Tuesday 22 April 2014

Hip-Hop Wealthiest Artists' Portfolio in Lyrical Content

About two days ago, Forbes embarked on their most ambitous list yet; weighing the portfolio of five of hip-hop's wealthiest rappers in terms of what they rap about the most. With n surprises, they choose YMCMB's Birdman, legendary Brooklyn-born Jay Z; Harlem's finest and Bad Boy CEO Puff Daddy; LA legend Dr Dre & New York's very own 50 cent. 

Forbes used lyrics of Birdman’s Priceless, Jay Z’s Magna Carta… Holy Grail, 50 Cent’s Before I Self Destruct, Dr. Dre’s 2001 and Diddy’s Last Train to Paris, and created charts to ilustrate the figures. They then added together any mention of an asset; their synonyms and mere mention of publicly-listed companies. Look at the pictures below (courtesy of highsnobiety.com):






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