50 Cent Tops Forbes' "Hip Hop Cash Kings"

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Forbes recently published their "Hip-Hop Cash Kings" and once again 50 Cent, Jay-Z and Diddy top the list. 50 Cent topped the list with a reported gross earnings of $150 million. 50 mainly earned his money from his stake in VitaminWater, video games and a clothing line. Jay-Z came in 2nd with just over $82 million, mainly from his platinum album American Gangster and his $150 million dollar deal with Live Nation.

Diddy finished the top three with just over $35 million in revenue on the heels of his vodka Ciroc, Sean John Clothing, music releases of Danity Kane and Day26 and of course his many television shows including Making The Band. Coming in 4th and 5th and rounding out the top five were hit producers Kanye West and Timbaland.

Top 14 "Hip-Hop Cash Kings"

1. 50 Cent $150 million
2. Jay-Z $82 million
3. Diddy $35 million
4. Kanye West $30 million
5. Timbaland $22 million
6. Pharrell $20 million
7. Swizz Beats $17 million
8. Snoop Dogg $16 million
9. Dr. Dre $15 million
10. Ludacris $14 million
11. T.I.
11. Lil Wayne
12. Eminem
12. Common
12. Akon
13. Jermaine Dupri
13. Lil Jon
14. OutKast
14. Chamillionaire
14. The Game

Source: http://www.rapbasement.com/50-cent/0818 ... kings.html

[BigBangBazinga]

Lol, Em just one step after Lil Wayne and The Re-Up dropped almost 2 years ago

[<Stiiccy>]

notice how most of the top 10 are producers
beats is where the money is at

[anniee]

i bet when em's new album comes out
he'll be on the top 10. (:

[Jay-19]

Filthy rich motherfuckers...

[Jens14]

Lol, Em just one step after Lil Wayne and The Re-Up dropped almost 2 years ago

Remember his radio station, clothing line, Shady records, production and his cut from 50 cent

[Emadyville]

Is kind of funny cause what's Em making money off of? Clothing line took some time off, no movies, must be the music cause he didn't tour.

[Tash8]

Lol, Em just one step after Lil Wayne and The Re-Up dropped almost 2 years ago

Remember his radio station, clothing line, Shady records, production and his cut from 50 cent

i dont know anyone that listens to shade 45, shady records hasn't done shit in the past 2 years, his production? i've only heard like 2 beats from him since the reup, and he hasnt' gotten a cut from 50 cent cuz 50 hasnt' released anything this year.

[BigBangBazinga]

Lol, Em just one step after Lil Wayne and The Re-Up dropped almost 2 years ago

Remember his radio station, clothing line, Shady records, production and his cut from 50 cent

i dont know anyone that listens to shade 45, shady records hasn't done shit in the past 2 years, his production? i've only heard like 2 beats from him since the reup, and he hasnt' gotten a cut from 50 cent cuz 50 hasnt' released anything this year.

Can you imagine when Em drops? Damn

[jshashwat]

Lol, Em just one step after Lil Wayne and The Re-Up dropped almost 2 years ago

Remember his radio station, clothing line, Shady records, production and his cut from 50 cent

Whatever you say... At least Eminem does not appear on every second rap song.

[Vertis]

shit that nigga's frickin' rich,, i thought EM was more wealthier
whatever

[,-,'-{Bar}-',-,]

"was it when producers sayed fuck rappers and they became the artists"


all those producers also rap thats why they so rich.


also the money it from royalties mostly, doesnt matter if they havent released anythign there songs are still getting played and alder albums still selling

[KrazyKane]

150 Million....damn dudes fuckin rich.No wonder he dont rap has good, he dont need too

[anniee]

Lol, Em just one step after Lil Wayne and The Re-Up dropped almost 2 years ago

Remember his radio station, clothing line, Shady records, production and his cut from 50 cent

i dont know anyone that listens to shade 45, shady records hasn't done shit in the past 2 years, his production? i've only heard like 2 beats from him since the reup, and he hasnt' gotten a cut from 50 cent cuz 50 hasnt' released anything this year.

right.
so imagine how rich ems gonna be when he releases king mathers.

[Emadyville]

shit that *****'s frickin' rich,, i thought EM was more wealthier
whatever

He is wealthy, it's just how much he made this past year, plus it doesn't say, still coulda been a few million.