Kanye West Is Music’s Highest Paid Musician According To Forbes

Forbes’ annual list of the World’s Highest Paid Celebrities has arrived.

Kanye West is the top earning musician with $170 million earned.

Meanwhile, Hip Hop’s first billionaire JAY-Z pales in comparison at $53.5 million earned, landing him in the No. 42 spot.

Other honorable mentions include Post Malone with $60 million (No. 28), Diddy at $55 million (No. 37) Drake with $49 million (No. 49), Rihanna with $46 million (No. 60), Will Smith with $44.5 million (No. 69), Travis Scott at $39.5 million (No. 82) and finally, DJ Khaled with $36.5 million (No. 95).

Ye caused some controversy over his financial status earlier this year.In April, Forbes christened Kanye a billionaire after “months” of asking for his financial records. and determined his net worth to be around $1.3 billion. But Ye insisted he was worth over three times that amount.

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