Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs tops Forbes’ highest paid hip-hop list with $130 million

He didn’t release any new music in the past year, but Sean ’Diddy’ Combs continued to top US magazine Forbes’ Highest-Paid Hip-Hop Artists of 2017 List

He made US$130 million – which was $40 million than runner up Drake.

However he did have his Bad Boy Records reunion tour last year, the lucrative partnership with Ciroc Vodka, and sold part of his $400-million-sales-a-year Sean Jean clothing company for a reported $70 million.

Earlier in the year, Combs also topped Forbes’ Wealthiest Hip Hop Artist of 2017 ranking.

Combs told Forbes he had worked out the recipe for his continued success.

“I’ve always understood that if I give the customers my best and service them differently, whether music, clothing or vodka, I’ll get a return on my hard work,” he summed up.

It was a lesson he learned at an early age. Born in Harlem and growing up in Mount Vernon in New York, Combs lost his father when he was two.

An associate of drug dealers, Combs senior was shot to death while sitting in his car on Central Park West.

“I started my business career at age 12, delivering newspapers,” Diddy said.

“I had a lot of elderly customers, so I would always put the newspaper in between the screen door and the door — that caring made me different, made me better than the last paperboy.”

This is the full list is below.

1. Diddy – $130 million
2. Drake – $94 million
3. JAY Z – $42 million
4. Dr. Dre – $34.5 million
5. Chance the Rapper – $33 million
6. Kendrick Lamar – $30 million
7. Wiz Khalifa – $28 million
8. Pitbull – $27 million
9. DJ Khaled – $24 million
10. Future – $23 million
11. Kanye West – $22 million
12. Birdman – $20 million
13. J. Cole – $19 million
14. Swizz Beatz – $17 million
15. Snoop Dogg – $16.5 million
16. Nicki Minaj – $16 million
17. Lil Wayne – $15.5 million
18. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – $11.5 million (tie)
19. Rick Ross – $11.5 million (tie)
20. Lil Yachty – $11 million