Jay Z, Drake, Birdman features in Forbes list of richest hip-hop artists

Forbes has released its annual list of the top 5 richest hip hop artist of the year 2017. This year, Sean Combs 'P. Diddy' tops the list with $820 million. He's closely followed by Jay Z with $810 million while Dr Dre comes in 3rd with $740 million.

Birdman occupies the 4th position with $110 million while Drake completes the top 5 with $90 million.

When estimating the value of the listed artists, Forbes take into concentration their past earnings, valuing current holdings, leafing through financial documents and talking to analysts, attorneys, managers, other industry players and even some of the moguls themselves to find the details'.