Top 20 Forbes Hip-Hop Cash Kings 2015: Puff Leads

Call Him P.Diddy, call him Puff Daddy or even Diddy, the rapper turned business man is back and he’s the highest paid rapper around. Sean Comb came in at number one on Forbes’s annual list of “The World’s Highest-Paid Rap Acts” earning $60 million last year according to The Los Angeles Times.

It’s worth noting that while Sean Combs can technically still be classified as a rap artist, those stacks of cash overwhelmingly did not come from music. The Los Angeles Times reports that his business endeavors include the TV network Revolt, alkaline water brand Aquahydrate, his clothing line Sean John, and Ciroc vodka.

Sources speculated name brand alkaline water was invented to fight death-inducing Ciroc hangovers. Throw on a Sean John hoody, flip the channel to Revolt, sip your Aquahydrate and you can recover like Puff.

Jay Z with $56 million came in the second place, a portion of which came from his On the Run Tour with Beyoncé. Jay’s also got Roc Nation, marriage to Beyoncé, Armand de Brignac champagne, and marriage with Beyoncé keeping loaded.

Drake at $39.5 million, rounded up the top 3 with the best Cash Kings finish of his career. He played 50 dates during Forbes scoring period, with a nightly average gross of nearly $1 million. Also padding his coffers: gold-certified surprise record If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late and endorsements for Sprite and Nike.

Nikki Minaj was the only female rapper to make the top Top 20 Forbes Hip-Hop Cash Kings 2015 finishing at the 9th position above rappers like Rick Ross, Lil Wayne,Birdman, Kendrick Lamar and more.

How other Rappers finished on the Forbes Hip-Hop Cash Kings 2015  List

4. Dr. Dre: $33 million
5. Pharrell: $32 million
6. Eminem: $31 million
7. Kanye West: $22 million
8. Wiz Khalifa: $21.5 million
9. Nicki Minaj: $21 million
10. Birdman: $18 million
11. Pitbull: $17 million
12. Lil Wayne: $15 million
13. Kendrick Lamar: $12 million
14. J. Cole: $11 million
15. Snoop Dogg: $10 million
16. Rick Ross: $9 million
17. Tech N9ne: $8.5 million
18. Ludacris: $8 million
19. T.I.: $6 million
20. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: $5.5 million