Dr. Dre has finally joined the billionaire boys club.
The legendary hip-hop producer/mogul is one of almost 3,500 figures who are featured on Forbes‘ 2026 Billionaires List, ranking as the 3,332nd richest person on the planet — tied with Rihanna, Jared Kushner and DoorDash co-founder Stanley Tang, among others.
According to the publication, Dre’s billion-dollar net worth is “derived mostly from the Aftermath Entertainment record label and Beats Electronics,” which he cofounded in 1996 and 2006, respectively.
The 61-year-old is one of two rappers who can currently claim to be a billionaire along with JAY-Z, who boasts an enormous $2.8 billion fortune, placing him 1,504th on Forbes‘ rich list.
Kanye West and Diddy also became billionaires over the last decade, according to various reports, until controversies left a major dent in their respective net worths.
Beyond hip-hop, Dre is only the sixth musician to reach the 10-figure milestone, joining the aforementioned JAY-Z and Rihanna as well as Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen.
Topping Forbes‘ 2026 Billionaires List by a considerable margin is Elon Musk, whose ownership stakes in Tesla, SpaceX and xAI has seen his wealth soar to a staggering $839 billion.
Dr. Dre’s inclusion on the rich list comes more than a decade after he inaccurately claimed to have become hip-hop’s first billionaire following the $3 billion sale of Beats Electronics to Apple in 2014.
Shortly before the deal was officially announced, the N.W.A icon appeared in a social media video with Tyrese and bragged that he was now “the first billionaire in hip-hop, right here from the muthafucking West Coast.”
However, reports at the time indicated that the deal had actually pushed Dre’s net worth to $800 million, up from $550 million, leaving him a couple hundred million short of the billion-dollar mark.
It was later claimed in the book After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul that the aforementioned video cost Dre and fellow Beats cofounder Jimmy Iovine around $200 million after Apple boss Tim Cook used the leak as leverage to reduce the acquisition price.
Also beats women and abandons his kids? Funny Kendrick was signed to him but lectures everyone else, Eminem is signed to him does then same and 50 was signed to him but makes bad documentaries about other people.