Chris Lighty Net Worth

The New York Daily News reported that he owed the IRS some $5 million. He then experienced a failed attempt to launch an energy drink. On August 30, 2012, Lighty was found dead in his Bronx apartment from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Forbes magazine reported that he had been involved in an argument with his ex-wife Veronica not too long before his body was discovered. Lighty’s brother said he doesn’t believe that Lighty’s death was suicide and that the family was launching its own private investigation, which they said they intended to go public with once solid details emerged. Rapper and close friend of Chris’, 50 Cent, also questioned the suicide claim and hired a team to investigate the details of the incident. Friend and rapper Papoose questioned Lighty’s reported suicide in the song Obituary 2012.