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From the distinction of becoming hip-hop’s first billionaire to ... the accomplishments and confidence of the man born Andre Young — aka legendary producer-rapper-entrepreneur Dr. Dre ...
Dr. Dre currently holds the record for the highest annual earnings for a musician, collecting $620 million in 2014, mainly through the sales of his headphone-manufacturing company, Beats Electronics. [9] Madonna is the first woman in music to earn $100 million for a year (2009) and has become the highest-paid female musician a record 11 times.
As of 2024, five music artists have reached the billionaire status on Forbes reports: Jay-Z leading the list with US$2.5 billion, and becoming the first billionaire music artist, followed by Taylor Swift, the first billionaire with music as the primary income, and Rihanna, the first female artist to become a billionaire.
Later in 2024, Snoop Dogg announced a new album coming out called Missionary, entirely produced by Dr. Dre, serving as a spiritual sequel to Snoop Dogg's first album Doggystyle, which was also produced by Dr. Dre. [135] [119] The album's first single "Gorgeous" was released on November 1, 2024, followed by the album's release on December 13 ...
Hip-hop king and business mogul Dr. Dre is among the richest celebrities who grew up poor. He knew the value of hard work and dedication from a young age and used this drive to amass a vast...
Zack O’Malley Greenburg is the author of 3 Kings: Diddy, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, and Hip-Hop’s Multibillion-Dollar Rise. This story was originally featured on Fortune.com Show comments
It is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets by Forbes and by data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Forbes 400 Richest Americans list has been published annually since 1982. The combined net worth of the 2020 class of the 400 richest Americans was $3.2 trillion, up from $2.7 trillion in 2017. [1]
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