Skinnyfromthe9 Net Worth: Height, Age, Real Name & Career

Skinnyfromthe9 is an American rapper from Somerville. He is best known for his song titled “Love Blast”, which was released in late 2017. Skinnyfromthe9 is currently signed to the record label, HITCO. His debut mixtape titled “It’s An Evil World” was released in November 2018. Skinnyfromthe9 net worth is estimated at $500 thousand as of 2023.

Early life

Skinnyfromthe9 was born on December 19 in the year 1995 in Hialeah, Florida. His real name is David Alex Villegas. He spent his childhood days growing up in Somerville, New Jersey. When he was a kid, his father was in jail. In absence of his father, his mom started a new relationship with another man.

Skinny’s stepfather was sent to prison as he and his mom were engaged in identity fraud and scams. In his youth days, he spent most of his time in homeless shelters. When he turned into a teen, he focused on hip hop. At that time, his father had bought him a mic. He subsequently took the stage name Skinnyfromthe9 which came from his nickname, Skinny, and his area code 908.

Skinnyfromthe9 Net Worth & Career

At the start of his music career, he uploaded his songs on SoundCloud in 2016. He gained some early recognition after releasing songs titled “Family Rich” and “Count It” in 2017. By the end of 2017, he came up with his most popular song titled “Love Blast”. The song went on to gather over 3.5 million streams on SoundCloud.

Skinny became a part of rapper Fetty Wrap’s FMF Tour in January 2018. After a few months, Skinny announced that he had signed to the new record label, HITCO. He dropped a music video for his popular song “Love Blast” in April 2018. That same month, he dropped the song “Back When I Was Broke”. Then next month, he released music videos for his songs “Pink Choppas” and “Back When I Was Broke”. He continued to release more songs such as “I Drip” and “Space”.

Skinny was about to perform along with rapper 24hrs on his 3200 Lenox Rd Tour, however, the tour was canceled after 24hrs was sent to hospital in June. Then, he was seen making a cameo appearance in rapper, PnB Rock’s song “London” in July 2018. He came up with the song “Jump Out That” in August. That same month, he was arrested and sent to jail on suspicion of theft and simple assault.

Skinny wrote two songs titled “Songs About You” and “Alone” while he was in prison in October 2018. After being released from prison in November 2018, he released the music video of his song titled “Just Left Jail”. At the end of November 2018, he dropped his first mixtape “It’s An Evil World”. The mixtape has guest appearances from the known rappers Kap G, PnB Rock and Fetty Wap.

Skinnyfromthe9 Height, Weight & Measurements

The 26-year-old rapper from New Jersey currently stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches or 170 cm and weighs around 70 kg or 154 pounds. His chest size, waist size, and arms size are not available at the moment. Likewise, his natural hair color and eye color are both black.

Personal Life

Skinnyfromthe9 is assumed to be living single life. He has not been in the news for his love life and affairs. Skinny has been arrested many times. He was charged with several minor offenses in 2014, however, later the charges were dropped. Likewise, Skinny along with his father, brother and four defendant were charged and arrested with kidnapping in August 2018.

Skinny’s charges were downgraded in September to simple assault, luring an adult, and theft. After taking a plea deal he was allowed to stay out of prison for some time in exchange for a probation sentence. On May 30, 2022, he forcefully punched his fan’s face after the fan asked him “When did you snitch on someone?”.

The so-called Skinny fan later instigated him on his Instagram by threatening him with legal action. The Instagram User named Drew Corleone jumped on in Skinny’s DM and asked him to slide the bread and further claimed that he could make a bag off him. 

Skinnyfromthe9 Net Worth

Skinnyfromthe9’s personal wealth is estimated to be around $500 thousand as of 2023. He has gathered a considerable amount from releasing his songs and performing at various events. Skinny reported signing a $5 million with the record label, HITCO in early 2018.