Forbes just came out with their list of the “Hip Hop Cash Kings”.
Jay-Z‘s takes the top spot, raking in $36 million in 2006, with the help of an impressive list of business ventures (Def Jam, Roc-a-Fella, The 40/40 Club, the New Jersey Nets, Budweiser, Hewlett-Packard, and General Motors). 50 Cent beat out Diddy for #2, while Kanye West falls way behind at #8.
50 made almost double what Kanye made last year, taking in $32 million, while West made $17 million.
The top 10 are…
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– #1 Jay-Z, $36 million
– #2 50 Cent, $32 million
– #3 Diddy, $28 million
– #4 Timbaland, $21 million
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– #5 Dr. Dre, $20 million
– #6 Eminem, $18 million
– #7 Snoop Dogg, $17 million
– #8 Kanye West, $17 million
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– #9 Pharrell Williams, $17 million
– #10 Scott Storch, $17 million
Funny to see who is really making the money. What exactly did Eminem do last year? Not much, nor did any of his artists outside of the Obie Trice album. It also should be noted that Diddy‘s camp maintains Forbes are way below Diddy‘s actual earnings.
As for the rest of the rich folk, you’ve got Ludacris at $16 million (his guest spots are said to cost $750,000 these days), T.I. ($16 mil), Outkast ($14 mil), Lil’ Jon ($14 mil), Ice Cube ($13 mil), Jermaine Dupri ($12 mil), Swizz Beatz ($12 mil), Chamillionaire and Game both at $11 million and Yung Joc at $10 mil.
