Forbes just released its list of the highest-paid hip-hop artists from August 2016–2017, and Pitbull has made the top ten!
For eight consecutive years, Mr. Worldwide has been on the Forbes Hip-Hop Cash Kings List and this year is no different! The 36-year-old rapper earned over $27,000,000 dollars over the past year, landing him the eighth spot on the infamous list, surpassing hip-hop heavyweights like Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, and DJ Khaled.
This year’s earnings is $7,000,000 more than last year’s thanks to the success of his latest album, “Climate Change” and his highly-lucrative co-headlining tour with Enrique Iglesias this summer.
See the full list below:
- Diddy – $130 Million
- Drake – $94 Million
- Jay Z – $42 Million
- Dr. Dre – $34.5 Million
- Chance The Rapper – $33 Million
- Kendrick Lamar – $30 Million
- Wiz Khalifa – $28 Million
- Pitbull – $27 Million
- DJ Khaled – $24 Million
- Future – $23 Million
- Kanye West – $22 Million
- Birdman – $20 Million
- J Cole – $19 Million
- Snoop Dogg – $16.5 Million
- Nicki Minaj – $16 Million
- Lil Wayne – $15.5 Million
- Swiss Beatz – $14 Million
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – $11.5 Million
- Rick Ross – $11.5 Million
- Lil Yachty – $11 Million