What is Grimes' net worth and why doesn't she get money from Elon Musk? (2024)

CANADIAN singer and record producer Grimes welcomed her first child with Elon Musk back in 2020.

The couple recently made headlines in after it was revealed the two welcomed a baby girl in December of 2021 two months after parting ways.

What is Grimes' net worth?

Grimes, 33, is a singer-songwriter from Vancouver.

She is ofQuébécoisandUkrainian and her real name is Claire Elise Boucher.

Her mother, Sandy Garossino, is a former Crown prosecutor and used to own three Metro Vancouver taxi companies.

She began writing music and posting it on MySpace in 2007 and the name Grimes actually came from an old technical mishap with the site.

The old social media platform once allowed you to list three musical genres on your profile. She listed Grime for all three before she knew what it was.

“On myspace ur genre could be grime and u could have 3 genres so i was plural grime, b4 knowing what grime was,” she explained on Twitter in 2014. “I was very pleased to discover that i actually loved grime music.”

Grimes first shot to fame in 2012 with her album Visions which was followed by the equally successful Art Angels.

Her net worth now stands at $3million according to Celebrity Net Worth.

Most recently she was named as one of the judges for Fox's new reality competition show Alter Ego alongside Alanis Morissette, will.i.am and Nick Lachey.

Did Grimes and Elon Musk break up?

It was reported on September 24, 2021 byPage Sixthat the couple had recently parted ways but remain on good terms.

“We are semi-separated but still love each other, see each other frequently and are on great terms,”Musk told the media outlet.

“It’s mostly that my work at SpaceX and Tesla requires me to be primarily in Texas or traveling overseas and her work is primarily in LA.She’s staying with me now and Baby X is in the adjacent room.”

The split comes after three years of dating.

They were most recently spotted at the 2021 Met Gala together, though Grimes walked the red carpet alone and Musk joined later on inside.

Why doesn't she get money from Elon Musk?

In an interview in 2020, Grimes revealed she doesn't take any financial help from her former boyfriend.

She told Business Insider that she admired how he lived his life and put his money “into making the world better.”

She later clarified that Musk does not fund her career and that she would feel guilt if Musk were to “divert funds from, like, Tesla to my stupid art project.”

“Grimes is funded by Grimes,” she continued. "I can't say the things I say and believe what I believe and then take money from my boyfriend."

In a separate interview on the matter with Rolling Stone, she said:

"If someone's just gonna take everything and just put it into R&D to make the world better, and just get up at the f****** crack of dawn every day and go to bed really late every night, doesn't take vacations and just actually puts every single ounce of his energy in everything he cares about and all his money into making the world better? Like, I can make an exception."

What did fans say about Grimes' judging role on Alter Ego?

Alter Ego premiered on September 22, 2021 and is a new singing competition where contestants reinvent themselves and perform like never before.

Judge will.i.am, said that this show could "transform television, movies and more."

"People are used to filters and face technology on social media but nobody has a whole entire body where they can totally transform their presence," he told Fox News. "I think that's going to transform movie-making, reality shows, and change entertainment, this show."

Despite high hopes heading in, following the premiere, fans on Twitter continued to scoff at Grimes for being an "annoying" judge on the competition series.

"i just heard grimes say 'you have fortnite energy' on a singing competition where ppl perform through an AI… this is the bad place," said oneTwitteruser.

Another user added: "The alter ego singing show that comes on after it is a really interesting concept but grimes ruins it."

Despite the negative feedback, there were many users that showed their support for the artist.

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One user said, "i want to go on the alter ego show and sing for grimes."

While another added "Alter Ego. Moving and lovely. And Grimes is a hoot."