Rapper 50 Cent has topped Forbes magazine’s 2008 list of Top 20 Earners In Hip-Hop, with a whopping fortune estimated at $150 Million. Check out the full list below:
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)
Interesting. The top part of the list was pretty much a cert; however, who knew Chamillionaire had it like that…Lil’ Jon for that matter too.
20 COMMENTS
Anonymous
August 18, 2008 at 7:18 am
IM SO HAITIN ON ALL THEM…LOL
Anonymous
August 18, 2008 at 7:24 am
NEW LAYOUT!!! I love it, Sam. The best part is Rihanna (lol).
Charles-David
August 18, 2008 at 7:34 am
How 50 cent make $150 million this year??? I’ve hardly seen him or Eminem? Interesting! I guess you dont have to be seen to still be making money! 50 cent needs to write a book. That dude is a hustla forreal!
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AaronMichael
August 18, 2008 at 8:17 am
I find it surprising that some of the people on the list haven’t even done much this past year yet they’re still rollin’ in money. I’m in the wrong industry.
P.S. I like the new layout.
Anonymous
August 18, 2008 at 8:29 am
They make me sick.. lol
I love the new layout, Sam…
Anonymous
August 18, 2008 at 8:31 am
I like the layout Sam but I wanted to see Alicia Keys! lol I still like it though.
Amari314
August 18, 2008 at 8:39 am
Chamillionaire is a hustler for real! i don’t remember him having anything out and he’s not even a big time rapper!!…but still manage to make 10 million a year!! ohh i love the new layout!!!
Anonymous
August 18, 2008 at 8:45 am
You’ve put rihanna in the banner…
yet in every post you make on her you manage to cast a negative slur either saying shes ugly or can’t sing and then you feature her as an artist in “your” website banner lol
sam your an absolute cock and don’t make any sense at all you’ve just completely contradicted everything you have previously said.
in the words of rihanna sam
“you look so dumb right now”
Anonymous
August 18, 2008 at 8:52 am
Love the new layout. How some of these rappers make all that money with the way the industry is right now? Is this a old list? I really don’t get it.
Anonymous
August 18, 2008 at 8:58 am
You’ve put rihanna in the banner…
yet in every post you make on her you manage to cast a negative slur either saying shes ugly or can’t sing and then you feature her as an artist in “your” website banner lol
sam your an absolute cock and don’t make any sense at all you’ve just completely contradicted everything you have previously said.
in the words of rihanna sam
“you look so dumb right now”
Anonymous
August 18, 2008 at 8:59 am
You’ve put rihanna in the banner…
yet in every post you make on her you manage to cast a negative slur either saying shes ugly or can’t sing and then you feature her as an artist in “your” website banner lol
sam your an absolute cock and don’t make any sense at all you’ve just completely contradicted everything you have previously said.
in the words of rihanna sam
“you look so dumb right now”
Anonymous
August 18, 2008 at 9:16 am
Ahahaha there names all sound so posh compared to there artist names like snoops!
Shae Mechelle
August 18, 2008 at 9:33 am
i need me a vitamin water contract or something! itz hard out here man!
tia
August 18, 2008 at 9:35 am
i like the new layout,its kinda funky lol
anyway the only person that i see made the list this year that didnt last year is wayne,common and akon,and i dont really remember dr.dre being on it….anyway must be nice!!….fif must still be living off vitamin water money cuz dat nigga is barely selling any cds (that last g-unit effore lol)but imma be where they are some day lol
Anonymous
August 18, 2008 at 10:49 am
where the fuck is
KELLY ROWLAND
KELLY ROWLAND
KELLY ROWLAND
ON THE BANNER!!!
LMFAO XD
Courtney
August 18, 2008 at 12:38 pm
W.O.W.
Anonymous
August 18, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Kasseem, Jayceon and Alianue? WTF? No wonder these rappers are thuggish. It had to start when they learned to walk, so they could defend themselves when kids in the playground laughed at those names!
Anonymous
August 18, 2008 at 7:33 pm
um where’s bow wow??? he has 50 million.
Anonymous
August 18, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Nice layout…i like the colors on the message board…I wonder why people constantly diss you SAM and constantly visit your site…if they don’t like your crazy opinions on watever it might be…maybe they shouldn’t come to your site and diss you, that’s jacked up!! This is YOUR site, notice I said YOUR site, you keep doing what you do and ignore the meanies!
Anonymous
August 25, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Didnt 50cent say he was gonna quit the music biz if he didnt make the top of this list ahead of kanye ?
lucky he did .
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