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2. Jay Z ($53.5 million)
Though the multifaceted mogul didn't play many shows or release a new album during the past 12 months, he continued to cash in on a plethora of outside business... [+]
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The world’s 20 highest-paid hip-hop acts pulled in more than $450 million, the highest total since 2014 and third-highest in the Cash Kings list’s ten-year histo... [+]
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The rotund rhymester is the Boss of more than just Miami-area rap music: he’s also got lucrative deals with mCig e-cigarettes and Luc Belaire rosé, as well as his growing empire of Wingstop franchises.“I don’t even want to put a number on it,” he says of his plans for future restaurants. “It may surprise you.” [-]
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The Mouth of the South is doing a good amount of his talking on the silver screen these days--and his paycheck for the upcoming eighth installment of the Fast And The Furious franchise comprises the bulk of his earnings.. He still makes music, of course: last year’sLudaversaldebuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200. [-]
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The Mouth of the South is doing a good amount of his talking on the silver screen these days--and his paycheck for the upcoming eighth installment of the Fast An... [+]
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Swizzy has been busy. In the midst of a nine-week Harvard Business School program, he picked up an entirely new gig this summer: global creative director at Bacardi. He's vowing to amp up its marketing beyond the usual. \"Let's not just pay people to hold drinks,\" he told FORBES. [-]
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Swizzy has been busy. In the midst of a nine-week Harvard Business School program, he picked up an entirely new gig this summer: global creative director at Baca... [+]
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It’s been a comparatively quiet year for Marshall Mathers, who continues to cash in on his extensive catalogue of hits. He only played three shows during our scoring period, but made them count: they were all at South American iterations of the Lollapalooza music festival in front of tens of thousands of fans. [-]
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The endorsem*nt emperor of the Cash Kings, he added to tour dates and his own investments by shilling the likes of Burger King and Wonderful Pistachios. The herbal ambassador now peddles his own line of marijuana, Leafs by Snoop. [-]
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With nearly 60 live dates in our scoring period, the producer-rapper duo nearly tripled their 2015 total with a new tour and album,This Unruly Mess I’ve Made. They included pioneers Grandmaster Caz, Kool Moe Dee and Melle Mel in hit single “Downtown,” a welcome nod to hip-hop’s roots. [-]
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Though he’s only released two albums since 2011, the diminutive rhymester continues to cake up on concerts, where he grosses roughly half a million dollars per city. He also picked up a big check for appearing in a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge commercial. [-]
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Like many of his fellow Cash Kings, Cole earned big on a lengthy list of live shows. He also sold scads of records--on par with the likes of Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar during our scoring period. And just as West and Lamar now outsell their mentors Jay Z and Dr. Dre, Cole moved more units than both of those veteran Cash Kings. [-]
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Major key: Khaled had his best year yet, boosted by his Snapchat-fueled success. His social media supremacy helped him land deals with Apple, T-Mobile and Zappos; he also shills for fellow Cash Kings’ brands Ciroc and D’Ussé. Khaled’s memoir will be out this fall, titled--what else--The Keys. [-]
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Yeezus tallied his lowest total since 2011, but looks set to soar on next year’s list in the wake of his ongoing Saint Pablo tour. New manager Scooter Braun, the man behind Justin Bieber’s rise and return, has also been lining up deals--among them, a massive new Adidas deal signed this summer. [-]
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Yeezus tallied his lowest total since 2011, but looks set to soar on next year’s list in the wake of his ongoing Saint Pablo tour. New manager Scooter Braun, the... [+]
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The “Still Fly” rapper doesn’t sell many records on his own these days, but his Cash Money empire continues to churn out profits. Fellow Cash Kings Drake, Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne remain on the label despite rumors of their pending departure, boosting Birdman’s bottom line. [-]
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Hip-hop’s most celebrated thinker released Untitled Unmastered, which soared to the top of the charts in March despite a decidedly minimalist approach. Kendrick also cashed in on lucrative festival gigs and carefully-considered deals with Reebok and Calvin Klein. “All money ain’t good money,” he once told FORBES.\r [-]
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Hip-hop’s most celebrated thinker released Untitled Unmastered, which soared to the top of the charts in March despite a decidedly minimalist approach. Kendrick... [+]
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The superproducer cashed in on his last year as a judge on The Voice, but should have plenty of other income to make up for the lost paycheck in the coming year: he grosses more than half a million dollars per city on the road and has an extensive fashion resume, most recently becoming a part owner of G-Star Raw. [-]
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Mr. 305 recorded his best ever annual total this year thanks to live shows far flung from his native Miami. He also endorses more brands than any other Cash King except Snoop Dogg, cashing checks from Playboy, Norwegian Cruise Lines and Voli Vodka, among others. [-]
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The only female artist on the Cash Kings list retains her status thanks to tail end dates of The Pinkprint Tour and high-paying endorsem*nts with the likes of MAC and K-Mart. She also owns a sizeable equity stake in Myx Fusions Moscato that pays out annually. [-]
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The Canadian rapper had the best music sales of any hip-hop act--and of any musician not named Adele--thanks to new album Views. He padded his total with live shows and checks from Apple, Sprite and Nike. As he once told FORBES: “Every year, we just want to get more prepared and better at touring and better at things that make money.” [-]
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It’s been two years since he scored the highest single-year payday for any celebrity--$620 million, mostly from Apple's $3 billion Beats buyout--but Dre continues to pocket plenty of cash. He released his first album in over a decade and executive-produced NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton. [-]
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Though the multifaceted mogul didn't play many shows or release a new album during the past 12 months, he continued to cash in on a plethora of outside business ventures including his Roc Nation entertainment company, Armand de Brignac champagne and D'Ussé cognac. [-]
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Though he doesn’t earn much from music these days, Diddy makes up for it with an outrageously lucrative deal with Diageo's Ciroc vodka and other non-musical ventures. He can't shake the stage entirely: his Bad Boy Reunion Tour runs through the fall. [-]
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To formulate our list, we consider pretax income from touring, record sales, streaming, publishing, merchandise sales, endorsem*nts and other business ventures. Management, agent and attorney fees are not deducted. Earnings are calculated from June 2015 to June 2016 and based on data from Nielsen SoundScan, Pollstar, Bandsintown, the RIAA and from interviews with managers, lawyers, executives and a handful of the artists themselves.
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The bar for entry to the Cash Kings club has never been higher: $10 million this year. Near misses include Tech N9ne, Mac Miller, Logic, Fetty Wap and T.I.
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The bar for entry to the Cash Kings club has never been higher: $10 million this year. Near misses include Tech N9ne, Mac Miller, Logic, Fetty Wap and T.I.
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The bar for entry to the Cash Kings club has never been higher: $10 million this year. Near misses include Tech N9ne, Mac Miller, Logic, Fetty Wap and T.I.
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The bar for entry to the Cash Kings club has never been higher: $10 million this year. Near misses include Tech N9ne, Mac Miller, Logic, Fetty Wap and T.I.
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