It’s good to be Diddy. Despite not having released a solo project since 2015’s MMM, the Hip Hop mogul was named 2017’s highest-paid musician by Forbes.
Puff Daddy pulled in a whopping $130 million pretax this year, a career-best mark for the powerful executive. To calculate this, Forbes evaluated pretax income from June 1, 2016 through June 1, 2017. The publication used data from Nielsen SoundScan, the RIAA, Pollstar and industry insiders.
Forbes attributes Diddy’s massive earnings to a variety of income sources, including the Bad Boy’s reunion tour and his Ciroc vodka deal.
Diddy also got a major influx of capital by selling a third of his Sean John clothing line. That sale alone earned him an estimated $70 million.
Beyoncé was second in 2017’s highest earners with $105 million. She was the only other artist to rake in nine figures for the year. Her husband, JAY-Z, landed at #19 with $42 million. It’s worth noting the calculations wouldn’t include his 4:44 Tour run due to the timeframe.
Drake cracked the Top 3 thanks to his massively successful Boy Meets World Tour. The tour helped him tally $94 million for 2017.
Nice income, I have to admit.
Nah that’s chump change.
Don’t see Kendrick
I bet he’s not starving, though.
Are you?
and yet he still a piece of shit with no talent
And what has your talent got you so far in your whole mutherfucking God forsaken life??/
Yeah Ciroc is the best thing moving in Bad Boy
This no talent robber of artist who sign to bad boy back in the day has down some weird things to stay on top when his time is up they will bring him down like a airplane out of fuel its coming ask old uncle Russell
Floyd Mayweather made more then the top 3 in one fight. Just a reminder…
He made more THAN the top 3 that easily.
“Bout to show you who the real puff daddy is”
Puffy is rap trash just like today’s rappers but i do respect that he took his money and made wise business decisions. We need more rich black folks with power to combat america’s bullshit.
PUFF IS ALSO A FLAMING F@GG0T ASS FUCK BOI TRUE STORY