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Dr. Dre Tops Forbes List Of World’s Highest-Paid Hip-Hop Acts For 2014

BigEyeUg3By BigEyeUg3September 24, 2014
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Forbes magazine has released their annual Hip Hop Cash Kings list, and the 2014 installment sees a new man at the top. Dr. Dre slides into the number one position over perennial top earning contenders Jay Z and Diddy.

The $3 billion Beats By Dre deal with Apple helped the company’s co-founder, Dr. Dre, earn the highest total of any musician ever evaluated by Forbes. The producer brought in $620 million over the last year. Jay and Diddy tied for #2 with $60 million hauls respectively. Drake jumps to the #4 slot with $33 million, and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis round out the top five with $32 million.

Forbes describes the methodology for calculating their list as follows:

The Hip-Hop Cash Kings list tracks pretax earnings for living artists whose work is primarily classified as hip-hop or rap. To form the list, we considered income from touring, record sales, publishing, merchandise sales, endorsements and other ventures. Management, agent and attorney fees are not deducted. Earnings are calculated from June 2013 to June 2014 and based on data from Pollstar, the RIAA and Nielsen SoundScan, and from interviews with numerous managers, lawyers, music executives and some of the artists themselves.

Check out the Forbes Hip Hop Cash Kings List 2014 below.

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

Source: AllHipHop.com

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