Dr. Dre Tops Forbes' Highest Paid Hip-Hop Acts List

What does it say about hip-hop when its highest paid act hasn’t released an album since 1999? Whatever it is, Dr. Dre likely doesn’t care, because he’s too busy swimming in a giant pool of money.

Forbes has named Dre 2014’s highest paid hip-hop act because he raked in an astonishing $620 million. That was more than the combined earnings of every other act on Forbes’ list combined.

Two other legends of the game — Jay Z and Diddy — tied for second place, pulling in a measly $60 million each.

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