Richest rappers: Diddy beats Dr Dre

Today’s top hip-hop moguls keep defining success upward: Despite selling his headphone line, Beats by Dre, to Apple for $3 billion last year, Dr Dre still isn’t the richest man in rap

1. DIDDYNet Worth: $735 millionThough Mr Combs (top) hasn’t yet had a Beats-level exit, he might soon, thanks to huge stakes in TV network Revolt, clothing line Sean John, alkaline water brand AQUAhydrate and new tequila DeLeón

2. Dr DRE$700 millionHis Beats sale got him the largest single-year payday of any musician in history—and a nine-figure tax bill that kept him from the top of the list

3. JAY Z$550 millionHis diversified portfolio continues to grow, courtesy of assets such as entertainment company Roc Nation and Armand de Brignac champagne. Streaming service Tidal’s impact remains to be seen

4. 50 CENT$155 millionAfter scoring $100 million on the sale of Vitaminwater in 2007, 50 hopes to repeat the feat with stakes in new ventures, including SMS headphones, Effen vodka and Frigo underwear