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Sean ‘P.Diddy’ Combs Beats Jay Z, Drake To Top Forbes World’s Highest Paid Hip Hop Artist In 2015

September 23, 2015

Veteran music star, producer and businessman, Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs has been named 2015 World’s Highest Paid hip hop act by Forbes.

Diddy beats fellow stars Jay Z and Drake to rank on top of this year’s richest list.

According to Forbes’s calculations, the 45-year-old raked in about $60 million between June 2014 and June 2015 from investments outside of music, such as his TV network, Revolt and Ciroc Vodka.

Following Diddy is rap super star Sean ‘Jay Z’ Carter. The 45-year-old founder of Roc Nation music group, earned an estimated $56 million from business ventures in music, sports and lifestyle; his 22 shows with his wife, singer Beyonce, also helped boost his earnings.

Canadian rapper Drake, 28, came in at No. 3 with $39.5 million, the bulk of which came from touring, as well as high profile endorsements from Sprite and Nike.

Nicki Minaj was the only woman to crack into the top ten of the highest paid hip hop acts, coming in at No. 9 with $21 million from touring and endorsements.

Other hip hop moguls in the top ten, all of which hail from North America and Canada, include Beats co-founder Dr. Dre and rappers Eminem and Kanye West.