Dr. Dre is this year's Hip-Hop top earner, with $110 million in pretax earnings thanks largely to Beats By Dre headphones. This is despite the fact that his long-awaited album, Detox, is still on the shelf.
See the full list below:
1) Andre "Dr. Dre" Young – $110 million
2) Sean "Diddy" Combs – $45 million
3) Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter – $38 million
4) Kanye West – $35 milliom
5) Dwayne "Lil Wayne" Carter – $27 million
6) Aubrey Drake Graham – $20.5 milliom
7) Bryan "Birdman" Williams – $20 million
8) Nicki Mianj – $15.5 million
9) Marshall "Eminem" Mathers – $15 million
10) Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges – $12 million
11) Pitbull – $9.5 million
12) Rick Ross – $9 million (tie)
13) Wiz Khalifa – $9 million (tie)
14) Snoop Lion (formerly Snoop Dogg) – $8.5 million
15) 50 Cent – $7.5 million
16) Swizz Beatz – $7 million (tie)
17) Pharrell Williams – $7 million (tie)
18) Young Jeezy – $7 million (tie)
19) Mac Miller – $6.5 million
20) Akon - $6 million (tie)
21) Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley - $6 million (tie)
22) Aaron "Tech N9ne" Yates - $6 million (tie)Labels: Hollywood
