Brent Faiyaz Net Worth (Updated 2023)

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Brent Faiyaz is an American R&B singer and songwriter from Columbia, Maryland, who has a net worth of $1 million as of 2023. He first came to the spotlight after being one of the members of the musical crew called Sonder.

Brent then rose to fame in 2016 when he teamed up with Shy Glizzy to record his single Crew which earned 5× Platinum status from the RIAA. On top of that, the song led the singer Brent, Goldink, and Shy Gizzy to earn a Grammy Award nomination in the category of Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. On his 21st birthday, Faiyaz released his first extended play A. M. Paradox released on September 19, 2016.

Brent made a name for himself in the music industry and has collaborated with many high-profile artists such as Drake, DJ Dahi, Tyler, the Creator, and many others. Some of his popular songs earned him entries on the Billboard Hot 100 including Wasting Time, Gravity, and Mercedes.

Net Worth 2023:

Name	Brent Faiyaz
Net Worth	$1 Million
Age	27 years old
Date Of Birth	September 19, 1995
Annual Salary	$200,000
Profession	Singer, Songwriter
Gender	Male
Zodiac Sign	Virgo

Early Life:

Brent Faiyaz was born Christopher Brent Wood on the 19th of September 1995 and was raised in Columbia, Maryland. He developed an interest in music at an early age but his parents didn’t allow him to pursue his passion.

However, he was passionate to follow his dreams, so he began making music at the age of 12. Due to his love for music, he got distracted from his studies. Brent is quite private about his personal life and hasn’t disclosed any information about his parents or siblings.

Faiyaz stated that his biggest musical influence is American singer Lauryn Hill. As a teenager he started listening to artists like Curren$y, Lil Wayne, Curtis Mayfield, and Gil Scott-Heron, all of these rappers became his inspirations.

Career:

As we mentioned before, Brent began creating music at the age of 12. In 2014 he came up with the uploaded of his experimental music Black Child EP onto SoundCloud. Around this time Faiyaz moved to Los Angeles with his family and there he started taking his music career more seriously.

On the 19th of January 2015, Brent released his debut single titled Allure. He followed that up with the release of his debut EP’s lead single Invite Me. In September 2016 his first EP A. M. Paradox was released when he turned 21.

The singer earned a lot of recognition in the industry with the release of that EP and it received positive reviews from the critics. Thereafter, In October 2016 Brent teamed up with record producers, Atu and Dapat to form a music group called Sonder. In the same month, the crew released their debut single Too Fast.

The turning point of Brent’s career came at the end of 2016 when he was featured on rapper GoldLink’s song Crew. After the release of this song, he earned massive popularity all across the world. Furthermore, the song earned him a Grammy nomination along with Shy Gizzy and GoldLink.

In early 2017 the music group Sonder Son released their debut EP called Into which achieved them the name of Artist of the Month by Duplion for January 2017. In June of 2017, the EP was rated 23rd place on The Complex’s list of The Best Albums of 2017 (So Far).

Faiyaz’s hit music helped him to grab the attention of high-profile artists and he got an offer to be featured in Juice Wrld’s hit single Demonz in March 2019. In the following year, Brent dropped his second EP called Fu#k the World which became a huge success hitting the US Billboard 200 by charting at 20 spots.

He then released another single Dead Man Walking and followed that up with Gravity in 2021. His single Dead Man Walking was released a day before his 25th birthday in mid-2020. In February of that year, Brent dropped a new song Circles, and later the official music video was released on YouTube.

Through an interview with a gritty black-and-white noir-Esque trailer on June 13, Brent announced that he is currently working on his new album. To record the album Wasteland he collaborated with artists like Jorja Smith, The Dream, the Creator, Mike Dean, Raphael Saadiq, and The Neptunes.

Brent teamed up with Canadian legendary artist Drake to release the hit single Wasting Time in July of 2021. Faiyaz also worked with other artists such as Tems’ track titled If Orange Was a Place, and Baby Keem’s single The Melodic Blue.

Personal Life:

Brent Faiyaz is currently single and not dating anyone. According to some rumors he was in a relationship with singer Amber Olivier and model Zahara Davis in the past. They came to the spotlight when Brent posted their pictures on his Instagram account which was later deleted.