Dr. Dre Lands on Forbes’ Highest-Paid Celebrities List

(CelebNMusic247) Dr. Dre Lands on Forbes’ Highest-Paid Celebrities List

West Coast rapper/producer, Dr. Dre has Dr. Dre Lands on Forbes’ Highest-Paid Celebrities List.

Dre, born Andre Romelle Young, is the only hip hop artist to do so this year.

Kind of hard to believe, but Dr. Dre takes the fifth place, with $110 million in estimated earnings. However, Mama Oprah Winfrey once again tops the elite  list of celebs.

Dre earned much of his money from handset maker HTC paid $300 million for a 51 percent stake in his Beats by Dr. Dre company last August.

In fact, the money he earned from Beats dwarfs the amount he’s brought in from production and royalties.

Other celebrities on the list are; Jerry Bruckheimer placed at number four ($115 million), with Steven Spielberg at number three ($130 million) and Michael Bay ($160 million).

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