Monday, August 18, 2008

50 cent tops list of highest paid hip-hoppers


Forbes.com has released its list of Hip-Hop Cash Kings ranking the top earning people in the business last year.
Here is the run down:

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 Williams: $20 million

7. Swizz Beatz: $17 million

8. Snoop Dogg: $16 million

9. Dr. Dre $15 million

10. Ludacris: $14 million

11. T.I., Lil Wayne, and Eminem : $13 million

12. Eminem, Akon, and Common: $12 million

13. Jermaine Dupri and Lil Jon: $11 million

14. OutKast, The Game, and Chamillionaire: $10 million

Wow...people are saying that hip hop is dead, but these bank accounts are alive and kicking!


One rapper that did not make the cut is Young Joc, but we still know he has enough money to take care of his kids! He is being sued for back child support by the mother of his 7 year old son.

C'mon Joc.....get the whole story here.

3 comments:

Peppah said...

I thought Jay Z would be number one.

Anonymous said...

lol @ jock

Anonymous said...

Dang Chamillionair shouldnt even be on that list