Racking up coins? Oh, that ain’t nothin’ but a G thang for Dr. Dre.
Forbes has named the 54-year-old rapper, producer, executive, entrepreneur and all-around music mogul as the highest-earning musician of the 2010s. That’s right, over the past decade Dre racked in an estimated $950 million. Of course, most of that is due to his huge Beats deal, when Apple purchased the highly popular headphone brand for $3 billion in 2014. And he’s still making dough off of them, with about a 20 percent stake in the brand.
Number 2 and Number 3 on the richest musicians of the past decade go to Taylor Swift ($825 million) and Beyoncé ($685 million), respectively. Speaking of Swifty, if I could just pause for a moment to point out that when I clicked on the Forbes link and saw Taylor’s picture, front-and-center as the cover choice…
Source: A Chronically Successful Decade: Dr. Dre Is the Highest-Earning Musician of the 2010s
