Highest Paid Hip-Hop Artists Of 2017; Diddy Leads Drake Follows

American hip-hop veteran and business mogul Diddy again tops the Forbes list of Highest Paid Hip-Hop Artists Of 2017.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was also recently listed among Forbes ‘100 Greatest Living Business Minds’. The CEO of Bad Boy Entertainment sat on top of the list of highest-paid hip-hop artists of 2017.

Canadian rapper, Drake, surprisingly took the second spot ahead of veteran music moguls Jay-Z and Dr Dre after he earned an impressive $94 million during the course of the year in review.

Other notables on the list are Chance the Rapper at number 5 spot, only female on the list Nicki Minaj and youth sensation Lil yachty.


Check out the list of the top 20 highest-paid artists below.

1. Diddy – $130 million
2. Drake – $94 million
3. JAY Z – $42 million
4. Dr Dre – $34.5 million
5. Chance the Rapper – $33 million
6. Kendrick Lamar – $30 million
7. Wiz Khalifa – $28 million
8. Pitbull – $27 million
9. DJ Khaled – $24 million
10. Future – $23 million
11. Kanye West – $22 million
12. Birdman – $20 million
13. J. Cole – $19 million
14. Swizz Beatz – $17 million
15. Snoop Dogg – $16.5 million
16. Nicki Minaj – $16 million
17. Lil Wayne – $15.5 million
18. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – $11.5 million (tie)
19. Rick Ross – $11.5 million (tie)
20. Lil Yachty – $11 million