The Hip Hop BlingDex: Rap Edition

With Jay Z declared hip-hop’s first billionaire by Forbes the race is on to succeed him and the contenders come thick and fast.

Dr. Dre prematurely proclaimed himself a member of the billionaire's boys club but Forbes begged to differ estimating his death at 800 million despite selling Beats to Apple.

Diddy, the artist formerly known as Puff Daddy, is not far behind on 740 million dollars but who is flaunting the most cash in their videos to back up their astonishing bank balance and party lifestyle.

We've studied the 'Billboard Top 100' rap videos to find out what rapper has dropped the most money in their videos, tallying up the value of the clothes, jewellery, real estate, cars and total production value, leaving an eye watering figure.

From Meek Mills Rolls-Royce Phantom, and Cardi B's 8-carat, pear-shaped halo diamond ring the trinkets of success in the spotlight are flaunted far and wide in the cinematic movie videos. Now even IMDB lists the plot summaries which have budgets matching some cinema releases. Take a look below and see who digs deepest into their hip hop war chest to fund these musical extravaganza's.

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