2015 FORBES LIST OF HIGHEST PAID RAP ACTS

Forbes has released it’s list of highest earning rappers for 2015 and Nicki Minaj once again is the only woman on the list.

This clearly places Nicki as the Queen of rap as she emerges 9th position with $21 million from touring and endorsements.

Beating Jay Z and Drake for the top spot, Rapper Sean ‘P.Diddy’ Combs is leading with an estimated $60 million made between June 2014 and June 2015 , from investments outside of music, such as his TV network Revolt and Ciroc vodka. Jay Z is in second place with an estimated $56 million from business ventures in music, sports and lifestyle. Forbes also states that his 22 shows with wife, Beyoncé, helped boost his earnings too.
See the Full list below;

1.Diddy-$60m
2.Jay Z-$56m
3.Drake-$39.5m
4 Dr. Dre-$33m
5 Pharrell-$32 M
6.Eminem-$31m
7 Kanye West-$22m
8 Wiz Khalifa-$21.5m
9 Nicki Minaj-$21m
10 Birdman-$18m
11 Pitbull-$17m
12 Lil Wayne-$15m
13-Kendrick Lamar- $12m
14-J Cole-$11m
15 Snoop Dogg-$10m
16 Rick Ross-$9m
17- Tech N9ne- $8.5m
18 Ludacris-$8m
19-T,I-$6m
20-Macklemore & Ryan Lewis-$5.5m

Source: Forbes