Forbes has released this year’s Hip Hop Cash Kings list, which features Dr. Dre at the top.
Dre, who earns the #1 spot with pretax earnings of $620 million, has reached two feats with this amount, according to Forbes’ Zack O’Malley Greenburg.
“Not only is that the highest annual total of any entertainer ever evaluated by Forbes, it’s more than the combined earnings of all 24 of his companions on the 2014 Hip Hop Cash Kings list,” Greenburg writes.
Jay Z and Puff Daddy are tied for #2 on the list with $60 million. This is the most Jay Z has made since 2010, Forbes reports.
Last year, Puff Daddy earned the #1 spot on this list. He was followed by Jay Z at #2 and Dr. Dre at #3.
Drake lands in the #3 spot this year with $33 million in earnings. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis arrive at #4 with a combined $32 million. Kanye West rounds out the Top 4 with $30 million.
The Cash Kings list is made after assessing of an artist’s income, but it doesn’t include some expenses.
“To form this year’s Cash Kings list, we considered income from touring, record sales, publishing, merchandise sales, endorsements and other ventures,” Forbes says of its list. “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 managers, lawyers, executives and some of the artists themselves.”
To view last year’s list, click here.
RELATED: Diddy, Jay Z, Dr. Dre Top Forbes’ Cash Kings 2013 List
Dr. Dre $620 million
Jay Z $60 million
Diddy $60 million
Drake $33 million
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis $32 million
Kanye West $30 million
Birdman $24 million
Lil Wayne $23 million
Pharrell Williams $22 million
Eminem $18 million
Nicki Minaj $14 million
Wiz Khalifa $13 million
Pitbull $12 million
Snoop Dogg $10 million
Kendrick Lamar $9 million
Ludacris $8 million
Tech N9ne $8 million
Swizz Beatz $8 million
50 Cent $8 million
Rick Ross $7 million
J. Cole $7 million
DJ Khaled $7 million
Lil Jon $7 million
Mac Miller $7 million
wow no Jeezy… but Khaled is on here.. that shit cray
Dre is so broke.
He can’t be with $620 million in the bank.
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LMAO Ross in last again tied with Mac Miller and DJ fucking Khaled! Im not impressed.
Not very boss but at least in his own mind hes at the top of the list.
Rozay getting that Mac Miller and J Cole money.
I wasn’t aware Cole had 7 albums, and was on every other album out there. Ross has more money than most. Forbes is just scared to list it cause then people would start catching feelings.
Ross doesn’t, groupie. Just accept that Ross isn’t the “biggest bawse” that he thinks he is.
Cole is a youngin making as much as a Vet like Ross who is on album 7 but its not surprising as Cole sold more in 1 week than Ross sold in 4 months.
Cole is a fucking pop rap artist while ross is Hiphop. Of course he gonna sell more than most true hiphop artists. He still ain’t seeing drake sales anytime soon though.
Both Cole and Ross are hip-hop artists, so that’s not a good excuse.
Methodology
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.
Near Misses
There were plenty of big names in the rap world that earned millions over the past year, but didnt quite make the $7 million cutoff for the Cash Kings list. Among them: Timbaland, Kid Cudi, Akon, A$AP Rocky, Common, Questlove, Nas and T.I.
T.I. and Jeezy must be feeling some type of way. TIP made a single called About The Money then he earned less than Mac Miller.
Seeing Khaled on there who has no real talent and just uses artists must be the ultimate burn.
No real talent? What any kind of talent does he have other than eating off others?
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
we got it the first time bruh
Sorry, didn’t see that someone else posted the list.
MMG must be doing something wrong for Khaled to tie with Ross like that. WE GETTIN ARAB MONEY!
Sorry, just saw someone else posted the list.
Anyway, Rozay still getting mac miller money, DJ Khaled tied Ross, and the biggest bawse is making less than a quarter of what macklemore and ryan lewis earned. Even Tech and 50 making more.
How did macklemore make 32 million? He only sold as well as kendrick and did not have endorsements?
he sold way better than kendrick and had some multi plat singles and they been touring like crazy but that still seems crazy high but it is combined so they split it two ways
Guess being indie had some impact on this
I bet this comments section will be filled with trolls arguing.
HaHa yeah I bet that old racist MMG groupie guy will be here defending Ross to the teeth.
Nah, that list is fake. Macklemore can’t be making 32 million if they can only go weak platinum. They also don’t have many endorsements. Ross has wingstop, ciroc, artists on his labels, and no.1 albums (Macklemore does not have a no.1 album) and he only make 7 million? Nah, he had to be making at least 20 millon.
It’s legit. Both Macklemore and Ryan Lewis made 32 million off of platinum albums and singles and touring around the world. Ross’ businesses aren’t that lucrative.
What the fuck is weak platinum? At the end of the day, platinum is platinum. At he least Macklemore went platinum unlike Ross. Number ones don’t mean a thing when your record doesn’t sell that much. If I were an artist, I’d rather have a platinum album than a number one album because nowadays with low album sales, it’s easy to get a number one album with no competition.
wtf is weak platinum
they sold almost 1.5 million copies of an INDEPENDENT ALBUM!
his singles went 7x and 4x plat and thats only in the usa
Tourng to half full stadiums and theaters at best. Also, Ross’s business are indeed lucrative. Ross tours to sold out stadiums across the country. Thugs were so jealous they even sabotage concerts. Plus keep in mind macklemore buys the albums himself.
You got it backwards. It’s Macklemore and Ryan Lewis touring sold-out stadiums around the world while Ross is doing half-full shows. His businesses aren’t lucrative, otherwise, he’d be high up on the list. Why do you accuse every artist of buying their own records? The fans do all of the buying.
1. For a pop artist, he really should be going multiplatinum.
2. He is not an independent artist, Warner Music helps distribute them. He may keep a little more money but at the end of the day, he’s under warner.
3. After days and days of payola and begging for radios and ads to play their songs.
1. He’s not a pop artist and his numbers are good enough for an independent artist.
2. Macklemore is independent. He’s not signed to Warner at all.
3. There is no payola and they didn’t beg any stations to play their records.
Macklemore and his pajamas didn’t make $32 million. He could have generated that, but no way he pocketed it.
Exactly, he has 0 no.1 albums and only went weak platinum, a disappointment considering they were being hyped at the next pop star duo.
I’m sure Mack is crying about not having a number one album while looking at his platinum plaques for his album and singles. There is no disappointment.
Macklemore didn’t make 32 million alone. Him and Ryan Lewis both made that much.
Drake $33 million
Birdman $24 million
Lil Wayne $23 million
Eminem $18 million
LOL, Drake almost made twice of eminem and even wayne and birdman are significantly higher than feminem. Guess being Jimmy’s bitch ain’t working out.
If Em wanted to he could top the list but he sticks to the music for the most part.
Eminem has indeed expanded to other avenues like film and fashion. They just bombed badly for the most part.
They didn’t.
At the end of the day, ymcmb still outguned eminem’s ass.
Em is still richer than all of them except bird daddy
10, 15 years from now wayne, nicki and drake wont still be making that type of money like em has been doing consistently for over a decade
Birdman’s been around longer than eminem and has a far more successful record label (YMCMB) than Eminem with shady records.
Em has sold more than EVERYONE on YMCMB past or present, he continues to outsell all their hottets acts to this day
As expected from a pop artist. He was actually dope when he was hiphop before encore. He then fell the fuck off around encore. Once his hiphop tracks came shit, eminem switched to pop (also shit) and never looked back.
Eminem has always been a hip-hop artist, dummy, not a pop star at all. He didn’t fall off and he always made hip-hop songs, not pop.
Where is TIP, how is it possible for him to earn less than Khaled and Mac Miller with his label, owning a piece of Iggy and his reality show that no one watches.
Great! And what are these niggas doing for hiphop? Nothing!
Why not invest in new talent? So we can get rid of those old 35/40 year old rappers who are done (no disrepsect)
lol Your not too bright brother! Back in the day, those guys didn’t need the older guys to move over and let them shine. They took it from the older rappers and out-shinned everyone. Don’t be mad if the new school has no talent or better yet. Be mad at the old Jewish guys that are bring no talent watered down kids they can control because real urban talent is too scary for them to deal with.
“The person who minds nobody’s business but his own is probably a millionaire.”
Awesome quote. I enjoyed that one, too.
wheres Iggy at, she gonna run this shit next year marKKK my words
1. He’s not a pop artist and his numbers are good enough for an independent artist.
2. Macklemore is independent. He’s not signed to Warner at all.
3. There is no payola and they didn’t beg any stations to play their records.
Then why is macklemore successful than? Rich parents, rich friends?
Why is he successful? It just happens.
With all that hype the media shoves down our throats, you think they would be multiplatinum. Whatever the reason, they suck and even dickriders agree that they don’t deserve that grammy for best rap album.
With they hype they got, platinum is good enough. They don’t suck.
Both Cole and Ross are hip-hop artists, so that’s not a good excuse.
Cole is pop all around. That miguel single was shit and let nas down was about his reaction when nas told him his music was shit.
Ross is hiphop and works with many artists.
Cole is not pop at all, it’s hip-hop. Power Trip wasn’t shit and Nas didn’t say Cole’s music was shit.
Why is power trip dope for you?
Also, are you saying that Cole lied about nas’s thoughts then? A lot of irony attacking an artist for lying when you’re saying that j cole is doing the same shit.
Power Trip had good raps, good beat, and a good concept.
Cole didn’t lie about anything. The song was made when Nas said he was disappointed in Work Out, which is not the same thing as saying someone’s music is shit.
Nas is fucking right too (and he’s a terrible artist as well.) Work Out is disappointing onsidering all that hype from his stans. Power Trip is even worse. That Miguel feature is shit.
Nas isn’t terrible and while Work Out is an average song at best, Power Trip is actually better. The Miguel feature isn’t shit.
Work out was both shit and disappointing. Let Nas down was about j cole catching feelings.
Work Out wasn’t shit.
Yes it was.
It wasn’t.
It was groupie.
No, it wasn’t.
What’s with people hating on ross for? He’s dope, his fantasies are wild, and the beats are sick. He may not be what everyone expects him to be (feminem, nas, dr gay, gay z, Dumbo Lamar) but he still kills others on songs.
Ross sucks, period. He never killed anyone on any songs, he gets killed in songs.
im glad you acknowledged ross love for fantasy and story telling
Yes Ross i a great storyteller. Eminem does the same shit with shady (only shitter now) and yet you don’t complain. Also, why does ross suck?
I never said that. Ross sucks at everything outside of eating.
Ross is losing weight you heartles fuck.
Ross is not a good storyteller, hell, he doesn’t even tell stories. Eminem never did the same shit Ross did. And he’s still fat.
You would be stupid if you believe anyone can put 1000 gangsters in any hood.
didnt take long for teethboys boyfriend to ruin this comment section acusing everyone but ross of being pop to try and justify his unbosslike earnings
fuck wacklemore
Eminem has always been a hip-hop artist, dummy, not a pop star at all. He didn’t fall off and he always made hip-hop songs, not pop.
Monster is so hiphop right?
Yep.
And you say that based on your love for eminem right?
Nope. I say that based on the fact that The Monster is a hip-hop song regardless of Rihanna being on it.
The beat is shit too.
Nope.
Yep stan.
No.
Yes moron.
No, retard.
So glad my fav rapper earns more than Mac Miller and DJ Khaled, that would be embarrassing.
Yeah, it makes you look so much better in life and your mom proud
macklemore all day son frrrrruck is poppin
where the g unit boss at where ross at
50 tied @ #16 with ludacriss, tech n9ne and swizz beatz
ross tied @ #20 with mac miller, dj khaled, lil jon, j cole,
Even after a year, Ross is making that Mac Miller money.
They underrepported ross’s earnings. They only count ross’s album sales. They don’t count ciroc, wingstop, or other artists on MMG, only his own and he’s doing fine.
if that was true they wouldnt have counted dres beats apple money
Nah, they just have different standards. They only want to count ross’s album money yet have no problem accounting for dre and jay z’s other businesses. They just want ross to fail.
Is it that hard for you to accept that Ross isn’t making that much money off his businesses?
He has many businesses. How can he fail?
If they wanted Ross to fail, they wouldn’t put him on the list at all. They have the same standards for everyone and take into account everything. Even with many businesses, Ross is still not making much.
Have you ever heard of biased rules?
That only exists in your mind.
Man youre either a troll or have really bad taste in music. William Roberts aint shit but a fraud.
Album sales only????
350,000 x .50 is 175,000…youre missing 6,825,000…….
Khaled making as much as Ross, thats fucked up., He dont have 25 wingstops, gold albums, ciroc or belaire money etc…
Ross dead last again, at least this year he was in the top 20
Even with his underaccountedd earnings, he made more than tip, and jeezy.
You can’t underaccount earnings.
Ross still makes more money than you hater.
And I don’t care. He makes more money than your groupie ass as well.
I at least respect ross unlike you who gets pissed. And you care if you comment on this article.
You’re the only one getting pissed by this article and people who call out your bullshit. That last sentence doesn’t make a lick of sense since it doesn’t mention Ross.
Forbes Thought Of The Day:
“The person who minds nobody’s business but his own is probably a millionaire.”
^ reposted for teeth-boy’s f*ckboi ways
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LOOK HOW MANY ARTIST WE GOT ON THIS SHIT BIRDMAN NICKI WAYNE DRAKE . WE EVEN GOT A NIGGA THAT DONT EVEN RAP ON TIS SHIT SHOUT OUT TO KHALED.
Hi, groupie bitch.
1-10 are all 90’s rappers except drake and Mack.. Meaning this is why old rappers keep winning. Ya youngins can shmoney dance all u want but ya deal gunna be a 360..
Smh it looks like teethboy is the only commentator on this shitty website
it’s pathetic b
funny part is dudes last week said the list inspires them in life but it’s here and they discussing other people’s money and trolling
I’ll leave the jewel like that
That’s not true. Dr Dre and Jay Z both have tons of money yet their music sucks.
Their music doesn’t suck, young mainstream music fan.
Jay Z and Eminem’s music is mainstream yet they suck.
Their music doesn’t suck.
Wayne shits on them. Don’t let your hate of homosexuals or bisexuals change that.
Please. Those two shit on Wayne.
And you say this because you hate homosexuals?
No, I’m saying this because it’s true.
YOU WANNA FIGHT BITCH!!
Why do they even do this list because it seem like for the last 10 years it’s always going to be the same OVERALL
Dr. Dre, P Diddy, Jay Z, 50 Cent, Birdman
it’s crazy cause in last 5 years only Jay and 50 actually dropped an album but they always TOP 5 overall
this list has very little to do with actual albums apart from the new guys who are just becoming known like kendrick, macklemore and tech n9ne
also diddy had an album in 2010 and rich gang was basically a birdman album
Damn, people metioning me like I personally invaded their lives.
Khaled winning like crazy, had no idea he was bossed up like Rozay,
“it’s more than the combined earnings of all 24 of his companions on the 2014 Hip Hop Cash Kings list”
lmao y’all ny niggas lost
what did you win? you sound like a bottleneck lens geek who needs a “victory” to validate your earthly existence
LA Kings won the Stanley Cup over the NY Rangers but you ain’t cupping their westside balls
hop off NYC nuts & breathe your own oxygen loser
No T.I, no Jeezy, no Nas, No Game?
J Cole won,
You’re the only one getting pissed by this article and people who call out your bullshit. That last sentence doesn’t make a lick of sense since it doesn’t mention Ross.
YOU WANNA FIGHT BITCH!! MY NUMBER FOR YOUR PUSSY ASS IS 320-468-2156 SO LETS SEE SOME FISTS!!
who said anything about being mad and i see no mention of Ross in the comment so you’re confusing me
lmao 320 is in Minnesota………..
……….
yea ti fucked up I didn’t expect to see nas jeezy or game on there
look at that list all established veterans with over 20 years in the rap game yet drake is in the top 5. This just proves that drake is miles ahead of the rest of these new generation of rappers. Kendrick isnt on drakes level none of these new rappers are. 20 years from now drake will be making the most and be the undisputed king of this rap shit. Stop denying the sucess and learn to admit the fact that drake runs this rap shit.
To the loser that posts everything i say is lies. You do realize that you can never disprove my facts your just a loser that can’t face reallity.
You keep saying the same shit over and over again. Don’t you ever get tired of trolling and dickriding and saying bullshit?
why cant i say the same thing when its the truth. So trolling is now telling the truth. Is it my fault the truth hurts for many of you hipster virgins who hate the fact that drake is the king of the new generation and the face of rap. Is it hard for you virgins to accept the truth?
You didn’t even say anything that’s even close to the truth. You’re just dickriding this guy nonstop while talking shit about other people. All I see is Drake this, Drake that. Why don’t you go propose to the guy if you love him so much?
Cosign its the truth. He even made more than feminem LOL!
Also, Drake had the best selling hiphop album of 2013.
Yet Eminem still has more money.
Also, Eminem had the best selling hip-hop album of 2013, not Drake.
Oh so the thought of him marrying drake turns you on homo?
You’re the homo for thinking those gay thoughts.
Pop (which eminem is) isn’t the same thing as hiphop idiot. Drake is hiphop/R&B.
On a side note, J. Hudson is bombing on itunes LOL!
Eminem is not pop, he’s hip-hop. Drake is the pop artist, singing gay ass ballads.
Drake is the new stevie wonder mixed with 2pac. Drake is Hiphop R&B. Eminem is pop. If he was black, he would bomb.
Drake is nothing like Stevie Wonder and Pac. He is pop while Eminem is hip-hop. At least Eminem raps in all of his songs unlike Drake.
Eminem sung like shit in the song, my band, in the chorus.
agreed you can’t compare drake who has been in the rap game for 6 years to eminem who has been in the rap game over 30 years. Obviously eminem is richer because he has been rapping for a long time. Drake definately impresses me with his accomplishments being compared to vets. The real trolls on this site are drake haters from my perspective because they use rediculous arguements to put down drake.
The same D12 song that he rapped in and was supposed to be a joke.
Even worse are the Drake dickriders trying to put down everyone who doesn’t share the same opinion as them.
Nope, just the haters. The good thing however is that drake never pay attention to it.
No, it’s the stans. Drake obviously pays attention as he keeps talking about haters in his songs.
The good thing is that drake is never going to notice your hating comments on hhdx.
But he won’t notice your stanning comments, so that’s pointless.
I wasn’t trying to get him to notice me. You on the other hand were hating on him in the secret hopes he would come over and you would beg for an autograph.
You obviously were.
That makes no sense at all. Nobody’s gonna ask a celebrity they don’t like for an autograph. It will go against their beliefs. I don’t want anyone’s autograph.
Where the homies 50 Cent & Birdman at?
50 Cent #16 and Birdman is #7 and somehow made less than his artist Drake
good for them
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. 50 Cent $8 million
16. Swizz Beatz $8 million
16. Tech N9ne $8 million
20. Mac Miller $7 million
20. J. Cole $7 million
20. DJ Khaled $7 million
20. Lil Jon $7 million
20. Rick Ross $7 million
damn Rozay tied with Khaled and Mac Miller, now we know what that Forbes talk was all about last week, LMFAO fat boy knew he was on the bottom and had to reassure everyone that hes number 1 (in his head)
What ross is basically saying is that he doesn’t give a shit about forbes and reassures those that care that he feels no.1
that’s cuz forbes doesn’t include all the money he made from the coke he moved from july 2013 to june 2014
if they did he would’ve been above birdman n below kanye west…on the chart and physically no pause
Ross is 100% certified gangster of carol city. He grew up in carol city and grew up in the streets.
Only in his mind. In the real world, he’s a studio gangster from Carol City who’s never been in the streets.
He pratically grew up all his life on the streets of carol city. He was cutting from carol city high school to sell some coke.
Stop believing all of his phony coke raps. He never was part of that life.
He is indeed a regular in carol city. I read his interviews too. He grew up in carol city and was hustling money and selling coke.
He lied about all of that shit.
LMBAO corny pasty faced white boy wanna knock them black and Arab millionairs for making 7 million selling beats and rhymes to white boys and white bitches, we run this shit!!!! GET MONEY!!!!!!!!
Damn homie, Fiddy gettin dat Khaled/Ross money when he used to be at the top with his platinum peers now he at the bottom with the niggas he tried to destroy but only made bigger.
1 million is a big difference, plus fiddy sittin on 100+ mill so you know that interest be somethin else, forbes aint counting dat shit
This nigga 50 falling every year to the bottom with the niggas he was supposed to destroy while his peers and his former bosses keep on rising to the top, LMAO!!!
Marquise can’t wait to take more pictures with Slo’ after reading this shit.
“This nigga 50 falling every year to the bottom with the niggas he was supposed to destroy while his peers and his former bosses keep on rising to the top, LMAO!!! ”
he actually moved up from last year and once again, made 8 milli with no album or tour or label releases
169 comments (170 including this one) and most of it is bickering between trolls.
That makes no sense at all. Nobody’s gonna ask a celebrity they don’t like for an autograph. It will go against their beliefs. I don’t want anyone’s autograph.
Bullshit. You secretly love his work. Just admit it.
I don’t. If I did, I’d be praising him, which I’m not doing.
I know you hiding. Just admit your affection for his work.
Your comments make less and less sense. Where’s the logic? If I don’t like an artist, I don’t like them.
You say you hate drake but you commenting on every one of his articles seems to indicate you actually love his work.
I don’t comment on all of his articles, so you’re still wrong.
He lied about all of that shit.
And where’s your proof he lied? He said he grew up in carol city. Where’s your proof that he grew up somewhere else?
hustling money lmaooooo
rick ross aint hustled no money he just sold coke and bricks on bricks on bricks of it
how u think he knows Pablo and Noriega (no not NORE the real Noriega; he actually owes rick ross a whole lotta favors)
fucking idiots on this shit doe
Rozay was ruiling the streets of carol city at the age of 16. He even got the name of rick ross when people started comparing him to rick james and when someone called him rawse instead of bawse.
You lie worse than Ross himself. Even he wouldn’t believe you.
He at least grew up in carol city. We can agree on that right?
nah he got his name from that gay porn star dude out in la named freeway ricky ross…I dunno why he did that doe
If Black people are not questioning were he grew up then who do you think is questioning it?
drake winning
drake losing overall.
drake WHINING
ROSS REPRESENTING CAROL CITY!! REPRESENT!!
ROLLING OAKES ESTATES REPRESENT REPRESENT
Where did you get rolling oakes from?
thats the upscale cul de sac community Ross lived in as a teen
Ross come from a family of hustlers his mamma was buying mansions when he was just a teen, its in the blood Black peoples bheen getting money patna.
Ross was living in carol city as a teen. Whats rolling Oakes, a nursing home?
^: His mother copped a house in Rolling Oaks I guess so now that nerdy kid likes to tell everybody that his mother taught him how to hustle and value nice shit.
lol @ hustling being buying a home, black people are funny, when most parents buy a home for their families it’s nothing but when meek mill buys a home for his lazy welfare momma its supposed to be some big deal
Life is a hustle, Black people had to play catch up because they didn’t have equal human rights in this country untill 1965 so albino-colored people are too sick and devilish to understand why owning a home might be important to some people. Haha, the white-skinned people are even upset that Rozay and his mother had enough hustle to buy a nice home.
no one is upset its just laughable to hear him talking about being hood
You ain’t from our hood/community anyway white boy.
I said it before: 3 billion my ass. The result is stil impressive, though.
FiF is neck in neck with the guys whose career he destroyed.
WE SHITTIN ON MMG THIS YEAR, KHALED ON THE COME UP NIGGA ROZAY BETTER ROLL WIT IT OR GET ROLLED OVA
Ross could make serious bank if he were to have his own judge show like judge mathis and Judy.
Godfather 50 destroyed Ross and Khaled so bad that now they all make the same money as the Platinum rapper……damn homie.
fiddy always makes 1 million more than ross no matter what, even when he got no album or tour his old shit keeps on banking
Damn homie all the headphone sales and you only sold 1 million more than DJ Khaled and Ross, must be hard out there for a Platinum rapper who fell off musically.
sad how khaled caught up to ross so quickly
Sad how Khaled caught up to 50 so quickly fag boy.
Forbes dont know Ish but 50Cent believe that! he got 23M payout from Interscope alone plus independent album and the show Power doing pretty well you do the math he easily made 28M this year if not more!
That 23 million was taxed, plus that wasn’t generated by anything. His exec producer credit probably nets him another 5 mill. It’s money, but not insane, out of this world Dre money.
he also lost that lawsuit to Sleek Audio for like 16 milli
that 23 mil was from 3 years ago before he dropped the track with Kendrick lamar
If they did net worth, Master P would still be in the top 5 and he ain’t had a hit in 15 years.
^: His mother copped a house in Rolling Oaks I guess so now that nerdy kid likes to tell everybody that his mother taught him how to hustle and value nice shit.
His mother moved to rolling oakes. Ross stayed over at caroline city.
Whatever you tell yourself to make yourself sleep better at night.
just like fiddy, diddy, birdman and dre LMAO,
none of the top dawgs make hits
actually they make a seperate list for networth and p wasnt top 5 its always dre, diddy, jay, 50, birdman in different orders
That’s because they don’t consider P an active rapper.
“it’s pathetic b
funny part is dudes last week said the list inspires them in life but it’s here and they discussing other people’s money and trolling”
——they talking about Carol City, such great inspiration this list has bestowed on the people LOLxSMDH
It’s mad even when 50’s quiet musically he still makes $8mil, I know he dropped Animal Ambition but that only done 35k
He sells headphones to nerds like you and q
this list is from june 2013 to july 2014 so animal ambition wouldnt have affected his earnings this year
july-june*
Check the scoreboard ROZAY even when you sell 200k+ on Mastermind and do a tour you’re still making less money than 50 who’s album sold 35k. 50 still winning
Ross makes plenty on guest appearances on hundreds of songs. He tours. He invests. Forbes doesn’t know what he really does to make money. Plus it looks better when your down on the list. Makes people think you don’t have much. Ross can continue ballin outta control while niggaz think he’s about to disappear from music.
Get off Rozays dick
50 and Ross will never be equals it’s always 50 > Ross
50 ranking up more debt though.
No, that’s Ross.
Geek Unit groupies make 50 look bad and then you wonder why he looses so many fans with each album. LMAO at the Geek bragging about one of the biggest HipHop artists of all time making 1 million dollars more than DJ Khaled and Rick Ross who’s careers he was supposed to destroy,
40 year old MMG groupies make Ross look bad then you wonder why he never went plat on any album. LMAO at the middle aged racist bragging hating on 50 Cent again instead of taking cares of his kids.
Flat out if the words didnt hit their target then the victim would never respond to them with pain.
“Drake is nothing like Stevie Wonder and Pac”
He’s better. The only reason that candy ass Stevie Wonder is considered a legend is cause he’s blind. Pac was a contradiction. A trash talking nigga who got taken out like a bitch. Drake is real about his content. His fanbase of millions realize this and are building him up to be the next MJ.
Please. Drake is not better than any of them. Stevie Wonder had a lot of talent and was a great songwriter. What you said about Pac was disrespectful and untrue. Drake ain’t real about his content, he talks about catching bodies and starting from the bottom when he was an actor from a TV show. Drake is a phony and will never be the next MJ.
You are possibly the dumbest and gayest motherfucka on here with that statement.
Steve Wonder fell off after the early years. Drake sound just like him. Pac really was a bitch and talked shit and got his ass handed to him. At least biggie and ross have street cred. Trust me, had 2pac not died, you wouldn’t be praising him mindlessly Drake is also a far better poet than 2pac was.
Also, started from the bottom did refer to the tough workload of degrassi. It wasn’t exactly a quality show. Drake was one of the best parts of that show.
Stevie didn’t fall off. Drake sounds nothing like him as Drake can’t even sing. Pac wasn’t a bitch and didn’t get his ass handed to him. Ross has no street cred. Pac would still be praised if he was alive. Drake is not a better poet, he can’t even write poets.
SFTB never talked about Degrassi at all. He just talked about being at the bottom when he wasn’t.
Funny how the troll disses 2Pac, yet his favorite rappers idolize Pac and unsuccessfully try to emulate him.
Drake can indeed sing better than Stevie, his going home song made the top 5 and it was all singing. Pac only inspired dope rappers in what not to do. He inspired wack rappers like dumbo Lamar. Also, drake did feel at his low point one time before his rapping career. It talks about that coming out of that low point.
Drake can’t sing at all, he’s not better than Stevie. Pac inspired all rappers to be rappers, not that bullshit you said. He inspired dope rappers like Kendrick to be good writers and the wack ones try to imitate him. SFTB is not about coming out of a low point, it’s Drake lying about being at the bottom.
Your favorite rappers would beat the shit out of you for disrespecting Pac.
You mean your favorite rappers would beat me. Mine aint respecting pac.
Also, drake can sing well as his going home song made the top 5. People love his singing. Also, not many are respecting pac. His musical bombed on broadway.
Your favorite rappers do respect Pac. You deny it, but it’s true.
Drake cannot sing and having a Top 5 single doesn’t prove anything. Dummies like you like his off-key singing. Contrary to your idiotic trolling, Pac is respected by many people. A failed Broadway show doesn’t stop his influence and impact.
I just want to see Drake’s dick, I would look at that all day for real.
Mad respect to Tech for that hustle.
hell yah!!!
At least we know the list is fake since ross said he is in the top 5. Forbes on dre’s dick while ross gets ignored. He’s top 5 though so that’s all it matters.
The list ain’t fake. Ross is at the bottom and not in the Top 5 at all.
Ross said that he was in the top 5. He feels like a winner.
Doesn”t make him one, though.
He said he was top 5. What cant you accept that?
But he’s not.
He said it though. Its true.
Saying something doesn’t make it true. I can say I’m the President of the United States and it wouldn’t be true.
He said he’s top 5 in his mind.
You just proved my point of him not being Top 5.
He said his mentality is that he is always top 5 and I promise you every hustler on that list has the same mentality or else they would have dropped in the rankings or fell out the rankings
It doesn’t work like that, kid. Having the mentality of being Top 5 doesn’t make you Top 5. All of the other people on the list would have the same rankings even if they didn’t think of themselves as Top 5.
As long as you have the drive to be Top 5 you will always be in the mix but the minute you get comfortable you will fall the fuck off just like the names you don’t see on there anymore
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
“As long as you have the drive to be Top 5 you will always be in the mix but the minute you get comfortable you will fall the fuck off just like the names you don’t see on there anymore”
Again, it doesn’t work like that. You can’t just think you’re Top 5 in your mind when you’re not Top 5 in real life. Enough of that fairy tale bullshit.
The troll is trying waaaaay to hard to get some attention.
Pitbull, Ross and Khaled holding Miami down, Luda and LiL Jon holdin down ATL but where is Jeezy?
If you tell that to ross, he would kick your ass like how he put 1000 gangsters in any hood.
LMAO, I applaud your trolling Ross fan, bravo!
“As long as you have the drive to be Top 5 you will always be in the mix but the minute you get comfortable you will fall the fuck off just like the names you don’t see on there anymore”
so wheres Jeezy, T.I. and Game at?
Chilly tee like marky mark. The former rapper, chilly tee is set to release the boxtrolls this friday. Chilly tee aka is far better as a rapper than eminem.
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ja rule is lightyears ahead of these rap nigguz, he is bigger than hiphop thats why they dont include him on this list.
Forbes had to look long and hard to find what Jeff earned. Unfortunately they’re still looking so let’s assume the worst shall we?
I just love the way you trolls are fighting over another person’s money…meanwhile, you can’t afford a damn trip to the beach.
Tech n9ne #16 watcha know about that !!!!!!independently
“Drake ain’t real about his content, he talks about catching bodies and starting from the bottom when he was an actor from a TV show. Drake is a phony and will never be the next MJ.”
The catching body reference was one song, and that TV show didn’t even air in the states. Not saying he was suffering, but he wasn’t always rich. That gives him the right to talk about the bottom cause he probably felt like he was there before the fame.
The show did air in the states. He wasn’t at the bottom at all.
the show did air in the USA and even if it didnt it dont matter, it was HUGE in canada
GAME BEASTIN ON FUCK BOYZ ONCE AGAIN NAME DROP OR NOT THE WAY HE DOES THAT SHIT IS SO LYRICALLY SICK!!!!! FUCK A FORBES LIST GAME CAN AFFORD EVER FEATURE HE NEEDS FOR AN ALBUM!!!! REAL NIGGAZ KNOW REAL NIGGAZ AINT REPORTIN ALL THEY ENDZ 30MILL IS RICH ENOUGH TO ME!!!!!!!! BLOOD MONEY ALBUM WILL BE SICK LIKE ALL GAMES SHIT!!!!!!!!!
Kanye’s Not IMMMUNE EITHER THAT LAST ALBUM WAS FUCKIN TRASH CANT EVEN REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT AND IT SOLD LIKE TRASH… I USED TO LIKE KANYE ON HIS first 3 cds that dark fantasy shit wasent no fuckin classic either i whos eyes…. calssics are the chronic , the documentary, reasonable doubt, stillmatic, u muthafuckas kill me, Kanye put wack ass retarded chief keef on and album and gets his lowest sales to date fuck that new slave bull shit wack beats wack flows kanye fell way the fuck off and im from chicago all this new musuc besides Game and Jeezy and Drake and Eminem fuckin suck dick ass and stank skunk pussy!!!!!!50 you been a bitch to me since Game dropped 300 bars rap music fuckin sucks dick holy grail wasent no fuckin classic that You Jeezy SEEN IT ALL is closer to a classic than anything these even lyrical rappers put out these days… I feel terrible for yall generation and these wack ass dj mustard flooded repetitive ass beats yall call hiphop mustard is a bitch HO!!!!!!!!!
Game? What does he have to do with this article? This is about the top 20 earners in hip-hop for the last year and Game isn’t one of them… he didn’t even get mentioned as one of the niccas who almost made it… LULZ
“GAME CAN AFFORD EVER FEATURE HE NEEDS FOR AN ALBUM!!!! ”
LMAO Game fans know that nigga would be nothing without his precious features. How many niggas was on that last song he put out like 5?
To hell with all these succesful black men and their families