Forbes Hip-Hop’s 2008 Cash Kings

While Jay-Z topped Forbes.com’s inaugural Hip-Hop Cash Kings list of the top-earning people in the business last year, in 2008 he cedes the throne to Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, who raked in $150 million over the past 12 months–almost twice what Jay-Z made.
Damn I guess that long journey 50 Cent has been on to get on Jay-Z’s level has finally happend, that vitamin water deal is what pushed him over the top, because it sure wasn’t this and it most certainly wasn’t this. Musically he’s been having a couple misses lately but knowing him he’s probably working on something crazy right now. Check the top 20 Cash Kings below……LoL check out who’ and number one and who’s at number twenty, I see that getting placed into a song.
1. 50 Cent – $150 million
2. Jay-Z – $82 million
3. P Diddy – $35 million
4. Kanye West – $30 million
5. Timbaland – $22 million
6. Pharrell Williams – $20 million
7. Swizz Beatz – $17 million
8. Snoop Dogg – $16 million
9. Dr. Dre – $15 million
10. Ludacris – $14 million
11. T.I. – $13 million
12. Lil Wayne – $13 million
13. Eminem – $12 million
14. Common – $12 million
15. Akon – $12 million
16. Jermaine Dupri – $11 million
17. Lil Jon – $11 million
18. OutKast – $10 million
19. Chamillionaire – $10 million
20. The Game – $10 million
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Comment by bullet105 on 18 August 2008:
lol thats the truth 50 ain’t done shit good in a while other than that Southside joint off T.O.S, The Game know he’ll eat 50 alive anyway.
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Comment by jay-z on 19 August 2008:
i don’t give a shit about 50, he still has a long way to go to get to “A Billi” status
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Comment by jusskicks on 19 August 2008:
50 wins again
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Comment by Mr. 17/5 on 21 August 2008:
50 tops the list by a long shot. For all you wanna b hip hop heads, I told you, 50 get money. Clearly he gets more than Jay. Everybody swears Jay gets a billion or more, but doesn’t. Fif don’t even have to rap.
“I get it.”
-50 Cent
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Comment by LALA23 on 28 August 2008:
fuck 50, this is ‘hiphop’ cash kings, 50’s money comes from water….
whats hiphop about that?
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Comment by Dyke on 29 August 2008:
don’t c no HIP HOP in dat nigga 50..he’s wack
DIDDY REMAINS D KING.
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Comment by Chozen Masters on 1 September 2008:
it’s not the product that makes it hip hop it’s the HUSTLE, making money is the name of the game like it or not……
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Comment by FUTUREMILLIONAIRE on 2 September 2008:
BOTTOMLINE JAY IS THE MAN THOSE NUMBERS IS JUST FOR 08 I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST 50 BUT HE DONT HAVE MORE “GWOP” THAN HOV DO YALL HISTORY AND THE MATH.
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Comment by g unit rider til i die!!! on 4 October 2008:
haters haters haters! fuck all of u! u mad coz 50’s dat fucking nigga!!!! jay sed it himself wen he sed he wants the best on his new star-roc label!he approached 50 coz he wanted the best on his side!no doubt jay is the king bt admit it suckers…jay knows dat 50’s great n he wants a piece of him!n they gna be a fucked up duo if they get 2getha!they gne run this mutherfucker!ggggggggggggggg-unit!!!!!!!!!
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Comment by gee on 13 April 2009:
curtis james jackson the real 50 cent is from the bk nyc
marvin bernard ,,,tony yayo, david brown ,,,youngbuck
i did a song with u call i get money but i did not get paid at all but u have 150 million in cash when u going to pay at all my money curtis james jackson u take steriods u did not forgot i walk on your bus and watching u take steriods when u going r u going to see my foster daddy ,that your dad u a shame of him curtis james jackson i have a attorney now i’m going to get paid that no lie stop worry about the past and go see him but i’m glad that me and sean corey carter not friends his a green eyed monster when u and sean corey carter going to win a nfl and nba championship like me when u going to the nba when u going to the nfl curtis james jackson when u going to own defjam?
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