Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Jay Z is Forbes Richest Hip Hop Cash King

Jay Z is really having a good time now and has every reason to smile. His wife beyonce has one of the biggest selling albums right now, he is about to drop his  joint album with fellow rapper  kanye West 'Watch the throne' and now .... he is the highest earning rapper for the forth time in five years according to Forbes.
Surprisingly a certain rapper was not on the top ten list. Check out the list to find out who.


Cash Kings 2011: Hip-Hop’s Top 20 Earners
1. Jay-Z – $37 million
2. Diddy – $35 million
3. Kanye West – $16 million
4. Lil Wayne (tie) – $15 million

more after the jump

4. Birdman (tie) – $15 million
6. Eminem (tie) – $14 million
6. Dr. Dre (tie) – $14 million
6. Snoop Dogg (tie) – $14 million
9. Akon – $13 million
10. Ludacris – $12 million

The rapper not on the top ten list is 50cents. Considering the fact that he has other business interests apart from music, i would say i am shocked.