Kanye West reigns supreme in the rap world according to Forbes as he was named the highest-paid Hip Hop act in 2019. Mr. West beat out frenemies JAY-Z and Drake, who entered in at the second and third spots, respectively.
Most of the Chi-town native’s income comes from his shoe company, Yeezy, which is expected to exceed over $1.5 billion by the end of 2019. The company helped raise pretax profit to $150 million over the past year, which gave him the number one spot on the list for the first time.
“There was a beam of light on the idea of me making athletic footwear,” West stated in an interview with Forbes.
The 21-time Grammy Award winner continued, “A paradigm shift. Like the Yeezy is desired as much as a Jordan.” Yeezy pulled in about half the revenue of the Nike Air Jordan line that originated in 1985.
Elsewhere on the list Diddy comes in at No. 4 with $70 million, Nicki Minaj appears at No. 12 with $29 million and Nas shows up at the 18th spot with $19 million.
Check out the full list of Hip Hop’s 2019 Cash Kings & Queens below.
20. Pitbull ($18 million)
19. Wiz Khalifa ($18.5 million)
18. Nas ($19 million)
17. Future ($19.5 million)
16. Birdman ($20 million)
15. Meek Mill ($21 million)
14. Swizz Beatz ($23 million)
13. Cardi B ($28 million)
12. Nicki Minaj ($29 million)
11. J. Cole ($31 million)
10. Childish Gambino ($35 million)
9. Migos ($36 million)
8. Kendrick Lamar ($38.5 million)
7. DJ Khaled ($40 million)
6. Eminem ($50 million)
5. Travis Scott ($58 million)
4. Diddy ($70 million)
3. Drake ($75 million)
2. Jay-Z ($81 million)
1. Kanye West ($150 million)
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He has an album out soon. Get ready for the stans to circle jerk.
I, personally, can’t wait to jerk to Ye’s new album.
The richest hip-hop title should only count money from music
I disagree fam. For everyone on this list it all started with music. If not for music we wouldn’t know who they are. The music paved the way for all their extra income. Music itself doesn’t pay all that much touring and endorsements is where the money is.
Who cares? All the guys mentioned in the headline are complete sell outs who spit on the craft that feeds them.
Somewhere, Drake just through his caramel latte against a wall in Anger.
I love it…….Haters can’t cancel the God MC
If you buy a pair of yezzy’s you get a free MAGA hat and t-shirt, and 20% off of butt disfigurement surgery.
Dude making all that money still moving the country doing Gospel, talk about making it ten times over and going back to his roots.
Go King Ye, I’m supporting his grind. Album coming soon yall, BAM!
Wheres mgk?