Who's In YOUR Five? The Top Five Wealthiest Artists in Hip-Hop 2015

While the ranking order of the filthy rich "Haves" matters very little to the "Have Nots" of the world, there are those of us that are envious and just a little curious to know how they do it and how they do it so well.  Forbes has published its 2015 list of the wealthiest hip-hop artists, and while there's very little surprise as to the people that top the list, most have to be a little surprised that Dr. Dre isn't King this year after that huge multi-billion dollar deal that he made with Apple. As in just about all things, financial or otherwise, taxes matter. Out of the $3 billion deal, Dre's cut of 25% dwindled to $500 million in cash after taxes. Ouch!! Of the overall deal, The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple paid for a portion of it with $400 million in equity which should be an incentive for Dre to stick around in his role as an Apple employee as part of the deal.

Here's the list in order of net worth:

1. P. Diddy ($735 million)
2. Dr. Dre ($700 million)
3. Jay-Z ($550 million)
4. 50 Cent ($155 million)
5. Birdman ($150 million)

View the full coverage on the Forbes Five to get details about the deals that made their positions possible.