Diddy Tops Forbes’ Highest Paid Hip-Hop Artists List

Forbes recently let go their list of the Highest-Earning Celebrity Couples, which Jay Z and Beyonce topped. Now they’ve released their annual list of Highest Paid Hip-Hop Artists, and while Hov doesn’t top this list too, he comes pretty close at #2. It’s Bad Boy Records’ Diddy who earns the #1 spot on the Hip-Hop Cash Kings list, with an estimated total earning of $50 million in the past year.
Hov raked in $43 million on his solo tip, while Aftermath founder Dr. Dre comes just under him at the #3 spot with $40 million in earnings. The YMCMB label is also represented on the Forbes list, with four rappers, Drake ($10.5 million), Lil Wayne ($16 million), Birdman ($21 million) and Nicki Minaj– the only woman on the list at the #4 spot ($29 million).
See the rankings below.
1. Diddy ($50 million)
2. Jay Z ($43 million)
3. Dr. Dre ($40 million)
4. Nicki Minaj ($29 million)
5. Birdman ($21 million)
6. Kanye West ($20 million)
7. Lil Wayne ($16 million)
8. Wiz Khalifa ($14 million)
9. Ludacris ($12 million)
10. Pitbull ($11 million)
11. Drake ($10.5 million)
12. Snoop Lion ($10 million- tie)
12. Eminem ($10 million- tie)
13. Kendrick Lamar ($9 million -tie)
14. Pharrell Williams ($9 million -tie)
15. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ($9 million -tie)
16. Swizz Beatz ($8.5 million)
17. Tech N9ne ($7.5 million)
18. 50 Cent ($7 million)
19. Lil Jon ($6 million -tie)
20. Rick Ross ($6 million -tie)
21. Mac Miller ($6 million -tie)
22. Young Jeezy ($6 million -tie)
23. Questlove ($6 million -tie)