Drake Joins Forbes List Of Top Five Richest Hip-Hop Stars

Rapper Aubrey Drake Graham became the newest member of The Forbes five club of hip-hops wealthiest artist on Monday with a net worth of 60 million dollars, said Forbes.The annual list had regularly included rap artistes Bryan Birdman Williams, Andre Dr. Dre Young, Shawn Jay Z Carter, Curtis 50 Cent Jackson and Sean Diddy Combs.Due to the mismanagement of funds which resulted in a bankruptcy last summer, 50 Cent was superseded by Drake, who had increased his net worth through touring, music releases and business deals with Nike, Sprite and Apple.Drakes forth studio album views, a Toronto native who goes by his middle name, sold an estimated 630,000 copies on its April 29 release date, according to Vibe Magazine.With each album selling at 13.99 dollars exclusively on iTunes, the 29-year-old made about 800,000 dollars that night on release.Business mogul and rap artist Diddy continued to hold the number one title with a net worth of 750 million dollars.Thanks to his agreement with Diageos Circo vodka, stakes in his music television network Revolt, his clothing line Sean John and more.Dr Dre followed with 710 million dollars, then Jay Z in third place with 610 million dollars and finally Birdman, who came fourth with 110 million dollars.While his net worth was small in comparison to his fellow club members, Drake was quickly climbing the ranks, earning some 150 million dollars to date before taxes and spending, Forbes said.The business magazine analyzes artistes past earnings, values their current holdings and talks to industry specialists to determine which hip-hop star makes it on the list.Combined together, Forbes disclosed that, all five artists are worth 2.2 billion dollars. (ReutersNAN)The post Drake Joins Forbes List Of Top Five Richest Hip-Hop Stars appeared first on Nigerian News from Leadership News.
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