Puff Daddy Leads Forbes' List of 'Hip Hop Kings' For 2016

Drake, Dr. Dre and more join him.

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Forbes has published its official list of the rap game’s highest-earners for this year, Cash Kings 2016: Hip-Hop’s Highest-Earning Acts. Puff Daddy earned $62 million over the past 365 days, topping the ranking for “the second consecutive year and for the fifth time in the last six years.” The second part goes to Jay Z, while the third goes to Dr. Dre and fourth goes to Drake. You can check out the official list below and read the entire piece here.

Forbes ‘2016 Cash Kings’:

1. Puff Daddy
2. Jay Z
3. Dr. Dre
4. Drake
5. Wiz Khalifa
6. Nicki Minaj
7. Pitbull
8. Pharrell
9. Kendrick Lamar
10. Birdman
11. Kanye West
12. DJ Khaled
13. A$AP Rocky
14. J. Cole (TIE)
14. Lil Wayne (TIE)
14. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (TIE)
14. Snoop Dogg
18. Eminem
19. Swizz Beatz
20. Ludacris (TIE)
20. Rick Ross (TIE)

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