THISIS50’s YEAR, according to FORBES
POST by TCole
According to Forbes, 50 Cent has earned the most money in hip hop over the past year. Bringing in an estimated $150 mil, most from his Vitamin Water deal with Coca-Cola, 50 did quite nicely for himself. He was trailed closely by last year’s top earner, Jay Z who brought in a not-so-shabby $82 mil. Diddy brought home the bronze with $35 mil.
Common, Lil Wayne and Akon are new Forbes alumni, and the lists bids farewell to Scott Storch, Yung Joc and Ice Cube. Check out the rest of the list below. I don’t see the top three going anywhere soon, but I expect to see Lil Wayne move up on next year’s list, he’s everywhere. Shout out to Forbes for recognizing hip hop as a means to get money!
1. 50 Cent
2. Jay-Z
3. Diddy
4. Kanye West
5. Timbaland
6. Pharrell
7. Swizz Beats
SEE WHERE LIL’ WAYNE & THE GAME RANK ON THE LIST
8. Snoop Dogg
9. Dr. Dre
10. Ludacris
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
Go to Forbes.com for actual earning estimations
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