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High-Grossing Hip-Hop Artists – Billboard
From Jay-Z to Nicki Minaj and past, listed here are the best grossing artists, in accordance with Billboard Boxscore.
Jay-Z performs onstage throughout the “On the Run II” Tour at NRG Stadium on Sept. 15, 2018 in Houston, Texas.
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Billboard Boxscore has been monitoring touring information and rating the highest reside acts all over the world throughout varied musical genres because the mid-Eighties. We’ve already run down the most important reside artists in country and Latin music, and now it’s time to current the 20 highest grossing rappers within the Boxscore archives.
Hip-hop was nonetheless in its adolescence when Boxscore charts began within the mid-’80s. However within the almost 40 years since, rap has exploded, changing into a (or the) dominant drive in widespread music. What started in a group rec room of a Bronx condominium advanced has graduated to theaters, arenas and stadiums.
This checklist is predicated on world figures reported to Billboard Boxscore as of Nov. 2. Closing numbers are primarily based on headline engagements solely – no festivals – plus 50% of any co-headline grosses.
That final half is necessary. As within the studio, collaboration has been key on the highway for the rappers on our checklist and past. From Jay-Z and Kanye West to Eminem and 50 Cent, hip-hop acts have co-headlined in varied preparations over the previous few many years, utilizing each other’s shared star energy to promote out venues worldwide.
A word about eligibility for this checklist: We’re together with rap artists who’ve charted on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. That signifies that artists who rap as a substitute of sing, however don’t fall throughout the style of hip-hop, are excluded. For acts which have straddled the road, we’ve made splits — excursions supporting pop or different albums for Post Malone or Machine Gun Kelly don’t rely towards their totals.
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Nicki Minaj
Picture Credit score: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Photos for TIDAL Gross: $26.9 million
Attendance: 472K
Whole Exhibits Reported: 42
First Reported Present(s): $491K at Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia, on Could 16, 2012
Largest Reported Present(s): $1.4 million at Barclays Heart in Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 26, 2015
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Likelihood the Rapper
Picture Credit score: Scott Dudelson/Getty Photos Gross: $28.1 million
Attendance: 577K
Whole Exhibits Reported: 64
First Reported Present(s): $18K at Membership Soda in Montreal, Quebec, on Nov. 3, 2013
Largest Reported Present(s): $2.2 million at U.S. Mobile Discipline in Chicago on Sept. 24, 2016
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$uicideboy$
Picture Credit score: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Photos for Coachella Gross: $32.3 million
Attendance: 423K
Whole Exhibits Reported: 60
First Reported Present(s): $83K at Palladium in Hollywood, Calif., on Nov. 11, 2017
Largest Reported Present(s): $1.4 million at Crimson Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colo., On Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2022
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Beastie Boys
Picture Credit score: David Redfern/Redferns Gross: $36.1 million
Attendance: 1.2 million
Whole Exhibits Reported: 148
First Reported Present(s): $31K at Celeb Theatre in Phoenix, Ariz., on Feb. 10, 1987
Largest Reported Present(s): $3.4 million at Robert F. Kenedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C., on June 13-14, 1998
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Future
Picture Credit score: Prince Williams/Wireimage Gross: $44.7 million
Attendance: 838K
Whole Exhibits Reported: 73
First Reported Present(s): $23K at Newport Music Corridor in Columbus, Ohio, on Could 27, 2014
Largest Reported Present(s): $1.9 million at Little Caesars Enviornment in Detroit, Mich., on Jan. 29, 2023
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Lil Child
Picture Credit score: Wealthy Fury/GI for Seen Gross: $45.1 million
Attendance: 705K
Whole Exhibits Reported: 61
First Reported Present(s): $105K at Specific Stay! in Columbus, Ohio, on Dec. 29, 2018
Largest Reported Present(s): $1.7 million at American Airways Heart in Dallas on July 29, 2023
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Wiz Khalifa
Picture Credit score: Brian Rasic/WireImage Gross: $45.2 million
Attendance: 2 million
Whole Exhibits Reported: 226
First Reported Present(s): $18K at 9:30 Membership in Washington, D.C., on March 28, 2010
Largest Reported Present(s): $670K at Crimson Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colo., on April 22, 2023
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Tyler, the Creator
Picture Credit score: Erika Goldring/WireImage Gross: $56.8 million
Attendance: 812K
Whole Exhibits Reported: 108
First Reported Present(s): $28K at Newport Music Corridor in Columbus, Ohio, on March 12, 2013
Largest Reported Present(s): $2.9 million at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York, N.Y., on March 13-14, 2022
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Travis Scott
Picture Credit score: Erika Goldring/WireImage Gross: $65.9 million
Attendance: 910K
Whole Exhibits Reported: 78
First Reported Present(s): $42K at The Fonda Theater in Los Angeles on Sept. 15, 2015
Largest Reported Present(s): $3.2 million at O2 Enviornment in London on Aug. 6-7, 2022
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Snoop Dogg
Picture Credit score: Roberto Ricciuti/Redferns Gross: $73.7 million
Attendance: 2.6 million
Whole Exhibits Reported: 343
First Reported Present(s): $21K at Cane’s in San Diego on Dec. 9, 2000
Largest Reported Present(s): $2.9 million at Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Wash., on Dec. 16-17, 2022
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50 Cent
Picture Credit score: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Gross: $81.7 million
Attendance: 1.9 million
Whole Exhibits Reported: 174
First Reported Present(s): $153K at Fixed Heart in Norfolk, Va., on Feb. 15, 2003
Largest Reported Present(s): $3.1 million at Barclays Heart in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Aug. 9-10, 2023
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J. Cole
Picture Credit score: Scott Dudelson/Getty Photos Gross: $91.7 million
Attendance: 1.4 million
Whole Exhibits Reported: 146
First Reported Present(s): $9K at Newport Music Corridor in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 3, 2010
Largest Reported Present(s): $2.3 million at Staples Heart in Los Angeles on Aug. 24-25, 2018
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Lil Wayne
Picture Credit score: Kevin Mazur/WireImage Gross: $111.7 million
Attendance: 2 million
Whole Exhibits Reported: 234
First Reported Present(s): $18K at Home of Blues in New Orleans on Sept. 17, 2004
Largest Reported Present(s): $2.2 million at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., on March 27-28, 2011
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Black Eyed Peas
Picture Credit score: Stephen Shugerman/Getty Photos Gross: $119.4 million
Attendance: 2 million
Whole Exhibits Reported: 193
First Reported Present(s): $17K at Toad’s Place in New Haven, Conn., on Feb. 15, 2001
Largest Reported Present(s): $4.8 million at O2 Enviornment in London on Could 5-6 and 27-28, 2010
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Eminem
Picture Credit score: Sal Idriss/Redferns Gross: $151.7 million
Attendance: 2.3 million
Whole Exhibits Reported: 103
First Reported Present(s): $19K at The Odeon in Cleveland on April 8, 1999
Largest Reported Present(s): $10.4 million at Sydney Soccer Stadium in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 2 and 4, 2011
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Kanye West
Picture Credit score: Taylor Hill/Getty Photos Gross: $161.2 million
Attendance: 2.3 million
Whole Exhibits Reported: 240
First Reported Present(s): $61K at Home of Blues in Chicago on Feb. 11, 2004
Largest Reported Present(s): $8.3 million at The Discussion board in Inglewood, Calif. on Oct. 25-27 and Nov. 1-3, 2016
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Kendrick Lamar
Picture Credit score: Jason Koerner/GI Gross: $164.5 million
Attendance: 1.7 million
Whole Exhibits Reported: 142
First Reported Present(s): $26K at The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco on March 27, 2012
Largest Reported Present(s): $8.1 million at Crypto.com Enviornment in Los Angeles on Sept. 14-17, 2022
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Submit Malone
Picture Credit score: Paras Griffin/WireImage Gross: $245.7 million
Attendance: 3.4 million
Whole Exhibits Reported: 225
First Reported Present(s): $16K at Emo’s in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 20, 2016
Largest Reported Present(s): $5.3 million on the O2 Enviornment in London on Could 4 and 6-7, 2023
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Jay-Z
Picture Credit score: Neil Lupin/Redferns through Getty Photos Gross: $430.5 million
Attendance: 7.4 million
Whole Exhibits Reported: 402
First Reported Present(s): $205K at Joe Louis Enviornment in Detroit on July 27, 2001
Largest Reported Present(s): $7.4 million at Barclays Heart in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Sept. 28-Oct. 1 and Oct. 3-6, 2012
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Drake
Picture Credit score: Prince Williams/Wireimage Gross: $472.9 million
Attendance: 3.9 million
Whole Exhibits Reported: 304
First Reported Present(s): $191K at Bryce Jordan Heart in College Park, Penn., on April 9, 2010
Largest Reported Present(s): $13.5 million on the O2 Enviornment in London on April 1-2, 4-5, 8-9 and 11, 2019
