Revealed: E-40's Total Wealth & Career Highlights Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

As one of the most talked-about figures, E-40 has built a significant fortune. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.

E-40 is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and investor who has a net worth of $10 million. E-40 began his career as an underground artist. He opened up to a wider audience with his 1995 album "In a Major Way," and went on to achieve more mainstream success with his 2006 single "Tell Me When to Go." Beyond his solo career, E-40 was a founding member of the rap group The Click. E-40 has released 20 studio albums to date, appeared on numerous movie soundtracks, and has made guest appearances on other rap albums.

E-40 was born Earl Tywone Stevens on November 15, 1967, in Vallejo, California. Alongside his siblings Tenina and Dannell, he was raised by a divorced mother who worked multiple jobs. After hearing "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang, Stevens became interested in hip-hop music. Starting in elementary school, he played the bass and snare drums. He later went to James J. Hogan High School, where he played baseball. While in school, Stevens and his siblings recorded and sold their own music. Following his graduation in 1985, he moved to Louisiana to go to Grambling State University, which he attended for a year.

E-40 continued his successes in the 2000s with the albums "Loyalty and Betrayal," "Grit & Grind," and "Breakin' News." He began gaining more mainstream recognition in 2006, when he signed withLil Jon'sBME Recordings and Warner Bros. Records, and released "My Ghetto Report Card," which became his highest-charting album when it debuted at #3 on the "Billboard" Hot 200 and #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Moreover, the album spawned the hit singles "Tell Me When to Go," featuring rapper Keak Da Sneak, and "U and Dat," featuringT-PainandKandi Burruss.

Early Life and Career Beginnings

In 1986, Stevens made his rap debut under the name E-40. He performed in a group called Most Valuable Players, which also included his sisterSugaT, his brother D-Shot, and his cousin B-Legit. The group played at a Grambling State talent show, and subsequently released the single "The King's Men."

As a solo artist, E-40 originally garnered a local following in his native Bay Area. He released his debut album, "Federal," in 1993, and became one of the first rappers on the West Coast to sign a deal with a major label, which he did with Jive Records in 1994. E-40's second album, "In a Major Way," was released in 1995; featuring guest appearances by2Pac,Spice 1, Mac Mall, and fellow members of The Click, the album peaked at #2 on the "Billboard" Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and #13 on the "Billboard" 200. More success followed with "The Hall of Game," which peaked at #4 on the "Billboard" 200, and "The Element of Surprise," which made it to #13 before eventually being certified Gold. Another Gold album came in 1999 with "Charlie Hustle: The Blueprint of a Self-Made Millionaire."

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Following their early success, Most Valuable Players was renamed The Click. Through E-40's independent label Stick Wid It Records, the group released an EP in 1990 entitled "Let's Slide." Two years later, The Click released the album "Down and Dirty," which peaked at #87 on the "Billboard" Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. In 1993, The Click had a mainstream hit with "Captain Save a Hoe," and in 1995, had its most successful album yet with "Game Related," which made it to #3 on the "Billboard" Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and #21 on the "Billboard" 200. Later, in 2001, the group had a less successful album with "Money & Muscle," the final album before its disbanding in 2018.

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Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.