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Jay Z, Diddy or Dr. Dre? Find Out 2014’s Richest Hip-Hop Artist
They’ve got swag, the best punch lines and are multi-millionaires.
Forbes, today Wednesday 16th April 2014, unveiled its list of the Five Wealthiest Hip-Hop Artists for 2014.
Can you guess the richest? Some of you may know him as Puff Daddy or P Diddy, but now he goes by the name Diddy, Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Diddy raked in a whopping $700 Million, a $120 million increase from last year. Dr. Dre comes in second, Jay Z third, Birdman fourth and 50 Cent wraps up the list.
List/Net Worth/Major Source
Sean “Diddy” Combs | $700 Million | Revolt TV/Diageo’s Ciroc
Andre “Dr. Dre” Young” | $550 Million | Beats by Dr. Dre Headphones
Shawn “Jay Z” Carter | $ 520 Million | Rocawear Sale/Live Nation/Roc Nation
Bryan “Birdman” Williams | Cash Money/YMCMB/GT Vodka
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson | $140 Million | Vitamin Water/SMS Audio/SK Energy
For ladies hoping to nab one of these rappers, they are either married, dating or have baby mama dramas.
The story appears in the May issue of the publication.
Photo Credit: Forbes.com
Marie Antoinette
April 16, 2014 at 4:20 pm
Wow! Lol @ “For ladies hoping to nab one of these rappers, they are either married, dating or have baby mama dramas”
Hannah
April 16, 2014 at 4:30 pm
old gist
Timothy Ozovehe
April 16, 2014 at 5:27 pm
Diddy gave them a big gap. Wao! As at last year jayz waz number 2 now number 3. Waz up jigga?
Lambo Smooth
April 16, 2014 at 5:51 pm
Nigga I am the richest Rapper alive….FACTS
FRANCIS GRACE
April 16, 2014 at 6:27 pm
Cool, i knew d no.1 is DIDDY, but never xpect JAYZ to b no.3, what a mater wrong? DR. DRE? no.2? cant believe it. sometin is not right
No Long Thing
April 17, 2014 at 5:07 pm
BEATS by Dre. Google it, the sales figures are mind blowing. I don’t even know how Jay Z keeps making it to the top of the list. Roca Wear was sold ages ago. Live Nations was a 150 million dollar deal. Roc Nation only has Rihanna, J Cole and Kanye as Artists. So where is his money really coming from. D’Usse cognac can’t hold a candle to Ciroc in terms of sales. He’s def over blown. But he’s wealthy, nonetheless.
'Midé
April 17, 2014 at 5:40 am
Kanye West?
Anon
April 17, 2014 at 9:49 am
What investments does he have? Song writing and singing can’t take you very far. If it’s his clothes, they were panned.
Sofi
April 17, 2014 at 8:31 am
@ Francis..best believe mate!! Dr Dre has been in the game for long so him being at number 2 is very fair!
ojie
April 17, 2014 at 10:01 am
[email protected] married, dating or baby mama dramas. i assure you, that will NOT stop some ladies
Timothy Ozovehe
April 17, 2014 at 11:55 am
That guy called Diddy inspires me like hell. The guys is just too smooth.