Kool Moe Dee Net Worth
Andrew Mccoy Kool Moe Dee’s Career and Net Worth
Kool Moe Dee is an American hip-hop MC who has a net worth of $500 thousand dollars. He was born Mohandas Dewese in New York City in 1962. Kool Moe Dee was a prominent hip-hop MC throughout the late ’70s and into the early ’90s. He was one of the first rappers to earn a Grammy Award and was the first rapper ever to perform at the Grammys.
Kool Moe Dee began his career in the late ’70s as a member of the old school hip-hop group the Treacherous Three. In 1986, he officially went solo and released a self-titled album which ranked 83 on Billboard. He continued on to release several other solo albums throughout his career.
Kool Moe Dee had a long-running rivalry with fellow New York rapper LL Cool J. He claimed that LL Cool J stole his rap style. Kool Moe Dee went on to appear on Will Smith’s #1 pop hit Wild Wild West and on the remix of Nas’ Where are They Now with fellow old school rap artists.
In addition to his music career, Kool Moe Dee has also appeared in a total of 17 movies and TV shows as an actor and 21 as himself to date. He also authored a book called There’s a God on the Mic in 2003, which breaks down his 50 favorite MCs. In 2008, he began hosting SpitFire with Kool Mo Dee, an internet hip-hop talk show which holds discussions relating to both hip-hop culture and general issues.
Kool Moe Dee’s net worth is estimated to be $500 thousand dollars.