Jay-Z and Kanye West Earn $6 Million for Birthday Party in Dubai

Post by Ian Wilkins, Dec 30, 2011 at 11:07 am

Jay-Z and Kanye West raked in a hefty sum to perform at the 16th birthday party of an Arab billionaire’s daughter just weeks before Christmas. According to British-based daily tabloid the Sun, the ‘WTT’ creators were flown to Dubai to perform at a party and paid $6 million to sing several sets.

The fan West and Hov performed for is a member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi and related to the president of the United Arab Emirates. The Sun reports that her brother is Sheikh Mansour a UAE politician and oil tycoon who owns the Machester City Football Club, although he’s probably better known in the UAE as the country’s Deputy Prime Minister.

Mansour, who has been reported to have President Obama on speed dial, apparently fronted the fee for the two rappers’ sweet sixteen performance. The Grammy nominated collaboratorsheld nothing back for the show and played work from ‘Watch the Throne’ as well as their own solo tracks.

West announced that he is currently looking to perform on New Year’s Eve, but as a DJ. The rapper, who has adopted the moniker ‘Yeezy World Peace,’ took to twitter in the hope of getting a booking to ring in 2012 and recently displayed his DJ skills in London where he played unreleased tracks from the upcoming G.O.O.D. Music compilation.