American hip-hop superstar, Sean Combs, a.k.a P Diddy has emerged Forbes highest earning musician for the year, without releasing any album for the period.
Diddy“Diddy is the top-earning musician on the planet, pulling in a career-best 130 million dollars pretax this year.
“His total got a boost from his Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour, his Ciroc vodka deal and the sale of one-third of his Sean John clothing line for an estimated 70 million dollars.”
According to Forbes, Diddy has used a combination of charisma, smarts and showmanship to elevate himself from modest means to the top of an empire that encompasses music, spirits, clothing, television and more.
“I’m the average person,” Diddy told Forbes earlier this year.
“I started looking at business at the age of 12, from delivering newspapers to working in gas station bathrooms, or even doing things like being a background dancer or a stylist.
“Whatever I could do to get close to the industry,” he said.
P. Diddy World’s Highest Paid Musicians 2017– Forbes
