Hip-hop is large enterprise, and a number of the largest rappers within the recreation are raking in huge quantities of paper. On Friday (Oct. 28), former Forbes editor Zack O’Malley Greenburg launched his listing of the wealthiest rappers of 2022.
As anticipated, most of the common suspects are on the listing together with Jay-Z, who continues to construct his empire on the shoulders of his Armand de Brignac champagne, Roc Nation leisure firm and different main investments.
Dr. Dre makes the listing once more, although his internet price has reportedly been minimize almost in half for the reason that peak of his financial momentum in 2014 when the sale of his Beats model to Apple Music for $3 billion nearly made him a billionaire. Since then, Dre has cashed out on quite a lot of multimillion greenback purchases and reportedly paid his ex-wife $100 million of their divorce settlement.
Diddy will get a lift this yr, formally getting into the billionaire’s membership. His strikes outdoors of music make up the majority of his earnings together with partnerships with Cîroc vodka, DeLeón tequila and Revolt.
An entry which may come as a shock to many is Berner. The California rapper and hashish czar has constructed a powerful quantity of wealth by means of his wildly common Cookies marijuana model.
Kanye West additionally makes the listing, although the rapper is coming in at a far-cry lower than his final March claims of being price over $6 billion—claims that have been disputed by Forbes. Ye’s cashflow has reportedly dipped very considerably. His billionaire standing has been erased, largely because of his extremely worthwhile, just lately terminated Adidas deal.
