India, April 3 -- The music industry is in no shortage of money. Some of the biggest musical superstars on the planet are billionaires. Artists like Taylor Swift, Rihanna, and Bruce Springsteen have all amassed wealth of over $1 billion. Yet, none of them can beat the richest musician in the world. That crown goes to a rapper who has sold over 140 million records during his career, and built a fortune worth $2.5 billion. (Also read: World's richest filmmaker has $6.3 billion wealth; once Israeli spy, now richer than Spielberg, Tom Cruise, Taylor Swift)

Rapper, record producer, and businessman Jay Z is the richest musician in the world, according to the Forbes Billionaire List 2025. The new list, released by Forbes earlier this week, esti...