxury pad of hip-hop mogul is located in property tycoon Donald Trump’s outrageous apartment complex, Trump World Tower. One of the tallest residential buildings in world, the Tower sits at 845 United Nations Plaza in ultra-posh Manhattan, New York.

Accommodation: Jay Z’s 14 room home has five bedrooms, equal number of bathrooms and a gourmet kitchen. It also has a personal library and a separate maid/'s quarters. The home offers breathtaking views of the city.

Neighbourhood: The Trump Tower has been the favourite haunt of numerous celebrities and influential personalities. Apart from the real estate stalwart Donald Trump who himself has a palatial house in the building, Jay-Z has baseball star Derek Jeter for his neighbour.

Jay Z and Beyonce purchased this house in 2008 few days before they got married.

Location: the property is located in Scarsdale which is coterminous town and village in Westchester County, New York, United States.

Accommodation: the house is spread in 15,000 square feet on approx 2 acres and was torn down once. It got reconstructed just before the couple shifted to this house. The mansion is built in old style and has a big garden with enough parking space and is one of the ritziest blocks in Scarsdale.

The highest earning couple of Hollywood Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z owns a large mansion in Indian Creek Island in Florida that was built in 1991, was the onetime residence for them. The house is listed for $9,300,000.

Location: Situated on an exclusive golf and residential island located between Bal Harbor and Miami Beach. The place is known as  Indian Creek Village, Florida.

Accommodation: It’s 7,888 square feet with 7 bedrooms, 8 full and two partial baths, a tile roof, and a pool.

Neighborhood: Indian Creek Island is one of the wealthiest communities in America hence many celebrities reside in this locality. Celebs such as Julio Iglesias and his son Enrique, model Adriana Lima, and former Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula have grand houses here.

If anyone wants to know how to find reasons for splashing oodles of money on gifts, ask bold Beyonce Knowles as she recently gifted a Bombardier Challenger 850 private jet to her adorable “husband” Jay Z, on the occasion of Father’s day. Though much can’t be said about the reason as it was surely a blissful occasion for the celebrity couple, but it can be said that the songbird reportedly gifted the jet to pay acknowledgment and respect for the role of Jay Z as her daughter’s father.

The beautiful looking plane is surely a magnificent and the ultimate Father’s Day gift for the rapper Jay Z, though it came from her wife, anyways it can be expected that his daughter Blue Ivy also gifts something as lavish as this plane to him when she grows up and becomes a celebrity some day. The $40 million personal jet has a seating capacity for up to fifteen passengers and features a flash interior scheme boasting a cream leather living room, two bathrooms and a kitchen. 

He likes to read books. Two of his personal favorites are "The Seat of the Soul" by Gary Zukhav and "The Celestine Prophecy" by James Redfield. According to Jay Z he lives his life by these books.

Maybach Exelero, is a super luxury car in every sense. Mercedes flagship model is though no longer in production, but its been the preferred car of the rich and the famous. No  wonders, Jay-Z too owns one, customized as per his taste. Priced at $8 million, this car has got a special place in Jay Z’s car collection. Jay Z who loves to feature his favorite concept cars in his music videos has recently bring forth his car, the Maybach Exelero in his new video for “Lost Ones.” Undoubtedly, the speed of Exelero is its biggest asset which enables it to cover from zero to sixty in just 4.4 seconds.

The Pagani Zonda F is a special edition car that is a perfect blend of all amazing features that a sports car should possess. It has an amazing zoom range from 0 to 60 mph in a matter of 3.6 seconds. This amazing sports car is designed to achieve a top speed of 214 mph / 345 kph. The 7.3 liter engine is capable of generating a whopping 620 bhp of pulsating power.

It is in the list of Jay Z’S favorites because of its hard-top which is quieter and thermally more efficient when raised. This model allows room for privacy. It is quite time saving as it takes just a few seconds to open and close. This car uses a very small space when stored and also included a generous rear bench for luggage behind the two seats.

The 911 is Porsche’s iconic rear-engine sports car. The 911 first went into production as the 1964 911 Carrera, as Porsche’s first six-cylinder model and a replacement for the legendary Porsche 356. For 2004, a 40th Anniversary edition was offered and the Turbo Cabriolet and the Carrera 4S Cabriolet were added, the first time since 1989 that a Turbo Cabriolet was offered.

Jay Z made sure that he gives people reasons to remember him other than his rapping. During his break from active rapping he used time to raise awareness to find better ways for combating shortage of water. For the same he met with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan at the organization's headquarters in New York City. Further, he also promised to use his upcoming world tour to raise awareness of and combat global water shortage. The effort took place in partnership with the UN, as well as MTV, which produced a documentary entitled Diary of Jay-Z: Water for Life, first airing in November 2006. He also pledged $1 million along with Sean "Diddy" Combs, to the American Red Cross' relief effort after Hurricane Katrina.

Jay Z started this foundation with his mother to give an opportunity to the less fortunate one, who do not have enough finances to carry on their higher education.  The Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation is unique in that it offers scholarships to single mothers, children who attend alternative schools, students who have earned a GED, students with grade point averages of 2.0 but desire a higher educational opportunity. This group is generally not the recipients of college scholarships and is typically ignored by the Board of Education.

Jay Z and star wife Beyonce have invested quiet a lot of money on art. The couple has a collection of well known artists like Damien Hirst and Richard Prince. One of their best art collections is some photographs by Paul Pfeiffer that the couple bought from Art Basel Miami in 2008. If we believe Jay Z her wife is the inspiration behind the huge art collection the couple possess. 

Jay Z has been seen wearing Alexander Mcqueen scarf.

The champagne brand’s bottles of Ace of Spades are reportedly a favorite of rap star Jay-Z, and have appeared in several of his music videos.

Beloved singer Jay Z has been spotted several times using his Porsche designed P’9981 smartphone. This high end phone is customized inside and out for a premium look and feel. Crafted with the highest quality materials, the P’9981 features a forged stainless steel frame, hand-wrapped leather back cover, sculpted QWERTY keyboard, and crystal clear touch display.

Beyoncé is known for buying Jay the best gifts money can buy. This time the pop star has gifted a $5M Hublot Big Bang watch to Jay-Z as his 43rd Birthday Gift on Dece. 4 2012 .The luxury timepiece is the most precious watch ever created by Hublot and is fashioned with the largest diamonds, more than 140 carats. The diamond watch is studded with 637 baguette baguette diamonds, and has 1,282 diamonds in all on its case, dial, and bracelet.