Forbes Names Hip Hop’s Top Earners 2014: Dre Is #1 Thanks To Apple Beats Deals

Bye bye Diddy. Move over Jay Z. Dr. Dre tops a new Forbes Hip Hop Cash Kings ranking thanks to Apple's $3.2 billion deal to buy Beats. Dre's "$620 million sum is also more than the remaining 24 names on the Hip-Hop Cash Kings list – combined," crows Forbes. 

Forbes Hip Hop Cash Kings

1. Dr. Dre – $620 million
2. Jay Z – $60 million
2/3. Diddy – $60 million
4. Drake – $33 million
5. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – $32 million
6. Kanye West – $30 million
7. Birdman – $24 million
8. Lil Wayne – $23 million
9. Pharrell Williams – $22 million
10. Eminem – $18 million
11. Nicki Minaj – $14 million
12. Wiz Khalifa – $13 million
13. Pitbull – $12 million
14. Snoop Dogg – $10 million
15. Kendrick Lamar – $9 million
16. Ludacris – $8 million
16. Tech N9ne – $8 million
16. Swizz Beatz – $8 million
16. 50 Cent – $8 million
20. Rick Ross – $7 million
20. J. Cole – $7 million
20. DJ Khaled – $7 million
20. Lil Jon – $7 million
20. Mac Miller – $7 million