There is a new “Forbes Five: Hip Hop’s Wealthiest Artists” with the inclusion of Drake on this year’s list. Prior to Drizzy making the squad, the publication says that Puff Daddy, Dr. Dre, Birdman, Jay Z and 50 Cent reigned “for years.” In 2016, Drake dethrones 50 Cent, who filed for bankruptcy in July, to join rap’s elite.
The site reports a net worth of $60 million for the VIEWS rapper. His latest album is projected to sell 1 million album equivalent units its first week. His ventures with Nike, Sprite and Apple boosted him onto the list.
Puff Daddy reigns supreme on the list with an estimated net worth of $750 million. He has stake in Revolt, Ciroc and Sean John. With his retirement from music looming, the Bad Boy boss says he will seek to continue making money through film.
Birdman is listed at #4 because of his Cash Money empire, which gives him a net worth of $110 million. Never one to turn down an opportunity to make money, Birdman released a clothing line based on his abrupt appearance on The Breakfast Club where he demanded “respek” on his name. The rap mogul is cashing checks from Drake’s project, and is also awaiting the release of his Ms. Gladys album and Rich Gang’s The Lifestyle 2.
To read the entire list of “Hip Hop’s Wealthiest Artists,” visit Forbes.
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Another L for 50 courtesy of the corniest, gayest dude in the game.
Nope the gayest go to lil Wayne
Nope the gayest go to lil Wayne
Stfu hoe
50 more hits than this b**** drake
Forbes obviously just makes this nonsense up. They said 50 Cent was worth 150 Million and in truth he only had 7 Million in his bank account and about 15 Million in assets. That’s a MASSIVE difference, and it shows Forbes is not to be trusted. They give people net worths based on what they think they have. So if they see a guy on TV a lot or if he has a perception of being rich, they will give him a high worth. I highly doubt Puffy has 750 Million or Birdman has 110. These are all lies. I’m not impressed
How much is drake label paying you hhdx, drake will have a new story everyday even a pointless story like
he shout out KD and….. real hip hop fans are not fooled by all this drake fake hype created by these companies he works for. Real hip hop fans know Big krit, Freedie Gibbs, J. Cole, Kendrick, Jay Rock, Pusha T, Nick Grant, Slaughter house, Nipsey hussle, Freeway and about 30 more rappers are better than drake.
Where is J.Cole, Kentrick and Meek?
Who’s and what is a meek??
in the garbage where they belong
CHEQUES – YOU SPELL IT ‘CHEQUES’.
DO NOT CALL YOURSELVES WRITERS UNTIL BASIC GRAMMAR IS REFINED.
I know DX didn’t make this list but I would have to assume Ice Cube or LL would have to be close to that same amount or more no?
Meeeeeeeeeka
HitIer was a great man!
I want to stab and kill Drake. I hope Drake gets throat cancer and dies soon. If you like Drake and you’re a Drake fan, go kill yourself…
Yea little bitch!
Joke or not. Never wish death on no man son. Thats a stupid fuckin statement u made
I wish Pac is here to see how fake Drake is
Top 5, top5, top5.
Damn. 50 used to have a reputation for being so rich. Now Drake is estimated to be richer than him with 60M? I thought that was chump change to 50. How the mighty have fallen.
Youll not reading right what its saying is that this year drake made 60 million, not that he is worth more than 50 cent but that he made more than 50 this year, and thats because 50 filed bankruptcy to hide his money to avoid paying them lawsuites
EXACTLY, some people dont understand business lol. Like 50 ain’t broke ????
Why are people supporting Drake and making him richer? He never spoke on Black Lives Matter and none of his lyrics are about social issues….
Funny how all the most overrated are the richest. Yup, Jay and Dre… way overrated. Jay-Z (been a hip-hop thief his whole career) and Dre is known for 2 chronic albums but that’s about it. Remember how wack 1996’s Aftermath album was!? and NWA wouldn’t be shit without Ice Cube. True hip-hop heads already know Puff overrated and wack as fuck. Was the beginning of the end for hip-hop as we know it thanks to fa66ots like Puff. 50Cent known for his debut album, but the rest of his catalog is mediocre at best. Birdman (Respek my name) is a joke and Drake is a POP artist so shouldn’t even be on a hip-hop wealthy list. Obviously a percentage of the wealth acquired by these clowns came from making business moves outside of hip-hop, but either way… if you didn’t know, now ya know.
I guess Lil Wayne and Eminem went broke this past year.
Em got about 200 mil to his name tho
They we never hat rich, dont get me wrong thygot mad money, they were nevr top 5
Dre a billionaire after that headphones deal for beatsbydre, he mad like 3.2 billion off that how is p diddy #1 with 780 mill?
Uncle sam takes 33% immediately, then all the investors that invested into the beats project and development all receive their stakes too in millions. So in the end Dre made closely 25% of 3 billie
Cause Dr. Dre does not own beats they sold for 3.2 billion but Dr. DRE ONLY MADE 750 MILLON NOT EVEN A BILLION CIROC MAKES THAT BY IT SELF AND DONT 4GET ALL THE OTHER HE HAS CLOTHING, RECORD LABEL, WATER THA5S HOW DIDDY IS WORTH MORE @JAMES
English, people. English.
Merely $60M for dominating the music industry in the past 5 years when it comes to popularity and sales? Sounds way too less. Granted I never assummed that Drake has a standard new artist contract nor a 360 deal, judging by the rarely seen bidding war around him in 2009.
50 Cent is worth way more than $60 mill
I want to kill myself
You need mental help or you got no ears to hear.. Drake is no more then your average rapper/Rnb singer, lyrically he’s not all that hot word that you all the time, voice is ok not great so this thing that hes the best isisnot true there is at least 10 rappers are way sound and writes much better ffrom the voice to the word spoken to writing. Drake is just the new pop music that’s what makes him seems good, all he talks about bitch and haters and so on. He’s not so great he made a song or album that you can say it’s”the to this era” many artists like to Prince to Madonna to 2pac to or Beatles or Guns and Roses and so on. It’sjust today’skids like and its ok they are kid’s, but when mad men talk crazy about music he got no taste and can’t hear a hit is a hit. And nothing can stop a good hit singles . 50 cent first album is fire and not even drakes albums till not had world on fire.. get rich or die trying use to hear it every day …every car on the streets and in the club they play “In Da Club” by 50. Am not saying 50 is the best but if it for Dr Dre and Eminem sound 50cent would be average gangster rapper. Drake is a body big just lucky and right timings. There’slots of shit music and sound and voices out here.is very very low even with the old skool rappers.
50 stan gtfoh snitchy the most overrated rapper going he had is time now fuck off
50 not being on this list shows how much bs this list was from the start. You told us the man had all this money, then all of a sudden he doesn’t…….what does that say about your list? Plus you telling us that Drake’s 60 million beats Kanye? A few years backs you said Akon had about 90 million, where is he? Eminem is not worth more than 60 million? Ice Cube?……he executive produced Ride Along and Straight Outta Compton.
And the biggest question of it all, where is Rick Ross?
He has 60 mill in assets right now outside of his businesses according to court documents…you actually think he would would have a net worth when he has 23 million in lawsuits and filed chapter 11 bankruptcy to protect his assets??
The 6 god runs this shit. He is the god of rap. He has accomplished more in a few years than most of your favourite rappers could ever do their whole lives. You mad that in 2016 drake is the only rapper that matters. You Americans mad that the biggest selling hiphop artists are Canadians You american hasbins need to accept that Canada has taken over the rap game.
FYI – One guy doesn’t equate to the entire “rap game”. Who else are we talking about here?
this actually made me lol
this actually made me lol
this actually made me lol
Why would you put a headline like that. Drake making this list has nothing to do with fif not making it. Shame on you hhdx. Terrible journalism.
I rather listen to Elvis than Drake the fake!!
Congrats to Drake but he sucks musically , and Forbes this is all bullshit last time i check Ice cube,Snoop. Em, Kanye , Lil wayne were 100 mill rich each how is this possible . . . . .