Pdiddy finally dethroned as Dr Dre tops Forbes Highest Earning Hiphop Artists List 2014

No one saw this coming! At least not by the wide margin Dr Dre has now surpassed Pdiddy and Jay Z with. Diddy has finally been dethroned as the hip hop cash king after Dr Dre made a whooping  $620m from his $3billion  Beats by Dre sale to apple. 

According to Forbes, his  annual earnings for the 12 months between June 2013 and 2014 are the highest of any musician in any genre it has ever evaluated.

In 2nd place came Pdiddy and Jay Z with a $60m tie ..50 cent and Birdman didn't make the list this time...

See top 5 highest earners below 

1.Dre Dre - $620 million
2. Puff Daddy - $60 million
2. Jay Z - $60 million
3. Drake - $33 million
4. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - $32 million
5. Pharrell Williams - $22 million