Rapper Jay-Z real name Shawn Carter, has been named the highest-paid hip-hop act of 2018 after collecting $76.5 million (£59 million) over the past 12 months.

Jay-Z  has overtaken rapper and record producer Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, who accrued $64 million (£49 million) largely thanks to a drinks empire that includes the Ciroc brand of vodka.

Kendrick Lamar is third on the list after pulling in $58 million (£45 million) while Drake is fourth with $47 million (£36 million) after his music had over five billion streams in the past 12 months. This made the Canadian rapper the most consumed musician in the world, according to Forbes.

J Cole is in fifth place with $35.5 million (£27.3 million) while Dr Dre and Nas are tied for sixth with $35 million (£26.8 million).

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Eminem regrets he used a homophobic slur in Kamikaze track ‘Fall’

In an interview series with Sway, Eminem discussed his disses against Tyler, the Creator and Earl Sweatshirt on the Kamikaze track “Fall.”

“Tyler create nothin’, I see why you called yourself a f****t, bitch,” he rapped on the song.

In the interview, Eminem expressed regret for using the homophobic insult in the song. “I think the word that I called him on that song was one of the things where I felt like this might be too far,” he said. “Because in my quest to hurt him, I realise that I was hurting a lot of other people by saying it. … It was one of the things that I kept going back to and going ‘I don’t feel right with this.'”