Dr. Dre Finally Achieves Billionaire Status According To Forbes 2026 List

Dr. Dre has officially reached billionaire status according to Forbes' 2026 Billionaires list, nearly twelve years after declaring himself "hip-hop's first billionaire." The legendary producer ranks 3,332nd globally, tied with Jared Kushner, Rihanna, and others. Dre becomes just the sixth musician to join the billionaire club, alongside Beyonc , Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen, and Rihanna. Dre's wealth stems largely from when he and Jimmy Iovine sold their headphones company, Beats by Dre, to Apple for $3 billion in 2014, causing the rapper to famously quip "They need to update the Forbes list, sh*t just changed." Forbes identified 22 billionaire entertainers, with nearly half of them added in the past three years. "It's the year of the billionaire," said Chase Peterson-Withorn, Forbes Senior Editor, Wealth. "The planet added more than one billionaire per day over the past twelve months."