Maybe there is a method to Kanye's madness. After a year of getting little but bad press, West has emerged as Forbes's highest-paid Hip Hop act for the first time ever, crushing JAY-Z, Drake, and Diddy in overall 2019 revenue.
Almost all of Ye's $150 million income comes from his footwear and apparel company Yeezy, which is going to do about $1.5 billion in revenue this year.
Here are the top 20 highest-paid in the game:
1. Kanye West ($150 million)
2. Jay-Z ($81 million)
3. Drake ($75 million)
4. Diddy ($70 million)
5. Travis Scott ($58 million)
6. Eminem ($50 million)
7. DJ Khaled ($40 million)
8. Kendrick Lamar ($38.5 million)
9. Migos ($36 million)
10. Childish Gambino ($35 million)
11. J. Cole ($31 million)
12. Nicki Minaj ($29 million)
13. Cardi B ($28 million)
14. Swizz Beatz ($23 million)
15. Meek Mill ($21 million)
16. Birdman ($20 million)
17. Future ($19.5 million)
18. Nas ($19 million)
19. Wiz Khalifa ($18.5 million)
20. Pitbull ($18 million)
Here's how Forbes gets its data:
"Our numbers represent pretax income from June 2018 to June 2019 before deducting fees for agents, managers and lawyers; figures are based on data from Nielsen Music, Pollstar, Bandsintown and interviews with experts, handlers and some of the stars themselves."