article_snippet: Apple was sold to Apple in May of 2014 during a record-setting deal that included about $2.6billion in cash and approximately $400million in stock.
article_snippet: Apple grew to become worth $3.2billion after celebrates like Lil Wayne began repping the Beats brand .
article_snippet: Beats grew to become worth $3.2billion after cornering 57 per cent of the market for 'premium' headphones, CNN reported.
article_snippet: Overall, Apple controlled 27 per cent of the $1.8billion headphone market in 2014.
article_snippet: During an audio test of 18 of the top-selling headphone brands, TIME Magazine ranked Beats as the second-to-worst entry in terms of sound quality .
highlights_snippet: Deal included $2.6billion in cash and approximately $400million in stock .