Hip-hop’s highest earners of 2021 have been announced, with their wealthiest list yet, as Jay-Z, Diddy, and Kanye West earned some of the highest salaries of their entire careers.
At the top of the list was hip-hop executive giant JAY-Z, who pulled in a whopping $470 million last year alone, the biggest annual sum of his career.
The Brooklyn mogul added to his $1.5 billion net worth by selling his streaming company TIDAL to Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s Square for $297 million, a deal that saw Jay join Square’s board of directors.
Hov also sold his 50 percent stake in his champagne brand, Armand de Brignac, to luxury goods giant LVMH for a reported $600 million. According to Forbes, the deal earned JAY-Z a cash payment of at least $300 million.