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.
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.”
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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