Top 20 highest-paid Hip Hop artistes of 2015 – See who’s number 1! (With Pictures)

10. Birdman: $18 Million 

Birdman continued to bring in millions upon millions of dollars over the past year, but he has been in the news during the second half of 2015 for other matters. He announced his intentions to take on both Jay-Z and Lil Wayne in court back in July of this year (h/t TMZ). Chicago emcee Mikkey Halsted claimed in September of 2015, according to the DJBooth website, that Cash Money Records, co-founded by Birdman, owes him $500,000. Mikkey also hinted that he has other stories about Birdman and Cash Money that could not be told until he received money that he believes is owed to him.

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9. Nicki Minaj: $21 Million 

The queen of hip-hop and the only women to crack into the top-ten of the highest-paid hip-hop artists for 2015 had herself a banner year. According to Forbes, Nicki Minaj made 50 percent more than what she raked in during the previous year. Along with her touring, musical releases and her endorsement deals with companies such as Pepsi, Minaj has offered blueprints for how to keep her name in the news when she is not performing in front of audiences. Along with generating large followings on social media websites such as Instagram, Minaj has also been involved with “feuds” with celebrities such as Miley Cyrus.