Wealthiest Artistes 2014

Hip Hop wealthiest artistes according to Forbe’s release:

  

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 Vitaminwater in 2007