Forbes Top 20 Hip-Hop Cash Kings

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1. Dr. Dre: $110 million
2. Diddy: $45 million
3. Jay-Z: $38 million
4. Kanye West: $35 milliom
5. Lil Wayne: $27 million
6 Drake: $20.5 milliom
7. Birdman: $20 million
8. Nicki Mianj: $15.5 million
9. Eminem: $15 million
10. Ludacris: $12 million
11. Pitbull: $9.5 million
12. Rick Ross: $9 million (tie)
13. Wiz Khalifa: $9 million (tie)
14. Snoop Dogg: $8 million
15. 50 Cent: $7.5 million
16. Swizz Beatz: $7 million (tie)
17. Pharrell: $7 million (tie)
18. Young Jeezy: $7 million (tie)
19. Mac Miller: $6.5 million (tie)
20. Akon: $6 million

ymcmb won...

damn at Dre:whoo:

Nas lost

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Wayne will probably be in the top 2-3 next year when that Trukfit money starts addin up. Suprised to not see TI on here with the TV show and Akoo bein successful.
 

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what did Dr. Dre do last year?

I know he has the headphones, but he had a big jump, I vaguely remember reading something but I can't recall
 

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So Im supposed to believe Wayne made MORE than Birdman?? lol

Nygga please.. Birdman wouldn't allow that shyt..
 

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Cash money making nearly 100 million per year :wow:
Dres is impressive but 90% is from them selling beats to HTC.

Cash Money is straight music it's crazy after 20 years in the game..


All in all I believe that certain cats on the coli could put up just as an accurate (or inaccurate) list.
It's hard to Measure how much these people make its easy to value billionaires cause all they do is look at their shares in public companies. But if your income is various hustles, your contract doesn't get leaked, your show fees undisclosed etc etc it's all a qualified guess.
 

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what did Dr. Dre do last year?

I know he has the headphones, but he had a big jump, I vaguely remember reading something but I can't recall

HTC bought the headphones

“In August handset maker HTC paid $300 million for a 51% stake in Beats by Dr. Dre, the headphone company he co-founded with Interscope chief Jimmy Iovine in 2006. Each owned about a third of the company, pocketing about $100 million apiece, before taxes, from last summer’s deal.”
 

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Nas is never on this, yeah his a poet but he needs a little business acumen so he can 'build his own motown'

Never knew why people say Jay's the top hiphop earner, Diddy has always surpassed him. Wheres Uncle Russel or its strictly rappers.
 
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