2006 Hip Hop Cash Kings according to FORBE'S MAGAZINE
- #1 Jay-Z, $36 million - #2 50 cent, $32 million
- #3 Diddy, $28 million
- #4 Timbaland, $21 million
- #5 Dr. Dre, $20 million
- #6 Eminem, $18 million
- #7 Snoop Dogg, $17 million - #8 Kanye West, $17 million
- #9 Pharrell Williams, $17 million
- #10 Scott Storch, $17 million
Timbo just #3
I thought he would be #1 with at least 1 bilion $
well this year he will be, coz Justin's and Nelly's sales are great, and his own album and songs are selling good too
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, who nabbed the No. 2 spot on the list, presides over G-Unit, a diverse portfolio of businesses that includes apparel, ringtones, video games and even a line of fiction. All told, "Fiddy" as he is known to fans, made an estimated $32 million last year. "I'm creating a foundation that will be around for a long time, because fame can come and go or get lost in the lifestyle and the splurging," he told Forbes last year. "I never got into it for the music. I got into it for the business."
JAY Z IS AT 34 NOT 36, AND THAT 2 MILLION MORE THAN 50 IN 2006. THIS DOES NOT COUNT THE 100 MILLION CASH HE GOT FROM THE SALE OF VITAMIN WATER. IN OTHER WORDS 50 IS THE RICHEST MAN IN HIP HOP 2007
^^50 Cent didn't get the 100 Million from that Vitamin Water Contract up front. He's only guarnateed the 100 Mill if he continues to *****/endors their prodect with every venture for the rest of 2006, so he wont have all that money until possibly the end of the year. That's why 50 is not listed as the "Richest Man In Hip Hop" 2007.
please....at most, 10% of what these geezers make is from their own music....rappers are businessmen more than the wall street daytrader...they´ve all read the bible of being powerful, rich and having control; "48 laws of power"!....timbaland is the one who´ll be bigger this year, cause he also have his own artist-roster...he´ll be making much more than for xample nelly furtado ... jay-z is the CEO of def jam., no **** that rakes in the money then....but i wonder what a nobody like young joc is doing there...