When news broke that Co-Founder of Apple had died, A flood of tributes hit the internet over social networks Facebook and Twitter. High profile stars including rapper Lil Wayne were some of the first to pay their respect to the Entrepreneur.

Jobs who was one of the founders of Apple, died from a battle with Pancreatic cancer. The billionaire from San Francisco was responsible for the development of the like of the iPhone, Ipad and other top technology leading devices.

Lil Wayne posted on his Facebook page: 'RIP Steve Jobs'. This erupted a massive amount of comments from his fans asking general questions, many of which were unsure of who he was at first.

Other stars including Taylor Swift said: "I never met Steve Jobs, but I always wanted to. What a tragic loss. I can't believe it. About to call my family and tell them I love them."

Miley Cyrus, The Black Eyed Peas and Blink 182 were among others who both commented about Steve Jobs and his involvement in developing the iPhone etc

It seems people within the music industry have even more respect for Steve Jobs because of his involvement with the development of iTunes which has added a great way for users to pay and download music legally from the internet using iPhones and other mobile devices.

Other friends including Facebooks Mark Zunchanburg have released statements.

Steve Jobs fortune was valued at around 8 billion dollars

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