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Wednesday 6 May 2015

The Forbes Five: Diddy tops Hip-Hop's Wealthiest Artists of 2015

Yesterday Forbes released it's list of the Top 5 Richest Hip Hop kings and surprisingly, Diddy beat Dr Dre to the top spot. Dr Dre last year sold his Beats By Dre Company to Apple in 3 billion dollar deal so you would expect that he's the richest but no, Diddy is!
Amazingly enough, Dre is not the richest man in hip-hop; that honor goes to Diddy, who clocks in at $735 million. The news may come as a surprise to many, but while Dre’s wealth ($700m) derived from a single jackpot idea, Diddy’s is the product of his interests in a slew of companies, a handful of which could one day give him a Beats-esque exit." Forbes write. See the Top 5 after the cut...
1. Diddy – $735million
2. Dr. Dre – $700million
3. Jay Z - $550million
4. 50 Cent - $155million
5. Birdman – $150million

60 comments:

Davido's driver said...

What of davido?

Davido's driver said...

What of davido?

Davido's driver said...

My big cousin making me proud.lindaobserve

Unknown said...

Nna see money

Davido's driver said...

Kikikiki aliko dangote is richer than all of them combined *sipstea*

Unknown said...

Ok nice one

Anonymous said...

This is dope

Unknown said...

This Diddy na igbo man..hahaha

AbokiDaWarriBoy said...

Wowza!

Marviz said...

Already made guys. God please bless me too.

Anonymous said...

50cent ain't even up to half of Jay Z & he's d loudest, smh

Pidgin Mistress said...

Seen

Talkertve beibei said...

Dancing shoki in behalf of diddy my boyfriend. Me likey. Congrats to u n dr dre too.

Talkertive beibei said...

Dancing shoki in behalf of diddy my boyfriend. Me likey. Congrats to u n dr dre too.

Unknown said...

I can see that the Birdman is still flying.

Unknown said...

Congrats to the real men of Hip hop.
Where the F word is Mr West and ROsy?

Manuel Kunmi said...

Money list

Unknown said...

Choi. God punish poverty


OKORO UPGRADED**

Unknown said...

Congrats to them

Unknown said...

Cool cash!

Adedoyin said...

I need me some kanye to be on this list #teamkanye

Subomi said...

I'm not surprised at all, people keep saying he sold beats by dre for 3 billion as if he got 3 billion cash, he never did and if you read the break down of how he got paid and what he got paid, you wont be surprised diddy beat him, plus Ciroc is doing mightily well, small lil me get at least a bottle each of 3 of my fav flavor at least once in 2 weeks, lets not forget his 3-5 cologne company, bad boy records, clothing line and many many cheques for works done years and years ago... oh yeah and he is deep into property

Mzz_Mary said...

More money

Anonymous said...

See Diddy wearing Rivers "Etibo"

Unknown said...

Wow I want him to be my good father

knowurway.com said...

Nice one, good news to Diddy

Anonymous said...

#huh# and where is Kanye na?! This list is not complete jor...

Candygirl said...

Yawns.. This hip hop ish is no different from our politicians o.. Same people everytime! Am over this names abeg.

Olanrewaju said...

Lol,davido ko B red ni.Davido no dont have justin beiber's money not to talk of Diddy and co,perhaps if he chnage his style of singing and not all these crab afro pop

Anonymous said...

I love this guy daddy

Unknown said...

My friend go and sleep

Anonymous said...

hahaha!! Wallahi dis guy na fool!! No be only davido's driver u be, na goliath driver u be.
HB...

Unknown said...

What about Kanye West?

Anonymous said...

birdman should be in first or second position

Unknown said...

He has done very well for himself

Unknown said...

Ok seen. Bt its notyn new to him

naija dj said...

Guy, even Davido papa himself no go make that list.

Unknown said...

Noted

Unknown said...

Davido ko; David mark in. Talking of hip hop musicians u re calling davido

Unknown said...

Diddy is the man.

Unknown said...

Mtchew. Davvi wat?

Jadon said...

Music is Life

Davido said...

I'm alive and well thanks for asking. :-)

Unknown said...

Good for all of them. Wetin concern me for inside the matter??? Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Good for all of them. Wetin concern me for inside the matter??? Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Money Money Money.

ary said...

Diddy is an innovative entrepreneur, so this shouldn't come as a surprise.

Unknown said...

Diddy

Unknown said...

Diddy

SWILL MARTIN said...

I loove Jay shaaa he's still dere!

Unknown said...

Good for them, but the gap between 3rd and 4th is so wild

Anonymous said...

Which davido???

Unknown said...

So if Dem dey mention bigger boys, Una dey expect kanye.... Dat guy is a wacko..... No moni ... He's doing wat he knows best( body guarding his wife)

Karlsson said...

How much does he ve?
Ubanagum

Unknown said...

Good for him. Congrats.

Unknown said...

Congrats man, what of Kanye West?

Anonymous said...

Hater!!

Anonymous said...

If Beyoncé is worth nothing less than $300m why is she not on the list then???😅

AGB said...

I'm convinced that we as Nigerians don't really have a lot of knowledge about money. The fact that Dr. Dre got a lot of raw cash last year from selling his stakes at beats by "dr dre" doesn't mean that he automatically would have become the richest. Wealth is mostly measured by recurring incomes that are far more than your expenses. For instance, you might 5 million today and might just be able to invest in a business that brings you 100,000 per month while I have just 80,000 today invested in a business that brings me 600,000 per month. At the end of the year, who would be wealthier?

Anyways nice one Okechukwu Diddy. lol

Unknown said...

@ Davido's drivver, u just cracked me up. Invest wisely http://goldmineliberty.com

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