@S_C_ @Diddy & @kendricklamar Top @Forbes Highest Paid Hip Hop List 2018

It's that time of the year again as Forbes rounds up a complete list of the highest paid hip hop cash kings and queens for the year. The internationally acclaimed business publication regularly rounds up all the artists making the most money through touring, record sales, publishing, as well as other business ventures like merchandise sales. Although through the years we've come to almost predict the list as Jay Z and Diddy played back and forth exchanging the number one spot from time to time, this year's list welcomes in a few new faces. We've compiled a list of the 20 highest paid hip hop cash kings as well as their earnings of 2018 below:

Jay Z ($76.5 million)

Diddy ($64 million)

Kendrick Lamar ($58 million)

Drake ($47 million)

J. Cole ($35.5 million)

Dr Dre ($35 million)

Nas ($35 million)

Pitbull ($32 million)

Future ($30 million)

Kanye ($27.5 million)

Dj Khaled ($27 million)

Migos ($24.5 million)

Eminem ($23 million)

Chance The Rapper ($21.5 million)

Travis Scott ($21 million)

Birdman ($21 million)

Lil Uzi Vert ($19.5 million) 

Lil Wayne ($19 million)

Logic ($17 million)

Russ, Meek Mill & Swizz Beatz ($15 million-tie)