The World’s Richest Hip Hop Artists

A lot of people idolized hip hop artists as they have unique talents. Despite of having a lot of hip hop artists, only few are considered to be the world's richest hip hop artists. Insider Monkey had created a post regarding  "The World’s Richest Hip Hop Artists." While music is a profitable industry in its own right, numerous artists have ventured into other areas of activity, with varying degrees of success. Hip Hop artists in particular seem to be somewhat more prolific at creating business empires for themselves.

We would like to present you with a countdown of the biggest businesses in the hip hop industry, in a style similar to our coverage of the world's biggest IPOs. Since many of the following musicians turned entrepreneurs have more than one venture under the wing, we have ranked the artists according to their reported net worth and included a brief description of all businesses they have engaged in. Wondering who’s made the countdown? To know more about the richest hip hop artists,  visit Insider Monkey's website.