Dre owns 25% of Beats, so Forbes editors calculated the maximum he would earn from the Apple deal would be $800 million, which reduces to $470 million after taxes. Analysts then combined the net profit with Dre’s other assets to come up with the $800 million figure.
Dr. Dre first burst on the rap scene in the mid 80s with N.W.A. (Niggaz With Attitudes) and their hit, "Fuck the Police". After being raped by the street gang called the Internal Revenue Agency we wonder if after he writes his $400,000,000 cheque to them, like a good slave, he will pen a follow-up, "Fuck the IRS"? It would be a great move for him to release the long-awaited "Detox" album after the new publicity regarding his billions.
But it is doubtful he would record such a song. Speaking out against the government isn't good for your career in the USSA. Just ask Ice-T, who once had a hit, "Cop Killer" but now plays a cop on TV... like a good slave.
All that aside, however, what is really surprising is just how little street skills Dre has when it comes to finances. Like countless other wealthy celebrities he seems to have no clue as to how to structure his affairs like the real finance "gangstas" like Warren Buffett, George Soros or even Mitt Romney.
