$300 million to go. Russell Simmons didn't come this close, MC Hammer in his prime didn't come this close, Jay Z hasn't gotten this close....yet. In fact no one who built their career and fortune on hip hop has gotten this close to joining the billionaire's club. Only one man with this background is on his way to becoming the first hip hop billionaire and his name is Sean "Puffy" Combs whose fortune has ballooned to a massive $700 million thanks to his very successful investments outside of music like Ciroc Vodka, Deleon tequila and Revolt TV. Jay Z who has held on to the number two spot behind Combs albeit by $100 million or so for a while, has been bumped to the number three spot by super producer and Beats by Dre co-founder Andre "Dr. Dre" Young who sits on a sweet $550 million fortune. Jay Z, Cash Money's Bryan "Birdman" Williams and 50 Cent round out Hip Hop's top 5 with $520 million, $160 million and $140 million respectively. The combined networth of the top 5 richest in hip hop is over $2 billion.
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forbes
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