As expected, veteran American rapper and music producer — Dr. Dre has emerged as the highest earning hip hop artiste for the year with $620m earned in a single year, according to Forbes.
Dr Dre who is now 49-years old, was placed ahead of nineteen fellow rappers including P.Diddy, Jay Z, Drake and others, had his earnings come through the $3 billion sale to Apple of the Beats high-end headphone company he founded with music executive, Jimmy Iovine along with other financial ventures, including cognac and vodka brands.
Forbes reported Dre’s estimated annual earnings for the 12 months between June 2013 and June 2014 are the highest of any musician in any genre it has ever evaluated.
Below are the top 20 Forbes hip-hop cash kings: –
1. Dr. Dre – $620 million
2. Jay Z – $60 million
2= Diddy – $60 million
4. Drake – $33 million
5. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – $32 million
6. Kanye West – $30 million
7. Birdman – $24 million
8. Lil Wayne – $23 million
9. Pharrell Williams – $22 million
10. Eminem – $18 million
11. Nicki Minaj – $14 million
12. Wiz Khalifa – $13 million
13. Pitbull – $12 million
14. Snoop Dogg – $10 million
15. Kendrick Lamar – $9 million
16. Ludacris – $8 million
16= Tech N9ne – $8 million
16= Swizz Beatz – $8 million
16= 50 Cent – $8 million
20= Rick Ross – $7 million
20= J. Cole – $7 million
20= DJ Khaled – $7 million
20= Lil Jon – $7 million
20= Mac Miller – $7 million
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