Forbes has formally tallied its record of the highest-paid hip-hop artists of the previous yr, and largely attributable to endorsements and world excursions, the group averaged in $44 million.
JAY-Z got here in on prime with $76.5 million, as he launched into his 4:44 run in 2017 and later kicked off his joint On The Run II tour together with his spouse, Beyonce. The couple additionally launched their Everything Is Love album in June. Diddy adopted Jay with $64 million, due to some large beverage endorsements, together with Ciroc vodka, DeLeon tequila and Aquahydrate alkaline water.
Kendrick Lamar claimed the No. three spot at $58 million. The numbers, calculated from June 2017 to June 2018, embrace “annual revenue from touring, report gross sales, streaming, publishing, merchandise gross sales, endorsements and different enterprise ventures. Management, agent and lawyer charges are usually not deducted.” The information was based mostly on info from Nielsen SoundScan, Pollstar, Songkick, Bandsintown, the RIAA, in addition to interviews with the artists’ workforce and the artists themselves.
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