Hip Hop Cash Kings Of 2014
Dre takes the cake.
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Words by Elliott Layland September 25, 2014

When Apple shelled out $3 billion earlier this year to purchase Beats, the company founded by Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre. The rumours quickly claimed Dre to be hip-hop’s first billionaire, Except for the a nine-figure tax bill means that hash’t happened immediately—but he’s well on his way.

In the interim, Dre has racked up plenty of other financial accomplishments. Capturing this year’s hip-hop cash crown with pretax earnings of $620 million. Not only is that the highest annual total of the crew ever evaluated by FORBES, it’s more than the combined earnings of all 24 of his compadre’s on the 2014 Hip-Hop Cash Kings list.

Here is the list that is the Hip-Hop Cash Kings of 2014:

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: $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

Full feature via Forbes.

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