Forbes‘ “30 Under 30,” which it refers to as “a tally of the brightest stars in 15 different fields under the age of 30,” features several rappers in its music category.
Forbes says those mentioned are “founders and funders, brand builders and do-gooders” who are “reinventing the world.” Forbes names J. Cole, Drake and Kendrick Lamar, among others.
J. Cole, who is 28, is named in the list for being a Hip Hop “force.”
“Jay Z’s first signing at Roc Nation is now a Hip Hop force in his own right,” Forbes says. “Sophomore album Born Sinner debuted at #2 on the charts with sales of 297,000, nearly matching Kanye West’s Yeezus. Now grossing six figures per night on his world tour, Cole is here to stay.”
Drake, who is 27, is also mentioned in the feature.
“The former Degrassi star has pulled in over $30 million in the past two years, boosted by live shows and endorsements with the likes of Sprite and Kodak,” Forbes says. “Look for him to build on that with his latest arena tour in support of new album Nothing Was The Same.”
Kendrick Lamar, who is younger than Drake and J. Cole at 26, is also part of this list.
“Dr. Dre’s latest protégé earned $9 million last year after releasing smash hit good kid, m.A.A.d city and playing over 100 live shows,” Forbes says. “Better yet: he earned seven Grammy nominations, more than any other artist besides Jay Z.”
Ryan Lewis, 25, was also named in the article, mainly for his work with Macklemore and their The Heist album. Wiz Khalifa, 26, was also mentioned in the feature. Khalifa has made the Forbes list for the third consecutive year, according to the publication, thanks to sales of music, merchandise and concert tickets.
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wheres meek mill, french montana and wale?
wheres meek mill, french montana and wale?
MMG ARE SMALL TIME ONLY BIG ON THE INTERNET
But, all of them live in cribs that cost in excess of 5 million dollars and their cars cost 100 thousand or better.
sounds like they’re living way beyond their means to me!
ross didnt even make the top 20 on forbes this year, if their boss is only earning 6 million a year like mac miller just imagine what wale and meek earned LOLOL
french is on bad boy, don’t count him as an mmg nigga
Those cribs and cars are rented. You know damn well rappers rent everything, stanley.
french is on bad boy AND mmg, joint deal so his album flopping is extra hilarious!!!!
how you on Bad boy and MMG with every major industry co-sign and you cant sell 150k in 6 months?
All cashing checks while you sit at the local laundry mat waiting for that payphone to ring.
Funny that J Cole was 28 years old before his first album dropped lol
His first album dropped in 2011…he is 28 now…do the math.
why is that funny, pusha t was like 38 when his first album dropped, 2 chainz was 35
its important to note that j cole went to school for 4 years and has a degree to fall back on,
Cole has been rapping and been putting out mixtapes since he was 16 your point lol
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I remember DMX was getting paid $250,000 per show on that Ruff Ryders tour, but he wasn’t here to stay lol
i wonder what they paid him to play in detroit the other night
Crack rocks.
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J Cole and Kendrick making more than everyone on MMG LULZ
tell em bam margera messed up their star an after em
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i was never ask to be born noone gave me life
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if your 12 and you like someone and u know their in trouble and your watching them u not helping s 3000 worse tha the ppl thats doig the cray shit
thats like me watchng u for 35 years get fucked u an never helped than say hey hello
so wtf does that make u
yur a liar
your the bitchh
do t again i dare u
ill kill u
meet me than
waiting for a answer
up to I saw the bank draft which was of $8220, I accept …that…my brothers friend woz actualy receiving money parttime online.. there brothers friend haz done this less than 19 months and at present repayed the morgage on their apartment and got themselves a Volkswagen Golf GTI. find out here… http://www.Fb39.Com
its important to note that j cole went to school for 4 years and has a degree to fall back on,
“how you on Bad boy and MMG with every major industry co-sign and you cant sell 150k in 6 months?”
Bad Boy hasn’t been hot in years. Co-signs don’t mean shit when everybody downloads albums for free, and why are you tracking Montana’s album sales? lol He had a platinum single. Don’t waste too much time worrying about his finances.
A platinum that had help from Drake and Wayne. Besides, it doesn’t make up for a flop album. You’re reaching for excuses for French Montana’s failures.
3 snippets of tracks from the J.Cole & Kendrick upcoming album! heeat
3 snippets of tracks from the J.Cole & Kendrick upcoming album! heeat!!!! http://jobnize.com/?task=7111
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“A platinum that had help from Drake and Wayne”
The more help the better. That’s the music biz.