元器件交易网讯 5月9日消息，据外媒报道，若苹果32亿美元收购Beats案达成，说唱歌手Dr.Dre将可能成为该领域第一位十亿富翁。

　　说唱界能达到“十亿”级别的歌手屈指可数：Sean Combs（吹牛老爹）、Dr.Dre、Jay-Z，其中Sean Combs的财富值约为7亿美元。

　　若苹果收购Beats案成功，Dr.Dre将超越Jay-Z名列财富排行榜第二。Beats是一家封闭型控股公司，并不披露财报和所有权信息，分析Dr.Dre的公司股权可以增加预估的准确度。

　　不过在此前的报道中，凯雷集团（Carlyle Group）投资5亿美元占有Beats少数股份，带给10亿美元的估值。同时，Beats的创始人Dr.Dre和音乐大亨吉米·约维内（Jimmy Iovine）拥有多数股权。

　　如果福布斯估算准确，Dr.Dre仍需4.5亿美元成为嘻哈届第一位亿万富翁——大约等同于这家30亿美元公司15%的股份。Beats和苹果对此事尚无回应，Dr.Dre的股权信息也尚不明确。不过成为“十亿”级别的亿万富翁，目前Dr.Dre可能性最大。（元器件交易网毛毛   译）

　　以下为原文：

　　It was only a couple of weeks ago thatForbes released the 2014 edition of its annual list of hip-hop’s wealthiestartists, and this year’s list came with new bit of intrigue in theintroduction: somebody atop the list, the authors wrote, will soon become thefirst hip-hop billionaire.

　　For all the mentions of the word“billionaire” in rap songs (the search results at RapGenius appear to scrollendlessly into the horizon), there were really only a few candidates to get to10 figures first: Sean “Diddy” Combs, Dr. Dre, and Jay Z. Each turned a waywith words and a talent for producing music into sprawling empires includingrecord labels, fashion brands and endorsement deals, and Diddy was rankednumber one on the list, with a fortune estimated at $700 million.

　　Dr. Dre overtook Jay Z to claim secondplace in the list, propelled by his stake in Beats Electronics, the headphonemaker that is in the process of being bought by Apple for a price tag north of$3 billion. Beats is a closely held company that does not disclose financial orownership information, so establishing a value for Dre’s stake in the companyinvolves a healthy degree of guesswork.

　　But here’s what has been previouslyreported: When the Carlyle Group invested $500 million for a minority stake inBeats, it gave the company a valuation of over $1 billion. At the time, Beatswas majority owned by its founders, Dr. Dre and music mogul Jimmy Iovine.

　　If the Forbes estimates are correct, Dr.Dre needs about 450 million more dollars to become hip-hop’s first billionaire— equal to a 15% stake in a $3 billion company. Neither Beats nor AppleAAPL-0.18% is talking about the reported deal yet, so these are early days, and wemay never know the exact ownership picture at the headphone maker. But in therap race to ten figures, Dr. Dre is now likely to be in first place.