Drake has made his very first appearance on “The Forbes Five” list, which shows who are currently the wealthiest artists in hip-hop, by coming in at #5.

To compile the Forbes Five list, we follow the same procedures used to calculate our list of the world’s billionaires: looking at past earnings, valuing current holdings, leafing through real estate records and talking to analysts, attorneys, managers, venture capitalists and some of the moguls themselves to find the details.

According to Forbes, Drizzy has a net worth of $60 million, due to his music, touring, and deals with Apple, Nike, and Sprite.

The other 4 rappers that came above Drizzy Drake on Forbes’ annual list were: Diddy, Dr. Dre, Jay Z, and Birdman!

Forbes released their 2015 Hip-Hop Cash Kings list yesterday, which calculates earnings from June 2014 to June 2015, and Young Money’s Drake and Nicki Minaj both ranked in the top 10.

Drizzy came in at #3 earning around $39.5 million from touring and making nearly $1 million every night, his If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late project, as well as his Sprite and Nike endorsements.

The Barbie, who was the only female on the list, came in at #9 earning around $21 million from touring, as well as her Pepsi and Myx Fusions endorsements.

You can read how Forbes calculate their Hip-Hop Cash Kings list after the jump below. Congratulations to Nicki and Drizzy Drake!

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We saw a behind the scenes clip from Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill‘s very first photo shoot together yesterday for GQ, and now we can read their cover story for the magazine’s October 2015 issue.

During their interview, Nicki and Meek spoke on their relationship, first going public with it, double dating with other celebrities, kissing, touring together, and plenty more.

You can read the full conversation after the jump below. The issue will be available on newsstands next month!

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Arthur Kade from #InTheLab recently chopped it up with Young Mula’s new group W3 The Future for an interview.

3siXT, DG, and Edge One all spoke about how it feels to be touring with Lil Wayne, T.I. and 2 Chainz on the America’s Most Wanted music festival, playing their music for Weezy in the studio, their family members that are also into music, and more.

At the end of the interview, W3 The Future also perform their upcoming single “Wild Out” acapella.

On Monday, Birdman and some of his Rich Gang crew made an appearance on BET’s 106 & Park show to promote their Rich Gang: Flashy Life compilation album, available in stores and online now.

In the clip above, Baby talks to Bow Wow and Angela Simmons about how it feels to be recognized as a Broadcast Music Inc icon for his contribution to hip-hop music over the past 20 years, signing Paris Hilton to Cash Money Records, how Rich Gang came about, the “Dreams Come True” music video, and more.

After the jump below, you can watch DJ Khaled talk about his studio sessions, Future talk about working with the Rich Gang crew, Mack Maine talk about his upcoming projects, Ace Hood talk about his Trials & Tribulations album plus touring, Busta Rhymes talk about his upcoming “Twerk It” music video, and Mystikal talk about why Detail is important to the YMCMB team.

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After performing his “Only One” single live for Concrete Loop, PJ Morton sat down with Angel Laws for a one on one interview.

PJ talked about how he got started in the music industry, the story of how he became a member of Maroon 5, signing to Young Money, his New Orleans album, touring, and more.

Niya Skyy from Skyy Level TV recently spoke to the Shanell about how she got started in the music industry, dancing, the artists who she has wrote songs for, Young Money, what SnL is short for, her Midnight Mimosas mixtape, touring, style, and more.

You can watch the full 17 minute interview after the jump below.

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