Diddy is said to be working on a long-awaited album but, even without his music, he was the top-earning rapper of the past year.
Releasing its annual list on Tuesday, Forbes said that Diddy — whose real name is Sean Combs and whose stage names include Puff Daddy — took in $60 million from June 2014 to June 2015.
His earnings come mostly through his business projects, especially his venture selling French-made Ciroc liquor, the wealth magazine said.
Diddy rarely performs and last released an album, “Last Train to Paris,” in 2010.
But Gizzle, an artist signed to his label, recently told the Rap-Up website that Diddy was working on a sequel to his debut 1997 work “No Way Out.”
“No Way Out 2” would be the final album from Diddy, Gizzle said.
Another rapper turned mogul, Jay Z, was close behind at number two by raking in an estimated $56 million, Forbes said.
Jay Z put on a series of sold-out arena shows with his wife Beyonce and has earned money through assets such as Armand de Brignac, a champagne that he bought last year.
Canadian rapper and Apple collaborator Drake came in third at $39.5 million, with Forbes estimating that he earned $1 million per show.
Drake is the only artist to go platinum in the United States, or sell more than one million copies, with an album released this year — the mixtape “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late.”
Drake released a new mixtape, “What a Time To Be Alive,” with fellow rapper
Future late Sunday, with Billboard magazine expecting the work to top the latest album chart.
In 2013-14, Forbes said that Dr. Dre topped the list — and set the record for an entertainer of any genre in a year — by earning $620 million.
Dr. Dre had sold Beats, the company he co-founded that is best-known for headphones, to Apple, where he has taken on a corporate role.
Forbes estimated that he came fourth in 2014-15 with $33 million in earnings.
Dr. Dre last month released “Compton,” which he has described as his final album, to accompany the blockbuster film “Straight Outta Compton” about his former band N.W.A.
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Dis diddy must be an igbo guy....
DeleteEzigbo onye igbo.
LOL @ "Jayze" Stella this is not ur turf is it? Na Jay Z ooo!
ReplyDeleteMeek Mills will not hear the last of this @champagnepapi being nos 3 on the list lol
Is it just me or is @champagnepapi (DRAKE) looking HOT for centuries these days?
ReplyDeleteYes, Diddy is so rich. I'm surprised to see Pharrell and Eminem on the list. And Kanye at 7th position? Kardashian kurse really working on him. Way to go Nicki.
ReplyDelete50cent is busy throwing baseless shade and hating on Puffy on Istagram while Puffy is out there hustling and making money.
ReplyDeleteJayZ has always been more of a business man than a rapper in recent time.
Good for them all.
50 is becoming pussy
DeleteHe's always dissing Puffy
Dr Dre is bae!
ReplyDeleteDr Dre is d real MVP, coming 4th on d list without any album, no tours; just from previous investments. choi! watch him make it to the top next year.
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Boys are chilling no doubt.....
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***
See better money.
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DeleteDiddy is a Boss!
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ReplyDeleteSix children ke?? What were you thinking??
DeleteWow, see the real millionaires here, not those fake ass rappers throwing dollar bills around, and getting butt naked gals dancing round them in musical videos
ReplyDeleteGood for him
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