Talk about being a boss! Forbes has released its annual list
of the highest paid musicians for the year 2017 and Diddy is
the highest paid even though he hasn't released any new
music. Infact the top 4 highest paid musicians of 2017 were
black artists.
After Diddy, Beyonce ranks second, followed by Drake. Sean
"Diddy" Combs made $130 million in earnings over the past
12 months. Forbes reports that there are three reasons
behind the rapper and mogul’s climb. He sold one-third of
his Sean John clothing line for an estimated $70 million, he
has his lucrative Diageo Ciroc vodka partnership, and he put
on his Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour.
Diddy wasn’t on last year’s list, which was topped by Taylor
Swift. Swift fell from the top spot to No. 49 with $44 million
earned over the past year.
Beyoncé made a huge jump from No. 34 last year to this
year’s No. 2 ranking with $105 million earned. Forbes
attributes her meteoric rise to her Formation World Tour and
the release of her visual album, "Lemonade."
Drake, the world’s most-streamed artist in recent years,
rounds out the top three with $94 million, much of it from
his Boy Meets World Tour.
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