Maliah Michel was born on 10 December 1983, in Houston, Texas USA, of Creole descent, and is a model, dancer, actress and entrepreneur, perhaps best known as a stripper with a thick, curvy body, and also for once dating rapper Drake.
So just how rich is Maliah Michel at present? According to sources, Michel has gathered wealth of over $300,000, as of early 2017. Her net worth has been accumulated through her dancing, modeling and acting career, as well as through her cosmetic line, now spanning over 15 years.
Maliah Michel Net Worth $300,000
Finishing her high school, Michel went to live with her sister, due to a bad relationship with her mother, living on a stipend from an assisted living program called Americorps. Although she received a softball scholarship to attend California State University in Los Angeles, California, she decided to skip college and become a stripper instead. She started to dance at a club in Beverly Hills and eventually became a well-paid dancer. Her net worth started to rise.
Michel then began appearing in music videos, paving her way to recognition and fame. After appearing in the Ying Yang Twins’ and Mike Jones‘ video for the song “Bad”, she went on to collect many other similar gigs, further increasing her wealth, when she was spotted by the acclaimed rapper Drake, who came to a club where she was dancing. Although they didn’t even meet that night, she soon learned about the rapper’s shouting her out in one of his songs, entitled “Miss Me”. Shortly after that, he contacted her and invited her to come to Jamaica, to play the lead part in the music video for his song “Find Your Love”. Michel’s popularity was boosted with her appearance in the video, and it grew larger once the media found out about her romantic relationship with the rapper. Their relationship caused a lot of attention, and they were frequently discussed in the media.
After “Find Your Love”, Michel went on to appear in a number of other popular music videos by some of the biggest names in the industry, such as Neyo, Pit Bull, Lloyd, Busta Rhymes and Fabulous, to name a few, further increasing her popularity and her net worth as well.
Aside from being known as an excellent dancer, Michel also became known for her strong, curvy body, with her body measurement being 34-26-45. This enabled her to reinforce her rising fame and to be featured in various magazines, such as XXL, King Magazine and Smooth Magazine.
Today, Michel hosts and performs at various events around the world. She has become extremely popular on social media, collecting over 950,000 followers on just her Instagram page.
She has also pursued an acting career, something that she had wanted to do since she was a child. So far, she has had small parts in the 2012 crime drama film “Because I Love You”, and in the 2015 drama film “Chocolate City”.
Aside from her dancing, modeling and acting career, Michel has also started her own business, launching her organic skin and haircare line called Body by Maliah, which has been another source of her fortune.
When it comes to her personal life, after Drake, Michel was linked with another rapper, Sean Kingston. However, news about their relationship was never officially confirmed. Sources believe she is single at present.
