Hip Hop mogul P. Diddy tops Forbes list of richest Hip Hop artists of 2017 with $820 million.....

Sean Combs aka P. Diddy is still number one and the most richest Hip Hop artist.

In the annual list of Forbes top 5 richest Hip Hop artistes of the year 2017, the music and business guru came first, followed by Jay Z . 

Forbes in a statement said....

'We follow the same procedures used to calculate our list of the world’s billionaires: looking at 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'.

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.

Kanye West is no where close to the top 5.