“Forbes” put out their annual list of “Hip-Hop’s Biggest Earners” from the past year . . . and DR. DRE blew everyone else out of the water with $620 million. Most of that came from Apple buying Beats. Here’s the full Top 25:

1. Dr. Dre, $620 million . . . Apple’s $3 billion Beats buyout not only put him at #1, it’s also more than the remaining 24 names on this list COMBINED.

 

2. A tie between Jay-Z and Diddy, both with $60 million

 

4. Drake, $33 million

 

5. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, $32 million

 

6. Kanye West, $30 million

 

7. Birdman, $24 million . . . He’s more of an executive than a rapper. He runs Cash Money, the home of Lil Wayne, Drake and Nicki Minaj.

 

8. Lil Wayne, $23 million

 

9. Pharrell, $22 million

 

10. Eminem, $18 million

 

11. Nicki Minaj, $14 million

 

12. Wiz Khalifa, $13 million

 

13. Pitbull, $12 million

 

14. Snoop Dogg, $10 million

 

15. Kendrick Lamar, $9 million

 

16. A FOUR-way tie between Ludacris, Techn9ne, Swizz Beats and 50 Cent, all with $8 million

 

20. A FIVE-way tie between Rick Ross, J. Cole, DJ Khaled, Lil Jon and Mac Miller, who pulled down $7 million apiece.

Data compiled on record sales, touring, digital downloads, films, merchandise sales, endorsements, books, and other entertainment ventures

 

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