D'Angelo's Black Messiah, which has been more than a decade in the making, finally hit the stores this week after a rather sneaky release. The 40-year-old, who is widely regarded as one of the most talented singers of his era, has received lots of praises for his latest album. The release of Black Messiah has inevitably also led to some curiosity about D'Angelo's net worth?
Several sources peg D'Angelo's net worth to be about $2 million. Since the release of Voodoo in 2,000, D'Angelo has been on a self-imposed exile. It is unclear why the highly rated singer decided to drop out of the limelight at the peak of his career. There have been reports that it was due to problems with drug abuse and the pressure to keep up with the sexualized image that he had inadvertently carved for himself.
Whatever the case, D'Angelo's Black Messiah has given him a new lifeline. Unlike his previous releases, Black Messiah presents D'Angelo in a more political light. Several reviewers have underlined the fact that despite combining multiple influences, D'Angelo's Black Messiah album still manages to remain modern and relevant to every human - regardless of your race.
Reports indicate that D'Angelo's Black Messiah draws heavily from the ongoing racial tension in the US, which has been precipitated by the deaths of several African American males in the hands of police. The release of the album, which was originally scheduled for early 2015, was rushed to coincide with the national protests over the failure of a Ferguson grand jury to indict Officer Darren Wilson for the death of teenager Mike Brown.
D'Angelo's manager Kevin Liles told the New York Times that he received a call from D'Angelo, who sounded disturbed after the Mike Brown verdict was disclosed. "That is when I knew he wanted to say something," he notes.
It is too early to determine if D'Angelo's Black Messiah will do as well as his chart-topping Voodoo album. But given the growing interest in D'Angelo, it is safe to say his comeback has been very successful.
