Official list of top 5 richest artists in 2015 from Forbes

Official list of top 5 richest artists in 2015: Forbes releases the net worth of the top 5 wealthiest hip-hop artists of 2015, and the list includes the likes of: Dr.Dre, 5O Cent...... Apparently, we thought Dr. Dre would top the list after word began to spread that he had sold his eponymous headphone line to Apple. More.. 25 signs your boyfriend really loves you even if he doesn’t say it out loud! The 10 commandments to INCREASE your penis size How to make your boyfriend want you more than ever.. It’s so hard to say goodbye: Celebs gone too soon (+Photos) Beautiful African lady sends her private photos to lover abroad (+Photos) The super-producer made a proclamation: “rap’s first billionaire was about to be crowned, and he hailed from Los Angeles.selling his Beats by Dre franchise to Apple late last year.” But while Dre’s wealth was derived from a single jackpot idea, Dr. Dre was however placed 2nd ahead of Jay Z, the new Forbes list serves as a surprise to us. Here are the top 5 below: 5. Birdman – net worth: $150M Bryan Williams (born February 15, 1969), known by his stage name Birdman or Baby , is an American rapper, record producer and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Cash Money Records and one half of the duo Big Tymers. Along with his releases with Big Tymers and for his solo career, Birdman recorded a collaboration album and numerous tracks with Lil Wayne. Birdman has also made his name by contributing to the making of YMCMB (Young Money Cash Money Billionaires). According to Forbes , he has an estimated net worth of $160 million in 2014. 4. 50 Cent – net worth: $155M Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), better known by his stage name 50 Cent , is an American rapper, singer, entrepreneur investor and actor from New York City. Born in the South Jamaica neighborhood of the borough of Queens, Jackson began selling drugs at age twelve during the 1980s crack epidemic. Although he left drug-dealing to pursue a musical career, he was struck by nine bullets in a 2000 shooting. After Jackson released the compilation album Guess Who's Back? in 2002, he was discovered by Eminem and signed by Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment andInterscope Records. With the aid of Eminem and Dr. Dre (who produced his first major-label album, Get Rich or Die Tryin' ), Jackson became one of the world's best selling rappers and rose to prominence with East Coast hip hop group G-Unit (which he leads de facto ). In 2003 he founded G-Unit Records, signing his G-Unit associates Young Buck, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo. Jackson had similar commercial and critical success with his second album, The Massacre , which was released in 2005. He released his fifth studio album, Animal Ambition , in 2014 and is working on his sixth studio album: Street King Immortal , scheduled for release in 2015. 3. Jay Z – net worth: $550M Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known by his stage name Jay Z (formerly Jay-Z ),is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America. In 2014, Forbes estimated Jay Z's net worth at nearly $520 million. He is one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records, while receiving 21 Grammy Awards for his musical work, and numerous additional nominations. [8] [9] [10] Consistently ranked as one of the greatest rappers ever, he was ranked number one by MTV in their list of The Greatest MCs of All-Time in 2006. [11] Three of his albums, Reasonable Doubt (1996), The Blueprint (2001), and The Black Album (2003), are considered landmarks in the genre with all of them featured in Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. As an entrepreneur and investor, Jay Z co-owns the 40/40 Club, and is the co-creator of the clothing line Rocawear. He is the former president of Def Jam Recordings, co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records, and the founder of Roc Nation. He also founded the sports agency Roc Nation Sports and is a certified NBA and MLB sports agent. As an artist, he holds the record for most number one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200 with 13 2. Dr. Dre – net worth: $700M Andre Romelle Young (born February 18, 1965), known by his stage name Dr. Dre , is an American record producer,rapper and entrepreneur. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics. Dre was previously the co-owner of, and an artist on, Death Row Records. He has produced albums for and overseen the careers of many rappers, including Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Xzibit, 50 Cent, The Game, and Kendrick Lamar. He is credited as a key figure in the popularization of West Coast G-funk, a style of rap music characterized as synthesizer-based with slow, heavy beats. In 2014, Dr. Dre was ranked as the second richest figure in the American hip hop scene by Forbes with a net worth of $550 million; he is at the top of the 2015 Forbes list, with an estimated pre-tax take of $620 million in 2014. [5] Dre began his career as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru and later found fame with the influential gangsta rapgroup N.W.A with Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and DJ Yella, which popularized the use of explicit lyrics in rap to detail the violence of street life. His 1992 solo debut The Chronic , released under Death Row Records, led him to become one of the best-selling American performing artists of 1993 and to win a Grammy Award for the single "Let Me Ride". That same year he produced Death Row labelmate Snoop Dogg's quadruple platinum debut Doggystyle . 1. Diddy – net worth: $725M Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969), [4] also known by his stage names Puff Daddy , Diddy , and P. Diddy , is an American rap singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. Combs was born in Harlem and grew up in Mount Vernon, New York. He worked as a talent director at Uptown Records before founding Bad Boy Records in 1993. He signed The Notorious B.I.G. and profited from the success of the artists he signed. He released his debut album No Way Out in 1997, which has been certified seven times platinum and was followed by successful albums such as Forever (1999), The Saga Continues... (2001) and Press Play (2006). In 2009 Combs formed the musical group Diddy – Dirty Money and released the critically well-reviewed and commercially successful album Last Train to Paris (2009). Combs has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and is the producer of MTV's Making the Band . His non-music business ventures include the clothing lines Sean John and "Sean by Sean Combs" – for which he earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award – a movie production company, and two restaurants. In 2014 Forbes estimated Combs' net worth at $700 million. If we recall, Forbes released the 2015 list of top billionaires in the world, the list showed that African Richest Man, Aliko Dangote slipped as 5 Nigerians were listed. -360nobs CLICK HERE to join our BBM Channel for faster updates

Official list of top 5 richest artists in 2015 – You won’t believe who is number 1 now.. (+Photos)

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