Black Enterprise magazine has announced the The Hot List: America’s Most Powerful Players Under 40 that will appear in the December issue. Hip hop is represented from a variety of angles including but not limited to the following famous folks with some kind of relationship to hip hop:

Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, 36, President & CEO, Def Jam Recordings
Sean “Diddy” Combs, 36, Chairman & CEO, Bad Boy Entertainment
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, 30, Rapper, Entrepreneur, G-Unit
Kevin Liles, 37, Executive VP, Warner Music Group
Aaron McGruder, 31, Comic Strip Creator, The Boondocks
John Singleton, 38, Executive Producer & Filmmaker
Will Smith, 37, Producer, Actor, Overbrook Entertainment
Stephen Stoute, 36, Founder & CEO, Translation Consulting and Brand Imaging
Kanye West, 28, Producer, Hip-Hop Artist, Roc-A-Fella Records
Wyclef, 33, Hip-Hop Artist, Producer

In related news, Kanye West will be included in the 2006 Who’s Who.