Back in 2007 it seemed that rappers had peaked as entrepreneurs. In that year, Jay-Z sold his clothing company, Rocawear, for more than $200m and 50 Cent had a reported $40m personal stake in the $4bn sale of Glacéau, makers of Vitaminwater, to Coca-Cola. But in the past year we have seen bigger and important milestones. In May 2014 Dr Dre sold Beats Electronics to Apple for $3bn. And a few days ago Jay-Z offered $56m for Aspiro, a Swedish music streaming company.
2007年时,饶舌歌手似乎达到了创业巅峰。那年,美国嘻哈歌手Jay-Z以逾2亿美元出售了自己的服装公司Rocawear,说唱歌手50美分(50 Cent)据报道在可口可乐(Coca-Cola)以41亿美元收购维他命水(Vitaminwater)生产商酷乐仕(Glacéau)的交易中斩获4000万美元。但在过去一年里,我们见证了更大更重要的里程碑。2014年5月,Dr.Dre以30亿美元将耳机生产公司Beats Electronics出售给苹果(Apple)。就在几天前,Jay-Z出价5600万美元收购瑞典流媒体音乐服务商Aspiro。