Chuckii Booker was born on 19 December 1966, in Los Angeles, California USA, and is a singer, songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader, best known for his award winning career in R & B as an artist and producer. He’s been active in the music industry since 1984, and all of his efforts have helped put his net worth to where it is today.
How rich is Chuckii Booker? As of mid-2017, sources estimate a net worth that is at $3 million, mostly earned through success in his numerous endeavors. He’s released solo albums and has also collaborated with numerous popular artists, including Janet Jackson, Barry White and Bette Midler. As he continues his career, it is expected that his wealth will also continue to increase.
Chuckii Booker Net Worth $3 million
Booker was born into a musical family, with family members working for popular artists as well. He attended the Pasadena Art Center College of Design, where he studied Graphic Arts on a scholarship.
Chuckii would start his career as an urban contemporary R&B artist, and later also became known in the industry due to his production work. He was signed by Barry White to his production company in 1984, and started improving his craft. He also became part of the band Tease, with which he played keyboard for three years, then continued to play the keyboard as well as the bass in the next few years. He originally intended to showcase his skills as a musician only, but a mistake with a demo led him to send songs with his vocals, and he was then offered a recording contract with Atlantic Records.
Booker would work on his debut self-titled album, released in 1989, playing all the instruments on the album. He had several successful singles, including “Turned Away” and “(Don’t U Know) I Love You”. Three years later, he released his second and final album called “Niice ‘N Wiild” which included the chart topping hit entitled “Games”. Booker continued to do collaborative work, helping create the single “Crypt Jam” for the soundtrack of “Tales from the Crypt”. He also had a cameo in the film “House Party 3”, appearing alongside Chris Tucker and Bernie Mac. Later in his career, he started focusing more on producing, and helped Troop produce the hit singles “Spread My Wings” and “All I Do Is Think of You”, and also producing for Vanessa Williams and Kool & the Gang”. For Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation World Tour”, Booker was the musical director and producer.
In the 1990s, Chuckii was then the musical director for the “CrazySexyCool” tour for TLC, and also worked with the tours of New Edition and Faith Evans. In the “Wildest Dreams” tour of Tina Turner, he was the pianist. In 2008, Chuckii then worked as the musical director for the Mary J. Blige tour “Heart of the City”, and also served as the musical director for Brownstone and Keyshia Cole, then helped produce the Lionel Richie album “Coming Home”. He continues to work as a producer for artists such as En Vogue, Anastacia, and Diana Ross.
For his personal life, there are no reports of relationships, past or present. It is known that Booker has one of the most extensive comic book collections in the world, accumulated from various publishers such as Marvel and DC.
