Today, Forbes released their list of highest paid rappers, or as they call them, Hip Hop Cash Kings. According to Forbes, “To formulate the Hip-Hop Cash Kings list, we consider pretax income from touring, record sales, streaming, publishing, merchandise sales, endorsements and other business ventures. Management, agent and attorney fees are not deducted. Earnings are calculated from June 2014 to June 2015 and based on data from Nielsen SoundScan, Pollstar, the RIAA and from interviews with managers, lawyers, executives and a handful of the artists themselves.”
Topping the list is Diddy at $60 million, followed by Jay Z at $56 million, and Drake at $39.5 million.
Dr. Dre follows with $33 million, then Pharrell at $32 million, then Eminem at $21 million.
Kanye West nabbed the #7 spot with $22 million, then Wiz Khalifa at $21.5 million, and Nicki Minaj at $21 million.
See the rest of the list here.
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