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When the rumour was $3.2bn he wasn't going to become a billionaire despite his video stating his was - so now the price has dropped he certainly isn't one. Als

When the rumour was $3.2bn he wasn't going to become a billionaire despite his video stating his was - so now the price has dropped he certainly isn't one. Also - what does Beats have to do with his career in hip hop? Hip hop didn't make him almost $1bn, an electronics company he co-founded did. It just irks me every time I see 'hip hops first billionaire'. It has absolutely nothing to do with hip hop.

kaonashi 12y ago
> It has absolutely nothing to do with hip hop. His notoriety has everything to do with hip-hop, and his stake in the company has everything to do with his notoriety as a hip-hop artist.
espitia 12y ago
Hip hop is his origin, therefore he is the first hip hop millionaire. Kind of like saying I'm the first billionaire from insert city.
- k-mcgrady 12y ago
  Yeh I get that, but it's a music genre. It's like a web developer winning the lottery and being called the first Javascript millionaire. :) /s Sorry I totally get what you mean it just irks me for some reason and I can't help but comment regardless of the down votes.
  - macavity23 12y ago
    Hip-Hop, love it or hate it, is a lot more than a music genre. It's an entire subculture that includes a significant proportion of the population, particularly the young.
apalmer 12y ago
ehhh i understand where you are coming from, i mean honestly there are multiple existing Hip Hop Billionaires. They are the owners of the record labels, radio stations, etc. Dre is really 'just' the first hip hop artist to make a billion. And from what is currently known, he wont really be a billionaire after the deal. really its just a case of hip hop bragadocio
- will_work4tears 12y ago
  > i mean honestly there are multiple existing Hip Hop Billionaires Not according to Forbes[0] there aren't. [0]-http://www.forbes.com/forbesfive/ http://www.forbes.com/forbesfive/

kaonashi 12y ago

> It has absolutely nothing to do with hip hop. His notoriety has everything to do with hip-hop, and his stake in the company has everything to do with his notoriety as a hip-hop artist.

espitia 12y ago

Hip hop is his origin, therefore he is the first hip hop millionaire. Kind of like saying I'm the first billionaire from insert city.

k-mcgrady 12y ago
Yeh I get that, but it's a music genre. It's like a web developer winning the lottery and being called the first Javascript millionaire. :) /s Sorry I totally get what you mean it just irks me for some reason and I can't help but comment regardless of the down votes.
- macavity23 12y ago
  Hip-Hop, love it or hate it, is a lot more than a music genre. It's an entire subculture that includes a significant proportion of the population, particularly the young.

apalmer 12y ago

ehhh i understand where you are coming from, i mean honestly there are multiple existing Hip Hop Billionaires. They are the owners of the record labels, radio stations, etc. Dre is really 'just' the first hip hop artist to make a billion. And from what is currently known, he wont really be a billionaire after the deal. really its just a case of hip hop bragadocio

will_work4tears 12y ago
> i mean honestly there are multiple existing Hip Hop Billionaires Not according to Forbes[0] there aren't. [0]-http://www.forbes.com/forbesfive/ http://www.forbes.com/forbesfive/