Dr Dre, Jay Z, Drake top the World's Highest Paid Hip-Hop Acts of 2014

He may not have released an album in the past 12 months, and he definitely didn't go on tour with a major A-list artist. But in the case of Dr. Dre, the music star was still able to earn Forbes' title of World's Highest Paid Hip-Hop Act of 2014. Thanks to Apple buying out Beats by Dre for a cool $3.2 billion, the 49-year-old earned an impressive $620 million, the highest yearly earnings total of any musician ever evaluated by the publication. The deal will eventually turn the rapper into hip-hop's first billionaire! The huge sum of money is more than what the next 24 artists earned combined.
So impressive.SEE FULL LIST BELOW:

1. Dr. Dre - $620 million
2.  Jay Z (tie) - $60 million
2. Diddy (tie) - $60 million
4. Drake - $33million
5. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - $32 million
6. Kanye West: $30 million
7. Birdman: $24 million
8. Lil Wayne: $23 million
9. Pharrell Williams: $22 million
10. Eminem: $18 million
11. Nicki Minaj: $14 million
12. Wiz Khalifa: $13 million
13. Pitbull: $12 million
14. Snoop Dogg: $10 million
15. Kendrick Lamar: $9 million
16. Ludacris: $8 million (tie)
16. Tech N9ne: $8 million (tie)
16. Swizz Beatz: $8 million (tie)
16. 50 Cent: $8 million (tie)
20. Rick Ross: $7 million (tie)
20. J. Cole: $7 million (tie)
20. DJ Khaled: $7 million (tie)
20. Lil Jon: $7 million (tie)
20. Mac Miller: $7 million (tie)