The Forbes Five : Hip-Hop's Wealthiest Artists 2014

The Forbes Five : Hip-Hop's Wealthiest Artists 2014

Forbes has released their top five richest hiphop stars and the pack is lead by Pdiddy who is worth of $700 million with an increase of $120 million over his net worth last year..


Sean "Diddy" Combs -$700 Million
Andre "Dr. Dre" Young" - $550 Million
Shawn “Jay Z” Carter -$ 520 Million
Bryan “Birdman" Williams
Curtis "50 Cent"Jackson -$140 Million

-Dr Dre-The large chunk of his income comes from Beats By Dr. Dre with annual sales reportedly in excess of $1 billion and growing.

-Jayz's recent growth comes from Roc Nation, his record label and management firm that recently added a sports agency.

-Birdman's net worth would be over $300 million if he didn't share his fortune with brother Ronald “Slim”.They founded Cash Money Records two decades ago signing artists like Drake, Nicki Minaj and Lil WayneWilliams.

-50 Cent, owes most of his fortune to his $100 million haul from the sale of Vitamin water in 2007