Dr. Dre
could be days away from being the first rapper turned BILLIONAIRE ... thanks to
a mega-deal for Apple to snatch up his Beats Electronics brand.
Apple will
reportedly buy Beats for a whopping $3.2 BILLION -- and since Dre and
Interscope honcho Jimmy Iovine created the brand ... it's a safe bet they will
walk away with a huge chunk of that cash.
Dre and
Jimmy created the brand back in 2008 with headphones -- but now they're also
making bank off speakers, car audio systems, and a streaming service.
The deal
could close next week ... and would be Apple's biggest acquisition ever.
Dre came in
#2 on Forbes' most recent list of hip hop's wealthiest artists -- with a net
worth of $550 million ... while Diddy was #1 at $700 million.
The Apple
deal -- first reported by Variety -- could easily push the Doc to the top of
that list. This would also explain his purchase of Tom Brady's mansion.
Keep their
heads ringing.
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