The 2017 Forbes Five list of the wealthiest Hip Hop artists features the exact same names as last year. Except some major moves by the moguls have shifted the order.
Jay Z’s net worth, $810 million, jumped a reported 30 percent from 2016, boosted by Sprint investing $200 million in his TIDAL streaming service. This puts the value of the platform at $600 million. Hov also continues to run successful companies in Roc Nation and his Armand de Brignac (Ace of Spades) champagne. This is Jay Z’s first time surpassing Dr. Dre since 2014, who comes in at the third spot with a fortune of $740 million. The Beats by Dre founder is still riding high after his 2014 Apple deal.
But Diddy takes the crown yet again with $820 million to his name. Puff Daddy’s portfolio includes Revolt, Diageo’s Ciroc, alkaline water Aquahydrate and DeLeon tequila. The Bad Boy mogul is currently the closest to being the first Hip Hop billionaire.
Closing out the list, Birdman comes in at the fourth slot with $110 million (and a vault holding Tha Carter V) and Drake nabs the fifth position for the second year in a row after knocking 50 Cent out last year. In 2017, Drizzy has $90 million to his name thanks to touring and deals with Apple, Nike and Sprite.
Hov is the GOAT
Jay-Z runs Hip Hop. Good for him.
em has 200 mill, wtf? where he is at
200 million? Apparently he’s not. Probably spent his money on Pills nd other drugs. You know how Em do.
Top 10 forbes richest Billionaires all white Men. #WhiteExcellence
What’s up with all these white bastards on here? Go away and go to a rock forum or a country forum or something.
Stop being racist. no need for hate
Said the person who set the flame in the first place. Fuck outta here!
It wasnt racist at all till you start talking bout white bastards should leave. Puffy celebrating his and other black people success by post #Blackexcellence and I did the same for the White Brothers. Where is the problem, you racist?
You get the fuck outta here you little biooootch!!!
It’s a troll, ignore them. And just because someone is being a bigoted asshole isn’t a green light for you to behave the same way.
So I gotta be nice to a bigoted asshole? Fuck that.
I didn’t say you have to be nice, read what I said again.
nobody is trolling. Not my fault you cant handle the da trooth
#WHITEOLDSLAVEMONEYEXCELLENCE
Yo every race on this planet was once the slaves of somebody. White people were slaves of the arabs for way longer than black people in america. But you seem to be the only ones who cant get over it.
AMAZING HOW YOU CAN KNOW WHAT RACE I AM BY MY COMMENTS!!!! OTHER RACES SAY THE SAME THING OTHER THAN BLACKS!!!! YOU FUCKING MORON!!!! WHAT FUCKING BOOKS WERE YOU READING???!!!! DUMB FUCK!!!!
I don’t see broke ass Nas on this list and you stans all claim he’s a billionaire. Lolol! King HOV still winning.
YOU WOULDN’T EVEN MAKE IT ON THE FORBES “BROKE” LIST!!!! THAT’S HOW PISS POOR BROKE YOU ARE!!!! YOU WORST THAN BROKE!!!! NAS AIN’T YA FATHER!!!! GET OVER IT!!!!
Ask Russell Simmons
Memph Bleek, is that you?!
Nas owns alot of unlisted companies at Silicon Valley which are difficult to value. His true net worth will only be known when these companies go public
Yo you the real MVP for showing up on every Jay-Z article. A medal for your consistency sir!
Tupac is dead and gone while three clowns that he pissed on are worth over two billion dollars. You can’t make this shit up.
Pac got himself killed and very likely he got BiG killed. Trying to get a little money with fake beef. These 3 saw and see the BiG picture. That’s why they are here still winning.
Tupac is immortal as well as a rap icon for the study of cultural norms and trends for generations. Those clowns will be dead and gone in a few years. You can’t take money to the grave just to let you know. I know they seem elevated but they really aren’t. Also, those clowns aren’t investing in advancing the world in core critical areas such as Sciences or Technology. They will be forgotten.
I thought Dre was already the FIRST hip hop billionaire. How can puff be the first?
Diddy always been on top. Jay closed in on him this year. Dre made a lot when Beats was sold. But he didn’t own the entire company. So he only got a part of the 3 billion it was sold for.
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DIDDY SHITS ON THE HIGH PRICED MASCOT JAY Z!!!! DIDDY IS MORE AUTHENTIC WITH HIS MOVES!!!! JAY IS JUST A PROP FOR WHITE CORPORATIONS!!!! FACTS!!!!
Lol, yeah he cares about your opinion.
LOL!!!! YEAH LIKE YOUR PARENTS CARE ABOUT YOU!!!! FACTS!!!!
richest was misspelt. *bitchest.
Even tho they don’t give me one Dayum dime. I’m proud of these two black men. From running the block to owning the block.
Right drake with 90 million and Eminem with 210 million makes sense he’s not on here ?
Nicki Minaj Net worth is 90 mil too…
I can think of a few peoplw who are missing. Forbes is bullshit..
It shouldn’t be a competition. These brothers should be working together.
Competition drives people to do better. Always has.
FUCK U BOTH…GO AWAY ALREADY AND TRUE OR NAH. YOU IGNORE RACISTS PIECE OF SHITS JUST BECAUSE U GUYS LOOK LIKE A WALKING TERD DOESNT MEAN U HAVE TO BE A RACIST PIECE OF SHIT. UR MUSIC BEEN RUNNED BY WHITES WHO U THINK SIGNS U BLACK BASTARDS AND PUTS THE MONEY UP FOR YA IF WHITES WENT AWAY U BASTARDS WOULD HAVE IT ALL FUCKED UP. LAST TIME I CHECKED I THINK THE #1 SELLING RAP ARTIST WAS A WHITE BOY.
Shut the fuck up dummy
This is why I can’t take Forbes seriously with these valuations. How does $200 million invested in Tidal, a company Jay Z doesn’t even own in its entirety and he isn’t even a majority shareholder, add $200 million onto Jay Z net worth?
Also, who the hell is going to pay $600 million for Tidal to make that valuation realistic? Just because a company puts $200 million in for a third of piece of shit doesn’t mean its worth three times that investment for the entire piece of shit. It just means there is a sucker out there willing to spend $200 million on a piece of shit.
HATE MUCH 🙂
DANG!!!
Stop hating on me
Jay-Z already won because well…Diddy isnt a rapper.
The new world pedophile elitist order that Jay-Z is so fond of, has made him the richest rapper. He sold his soul to the devil for money and power, now you see who Jay-Z associates with these days. Among Jay-Z’s friends are racist hate mongers such as George Soros and Hilary Clinton and pedophile rapists such as Jeffrey Epstein, John Podesta, and Bill Clinton.
Can’t believe to the hating comments
Fuck both of them. Because when Pac and Biggie were here they were both irrelevant. Every since they left everybody’s been garbage rappers with the exception of Eminem and only a handful of others. Hands down Pac and Biggie still run the show.
Agreed! ?