Dr Dre tops Forbes Highest Earning Hiphop Artists List 2014

Who would have predicted such a wide margin in terms of earnings from a single year between the top earners of Hiphop artist in 2014?  Dr Dre has overtaken Pdiddy and Jay Z as the hip hop cash king after he made a whooping $620m from his $3billion Beats by Dre sale to apple.
According to Forbes, his annual earnings for the 12 months between June 2013 and 2014 are the highest of any musician in any genre it has ever evaluated. Nicki Minaj just fell outside the top earners at the number 11th position, she is the first woman on the list.
1. Dr. Dre - $620 million
2. Jay Z (tie) - $60 million
2. Diddy (tie) - $60 million
4. Drake - $33million
5. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - $32 million
6. Kanye West: $30 million
7. Birdman: $24 million
8. Lil Wayne: $23 million
9. Pharrell Williams: $22 million
10. Eminem: $18 million
See the top 20 below:

11. Nicki Minaj: $14 million
12. Wiz Khalifa: $13 million
13. Pitbull: $12 million
14. Snoop Dogg: $10 million
15. Kendrick Lamar: $9 million
16. Ludacris: $8 million (tie)
16. Tech N9ne: $8 million (tie)
16. Swizz Beatz: $8 million (tie)
16. 50 Cent: $8 million (tie)
20. Rick Ross: $7 million (tie)
20. J. Cole: $7 million (tie)
20. DJ Khaled: $7 million (tie)
20. Lil Jon: $7 million (tie)
20. Mac Miller: $7 million (tie)