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# Who Are The World’s Best Paid Hip-Hop Artists?
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/who-are-the-worlds-best-paid-hip-hop-artists/
- Published: 2013-09-25T15:26:12.000Z
- Updated: 2013-09-25T15:26:12.000Z
- Description: Fortune Magazine has released it's latest list of best paid artists Cash Kings 2013: The World's Highest-Paid Hip-Hop Artists. Sean “Diddy” Combs hasn’t always agreed with Forbe's calculations. “[Screw] the Forbes list,”. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/09/who-are-the-worlds-
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, Music Business, Dre, Forbe, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, Macklemore, Pharrell Williams, Sean Combs, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:43

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Fortune Magazine has released it's latest list of best paid artists Cash Kings 2013: The World's Highest-Paid Hip-Hop Artists. Sean “Diddy” Combs hasn’t always agreed with Forbe's calculations. “\[Screw\] the Forbes list,” he rapped on a Rick Ross song three years ago. “Let’s tell the truth: I ate more.” This year Diddy is satisfied. "You started learning how to count right, I see." Forbes [Top 20 Best Paid Hip Hop Stars](https://www.hypebot.com/who-are-the-worlds-best-paid-hip-hop-artists/) are:

1\. Diddy ($50 million)2\. Jay Z ($43 million)3\. Dr. Dre ($40 million)4\. Nicki Manaj ($29 million)5\. Birdman ($21 million)6\. Kanye West ($20 million)7\. Lil Wayne ($16 million)8\. Wiz Khalifa ($14 million)9\. Ludacris ($12 million)10\. Pitbull ($11 million)11\. Drake ($10.5 million)12\. Snoop Lion ($10 million, tie)12\. Eminem ($10 million, tie)14\. Kendrick Lamar ($9 million, tie)14\. Pharrell Williams ($9 million, tie)14\. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ($9 million, tie)17\. Swizz Beatz ($8.5 million)18\. Tech N9ne ($7.5 million)19\. 50 Cent ($7 million)20\. Lil Jon ($6 million, tie)

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