Forbes: Top 20 Hip Hop "Cash Kings" for 2008
Forbes' latest hip hop business special includes "20 Cash Kings Of Hip-Hop", which seems to be a rather successful bit of business porn for Forbes, and is illustrated by a handy slideshow.
Here are Forbes' top 20 highest earning hip hop artists:
1. Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson: $150 million
2. Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter: $82 million
3. Sean "Diddy" Combs: $35 million
4. Kanye West: $30 million
5. Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley: $22 million
6. Pharrell Williams: $20 million
7. Kasseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean: $17 million
8. Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus: $16 million
9. André "Dr. Dre" Young: $15 million
10. Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges: $14 million
11. Clifford "T.I." Harris: $13 million (tie)
11. Dwayne "Lil Wayne" Carter: $13 million (tie)
12. Marshall "Eminem" Mathers: $12 million (tie)
12. Lonnie "Common" Lynn Jr.: $12 million (tie)
12. Aliaune "Akon" Thiam: $12 million (tie)
13. Jermaine Dupri: $11 million (tie)
13. Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith: $11 million (tie)
14. OutKast: $10 million (tie)
14. Hakeem "Chamillionaire" Seriki: $10 million (tie)
14. Jayceon "The Game" Taylor: $10 million (tie)
Biggest Surprise:
I hadn't realized Chamillionaire was at that financial level. Probably should have read last year's list but I was too busy having "attitude" problems.
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That's very true...Chamillionaire is clocking heavy! hip hop and finance blog www.yorefoundation.com
Posted by: Charles S. | January 16, 2009 at 02:44 PM
Come on, holmes. If you're here just to publicize yourself at least pretend to say something meaningful.
Posted by: Clyde Smith | January 16, 2009 at 04:21 PM
And given that you've only posted once in 2009, shouldn't you be working on content rather than wack promotional schemes?
Posted by: Clyde Smith | January 16, 2009 at 04:23 PM