Hip-hop is huge enterprise, and a number of the greatest rappers within the sport are raking in monumental quantities of paper. On Friday (Oct. 28), former Forbes editor Zack O’Malley Greenburg launched his checklist of the wealthiest rappers of 2022.
As anticipated, most of the normal suspects are on the checklist 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 checklist once more, although his internet value has reportedly been reduce practically 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 numerous multimillion greenback purchases and reportedly paid his ex-wife $100 million of their divorce settlement.
Diddy will get a lift this yr, formally coming into the billionaire’s membership. His strikes exterior of music make up the majority of his revenue together with partnerships with Cîroc vodka, DeLeón tequila and Revolt.
An entry that may come as a shock to many is Berner. The California rapper and hashish czar has constructed a powerful quantity of wealth by the use of his wildly common Cookies marijuana model.
Kanye West additionally makes the checklist, although the rapper is coming in at a far-cry lower than his final March claims of being value 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 on account of his extremely worthwhile, just lately terminated Adidas deal.
