2019 Forbes List Of Highest Paid Hip-Hop Acts

See the list of highest paid hip hop artist. The global entrepreneurship magazine, Forbes, has named Kanye West as the highest paid hip-hop act in 2019.

The forty-two year old sits on top of Jay-z with a pre-tax income of $150 million which he made from his Yeezy sneakers. 

In third place is Drake who earned $75 million mostly from the sale of his chart-topping album ‘Scorpion’.

Forbes’ Highest-Paid Hip-Hop Acts of 2019

1. Kanye West – $150 million

2. Jay-Z – $81 million

3. Drake – $75 million

4. Diddy – $70 million

5. Travis Scott – $58 million

6. Eminem – $50 million

7. DJ Khaled – $40 million

8. Kendrick Lamar – $38.5 million

9. Migos – $36 million

10. Childish Gambino – $35 million

11. J. Cole – $31 million

12. Nicki Minaj – $29 million

13. Cardi B – $28 million

14. Swizz Beatz – $23 million

15. Meek Mill – $21 million

16. Birdman – $20 million

17. Future – $19.5 million

18. Nas – $19 million

19. Wiz Khalifa – $18.5 million

20. Pitbull – $18 million