Diddy Beats Out Dr. Dre, Jay Z & 50 Cent On Forbes’ “Wealthiest Hip-Hop Earners” List

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

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Music mogul Diddy is sitting atop the hip-hop game this week after landing the number one spot on publication Forbes’ “Wealthiest Hip-Hop Earners 2015” list.

According to reports, Diddy’s various business ventures helped push him over the edge with $725 million.

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Surprisingly, even after Dr. Dre’s sale of his Beats by Dre brand to apple for $3.2 Billion last year wasn’t enough to put him over the top of his long-time FORBES rival. The Compton pioneer, however, did have the highest increase in revenue generating a $200 million increase. Shawn Corey Carter remained the no. 3 earner, seeing his wealth raise by $20 million – highlighted by the launch of his music streaming service TiDAL and the obvious Roc Nation empire. (Free OnSmash)

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Aside from the list, Puff Daddy posted up a shot of himself alongside ex-Bad Boy Records protégé Ma$e Saturday (May 2).

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Appearing on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” this week, Puffy broke big news about going on a final tour.

“I’m gonna go and do a world tour. I’m not gonna hit a lot of places, but the places that I am gonna hit, it’s important for me because it’s probably my last time touring,” Puff revealed. “I’m gonna get to see the world and know that it’s my last time touring. I wanna be here to raise my girls.” (“The Ellen DeGeneres Show”)

Diddy is reportedly working on an upcoming television show.

Sean Combs is expanding his multimedia empire into the realm of cartoons. Deadline reports that Diddy is developing an animated series called Brightmoor for FX alongside King Of The Hill writer Chip Hall and rising Detroit comedian Chris Powell aka Comedian CP. (Stereo Gum)

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

SOHH.com Writer. You're likely to find me covering hip-hop news and music releases. Netflix is still my go-to before Disney Plus.

21 Comments

  1. Straight Harlem hustler for real… Standing Ovation to this man for his accomplishments as he keeps creeping up on em. Year by Year! Blessings…

  2. I hate hate this site.It says flip the page to see the list then once you do it’s a totally different article! Get it together SOHH !!!!!

  3. Straight Harlem hustler for real… Standing Ovation to this man for his accomplishments as he keeps creeping up on em. Year by Year! Blessings…

  4. I guess it’s that time again to admire a list of wealthy black people that don’t do shizz for their community. I applaud you Manny Pacquiao for giving a portion of your winnings to charity.

    • They not making 100mili in 30 min tho. on top of that this list is based on net worth and assets not cash money.

  5. 50 cent is a legend even b4 da rap money? he had big money bac Dan its publicly documented ? 50 cent dnt hav dat Hollywood feel 2him from da outside lookin n dem other rap Niggaz mmg fat joe the game still hating tho long story short I ride wit da real not dem other ppl on dat list ??

  6. #sms #tmt #tbe 50 cent is a legend b4 da rap money my favorite rapper ???Niggaz ain’t pocket watchin were im from???

  7. I guess it’s that time again to admire a list of wealthy black people that don’t do shizz for their community. I applaud you Manny Pacquiao for giving a portion of your winnings to charity.

    • They not making 100mili in 30 min tho. on top of that this list is based on net worth and assets not cash money.

  8. How the hell does Duddy Do it? All he has is a liquor that’s Poppin right now right? I mean Bad Boy haven’t dropped any albums how the hell is he staying on top?

  9. Explain how Dre can be worth 500 million before the sell of Beats for 3.2 billion dollars, which he gets at least 1/3 of, and it only nets him 200 million? GTFOH!!! The minute the news hit. it was almost like they didn’t wanna call a hip hop thug, a billionaire, so they undervalued Dr. Dre’s value the previous year, to keep him under a billion. But ladies and gentlemen, that dude is a billionaire. No way in hell you can sell your company for 3.2 billion and only make 200 million… we ain’t stupid Forbes!!

  10. That’s bullshit because Dr.Dre has Beats by Dre which gave him shit tons of millions

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