Kevin Hart Reveals How His Mom’s Insurance Planning Left Him With $100K: ‘All This time Mom Knew She Had This in the Bag’

Witnessing a strong work ethic and being financially responsible are two traits that Kevin Hart and Vince Staples believe laid the foundation for developing mindsets that would lead to their professional successes.

On Hart’s podcast, “Gold Minds” Hart and Staples shared how their humble yet financially prudent beginnings motivated them to become successful. The self-development podcast shares the professional and entrepreneurial journeys of celebrities. Viewers and listeners find inspiration and motivation in Hart’s podcast–the channel has an estimated 27,000 subscribers. Staples’ interview had more than 450,000 views.

“[My father ] he always been somebody who kept a job and that’s kind of where I got some of my work ethic…My parents always were working,” Staples said during the interview.

Rapper, actor, and entrepreneur Vince Staples has a net worth of $4 million. Staples was raised in Compton, California. Most recently, Staples released his critically acclaimed series, “The Vince Staples Show” on Netflix in early 2024. The show has been greenlit for a second season. Staples has also appeared on television series such as “Abbott Elementary,” and “Insecure.”

“Growing up I never felt like we lived in poverty I never felt like we were struggling,” Staples shared.  “Of course, I know we didn’t have as much as other people, but I seen my mom working hard and I seen my pops working hard when he was around, and if I want that PlayStation we getting that PlayStation so then it just hit my mind like wow comfort and happiness kind of are synonymous but it’s based on who you are and what you see and seeing.”

Hart agreed with Staples’s sentiments concerning his development as a young man. Hart, who has an estimated net worth of $450 million, is a comedian, actor, and entrepreneur. He grew up in a single-family home with his mother and older brother in Philadelphia.

“My mom in that environment understood how to properly manage and operate so that we could be comfortable,” Hart said. “My mom was not a check-to-check person. She understood I got kids here’s what I need to do, here’s what I need to basically build so that we’re always going to be OK.”

Thanks, Mom

Hart’s mother died of ovarian cancer in 2007 but not without leaving him as the beneficiary of a hefty life insurance.

“She had put money up. We had insurance money. I remember we probably got like a hundred grand apiece,” Hart said. “We was like Mom was rich. All this time Mom knew she had this in the bag.”