Talkin’ Cash: Peep The Notable Money-Makin’ Melanoids Who Cracked Forbes “Highest Paid Entertainers” List

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Forbes Ranks The Highest Paid Entertainers For 2017

It's that time of year again. The folks at Forbes have ranked the top 100 highest paid entertainers for 2017 and there are quite a few African-American faces who clocked MAJOR dollars this past year. Of course there are the familiar faces that you might expect, but there are some who might just surprise you. Not only because they made the list, but because of just how many big face hundreds they earned. Flip the page to see who landed where and how fat their pockets are. Image via JLN Photography/WENN #98 Kevin Hart $32.5 million Image via LK/WENN #96 Carmelo Anthony $32.6 million #95 Chance The Rapper $33 million Image via JLN Photography/WENN Image via Mario Mitsis/WENN #88 Usain Bolt $34.2 Image via Ivan Nikolov/WENN #83 Dr. Dre $34.5 million Image via Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images #77 Rihanna $36 million Image via WENN #70 Tiger Woods $37.1 million Image via Dennis Van Tine/Future Image/WENN.com #65 Jennifer Lopez $38 million Image via WENN #60 Bruno Mars $39 million Image via JENY/Splash News #55 Jay Z $42 million Image via Splash #53 Steve Harvey $42.5 million Image via Ana M Wiggins/Splash News #46 Lewis Hamilton $46 million Image via WENN #43 Dave Chappelle $47 million Image via Rick Davis/Splash News #30 Chris Rock $57 million Image via Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images #25 Kevin Durant $60.6 million Image via JLN Photography/WENN #22 The Rock $65 million Image via Ivan Nikolov/WENN #10 LeBron James $86 million Image via WENN #6 The Weekend $92 million Image via Judy Eddy/WENN #4 Drake $94 million Image via Janet Mayer/Splash News #2 Beyoncé Image via C.Smith WENN #1 Diddy