If there is a horse ready for a breakthrough performance in the $2 million Franklin-Simpson Stakes (G1T) at Kentucky Downs, it's Mansa Musa . Since arriving in the United States, the Irish-bred colt ...

King Mansa Musa wasn’t just the 1% of the 14th century — he may be the richest person of all time. As the obscure ruler of West Africa’s Mali Empire, Musa amassed a jaw-dropping $400 billion during ...

In 1324 the emperor of Mali, Mansa Musa, began a legendary pilgrimage to Mecca that stunned the medieval world. Traveling with tens of thousands of followers and caravans of camels loaded with gold, ...

To find out who the richest person in the world was to have ever lived, you have to go to the 14th century. His wealth was greater than that of Bill Gates, creator of Microsoft, or Jeff Bezos, founder ...

Mansa Musa's wealth was much greater than Augustus Caesar's estimated $4.6trillion. He was the richest person in history, whose wealth was too vast to be imagined, or ever equalled. Even today’s ...

Mansa Musa vs. Genghis Khan: who is the richest man in history? Money, money, money–do you every get to aspirational daydreaming about being King Midas? Only to realize that King Midas never lived?

New Orleans emcee Dee-1 makes a bold call to action for positivity in 2015 with his latest release “Thee Pledge.” The track features reggae artist Mansa Musa and production from E.F Cuttin. In this ...

Mansa Musa ruled the Mali Empire in the 1320s, controlling the riches of West Africa's gold mines. But, rich as he was, little is known about him, and even those accounts are contradictory. Here's ...