Watch out Jay Z, Beyoncé no longer highest paid entertainer

Dr. Dre - Beats Cover

The list of the richest entertainers has come out and singer Beyoncé is no longer at the top. For that matter neither is her equally wealthy husband, According to Forbes magazine the richest entertainer is Dr. Dre at $620 million, the highest pay for any musician in history.  Dr. Dre can attribute his fortune to his Beats Electronics company which was purchased by Apple for $3 billion. The second person on the list was R&B diva Beyoncé who earned $115 million, which means that Dre made more than five times the biggest star in the music business.  Dre and Beyoncé were the only Black entertainers to make it into the top 10 richest.

Here are some of the other top entertainers in the business:

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