Forbes Releases their Top 5 Wealthiest Hip-Hop Artists of the Year.

For a moment, we thought Dr Dre would be the richest hip-hop artist in the world after selling his Beats by Dre franchise to Apple late last year but, the new forbeslist serves as a surprise to us. We hope one day, one of our 9ja hip-hop artistes would make the list. While we are still waiting and hoping, Check out the list below.

1. Diddy – net worth: $725M
2. Dr. Dre – net worth: $700M
3. Jay Z – net worth: $550M
4. 50 Cent – net worth: $155M
5. Birdman – net worth: $150M