Latest Update: Faith Evans's Total Wealth - Is the Star a Billionaire? Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

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

What is Faith Evans' Net Worth?

Evans moved to Los Angeles in 1993, and when she was singing backup forAl B. Sure!, she caught the attention of Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs, who signed her to Bad Boy Entertainment in 1994. She worked on albums byMary J. BligeandUsherbefore releasing her debut album, "Faith," in August 1995. The album peaked at #2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and her follow-up, "Keep the Faith" (1998), reached #6 on the Billboard 200. In 1997, her tribute to her late husband, "I'll Be Missing You," stayed at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 11 weeks. Faith's third album, "Faithfully" (2001), went Gold, and the single "I Love You," which was written byJennifer Lopez, reached #2 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Faith appeared in plays during her teenage years, and in 2000, she co-starred withJa Rule, Pras, andJason Stathamin the film "Turn It Up." She then played nightclub singer/single mother MaryAnn Hill in 2003's "The Fighting Temptations," which also starredCuba Gooding Jr. andBeyoncé. Evans has also appeared in the films "Notorious" (2009), "Soul Kittens Cabaret" (2011), "Girls Trip" (2017), and "True to the Game 2: Gena's Story" (2020). She guest-starred on "Half & Half" in 2004, "Real Husbands of Hollywood" in 2015, and "Marvel's Luke Cage" in 2018, and she appeared on "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" (2015; 2016–2019) both as a regular cast member and a guest star. Faith was a cast member on "R&B Divas: Atlanta" (2012), and she served as an executive producer on that show as well as "R&B Divas: Los Angeles" (2013).

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Faith Evans was born Faith Renée Evans on June 10, 1973, in Lakeland, Florida. Her mother, Helene, was a singer, and her father, Richard Swain (a musician), left Helene before Faith was born. Six months later, Helene and Faith moved to Newark, New Jersey, and Evans was raised by Johnnie Mae (Helene's cousin) and Orvelt Kennedy, while Helene pursued a singing career. The Kennedys were foster parents to over 100 children while Faith was staying in their home. Helene returned a few years later and moved in next to the Kennedys because Evans didn't want to leave. Faith grew up in a Christian household and started singing at church when she was 2 years old. She attended Newark's University High School, where she performed with numerous jazz bands, graduating in 1991. Evans enrolled at New York City's Fordham University, intending to study marketing, but a year later, she dropped out to have a daughter, Chyna, whose father is music producer Kiyamma Griffin.

She has released seven studio albums and sold more than 12 million records. Faith made her film debut in the 2000's "Turn It Up," and in 2008, she published her autobiography, "Keep The Faith: A Memoir," which won the 2009 African American Literary Award for Best Biography.

Her first album with Capitol Records, "The First Lady," hit #2 on the Billboard 200 and was certified Gold. That year, she also released the holiday album "A Faithful Christmas." Evans created the record label imprint Prolific Music Group in 2010 and recorded tracks withSnoop Dogg,Raekwon,Keyshia Cole, andRedmanfor the label's first album. She also signed a record contract with E1 Entertainment that year and released the album "Something About Faith" in October. Her single "Gone Already" spent more than eight months on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Faith released the album "Incomparable" in 2014 and "The King & I," an album of duets with the late Notorious B.I.G., in 2017.

Faith Evans is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, actress, and author who has a net worth of $3 million. In 1994, she became the first female artist to sign withPuff Daddy'sBad Boy Entertainment, and her first two albums were certified Platinum. Evans joined Capitol Records in 2003 and released "The First Lady" in 2005. That album topped the Billboard" R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Faith is also known as the widow of The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace), who was murdered in 1997. She recorded a tribute song, "I'll Be Missing You," with Puff Daddy and 112, and the song earned Evans a Grammy in 1998. It also reached #1 on the Billboard" Hot 100 and R&B charts as well as in the UK, New Zealand, Australia, and the Netherlands.

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