Forbes List of 'World's Highest Paid Hip Hop Artists' (2013)

Time flies, I can remember when this list came out last year, now we are getting the one for 2013. It's always interesting to go through this list, because there are always surprises...like you see a name on there that you didn't think was making any money at all. Here we go- below is 2013's Forbes list of World's Highest Paid Hip Hop Artists...2013 Cash Kings.





20. Lil John- $6 million

19. 50 Cent- $7 million

18. Tech N9ne- $7.5 million

17. Swizz Beats- $8.5 million

14. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- $9 million (tie)

14. Pharrell- $9 million (tie)

14. Kendrick Lamar- $9 million (tie)

12. Eminem- $10 million (tie)

12. Snoop Lion- $10 million (tie)

11. Drake- $10.5 million

10. Pitbull- $11 million

9.  Ludacris- $12 million

8.  Whiz Khalifa- $14 million

7.  Lil Wayne- $16 million

6.  Kanye West- $20 million

5.  Birdman- $21 million

4.  Nicki Minaj- $29 million

3.  Dr. Dre- $40 million

2.  Jay Z- $43 million

1.  Diddy- $50 million












Don't let the numbering confuse you...the ones that tie like Snoop and Eminem share the same number. Whoa! I can't believe Diddy has been untop for so long. I remember buying a particular edition of Source Magazine back in highschool (like 1998) and reading about his over $300 million worth, and he still untop. He said it himself- '10 years from now, we'll still be untop.' This is 15 years after that statement, he is still cashing out.


For the record, this is what these Hip Hop artists made between August 2012 and August 2013, this figures don't represent their actual net worth.