August 18, 2008
Forbes’ Hip-Hop Cash Kings
He’s no Bill Gates (#1 on Forbes 400 -net worth $57 billion) or even a Mark Zuckerberg (#321 on Forbes 400 - net worth $1.5 billion), but according to Forbes.com Curtis “50 cent” Jackson is the top earning hip-hop cash king this year - earning $150 million. That’s nearly twice Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter’s 2008 earnings and at least four times Sean “Diddy” Combs, Kanye West and Timbaland.
Even without producing a hit in years, Andre “Dr. Dre” Young, banked $15 million from decades of royalties. Tupac Shakur has been dead for over 10 years, but according to Forbes.com, also banked a cool $15 million this year.
Posted by thepearlmag @ 7:30 pm
Tags: Financials, Hip-Hop —
Alby Sure
Comment on October 9, 2008 at 6:34 am
WOW! I think the most interesting facts are (1) as flossy and fly and people may think hip-hop moguls are, they really are NOTHING compared to the “Bill Gates”. This is a true testimant to the difference between being “wealthy” and “rich”….and (2) Tupac - dead or alive - still on top. AMAZING!!
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