Men lie. Women lie. Numbers don’t.
#1 Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter – $63m
#2 Sean “Diddy” Combs – $30M
#3 Aliuane “Akon” Thiam – $21M
#4 Dwayne “Lil Wayne” Carter – $20M
#5 Andre “Dr. Dre” Young – $17M
#6 Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges – $16M
#7 Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus – $15M
#8 Timothy “Timbaland” Mosley – $14M
#9 Pharrell Williams – $13M
#10 Kanye West – $12M
#11 Aubrey “Drake” Graham – $10M
#12 Clifford “T.I.” Harris – $9M (tie)
#12 Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean – $9M (tie)
#14 Marshall “Eminem” Mathers – $8M (tie)
#14 Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson – $8M (tie)
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Oh you fancy huh? lol
when you look at Jay-Z’s numbers compared to Em’s you really see how much money tours and business ventures really get you
Cant believe Yellawolf didnt make this list
wat am i supposed to comment on? as long as they dont make any songs about being in the hood or being ghetto anymore…………………….doubt it tho
kaynes off his game for real
why isnt bird man on here?
HOV!…no other rappers are fucking wit Jay,flow and money wise.
C’MON SON!
tink 50 cent makes more then 8 mil on his shoes and vitamin water alone
and again Hov comes in at #1! where the Eminem fans at? lol
wayne makin money from jail…
Wayne stays WINNING! Best rapper alive by far!
I betch you birdman will stop saying Wayne got more money than jay now…he not even out doing diddy
anyone know how to remove the av security suite trojan mess from a pc
LOL Jay doubled Diddy’s amount…..Hov aint playing around, motherfucking BOSS!!!!
the fact that swiss beatz made 9 mil is embarassing….dude is absolute trash and has been for awhile. and kanye and 50 must be hella mad that theyre not whats poppin anymore, 50 needs another gimmick and kanye needs another hot album or i say he drops off this top 10 list. and Akon takes the W for not putting out shit in awhile and still making mad dough, thats what you get for being a good businessman and finding acts that are popular (gaga, t-pain). but french montana? idk
I WISH WE KNEW HOW MUCH BIRDSHIT MADE WITH WAYNE AND DRAKE MAKING THE LIST PLUS GETTING ALL THAT PUBLISHING HE HAS TO BE CAKING
Wow Jay keeps making mad cash. Fucking faggot.
Most Of This Is Probably Touring Money More Than Anything Except For Trash Ass Puffy Man I Hate That Dude
are they serious 50 made only 8mill? i think this list is wrong, and how can wayne be on here, but not birdman, r they sayin birdman is makin less than wayne? and is below the list?
“Wow Jay keeps making mad cash. Fucking faggot.”
cocking my head back like ed lover. c’mon son. fuck outta here saying stupid shit
Lil Wayne would make more money than Diddy if he had a clean public image so sponsers can use him as the face of their product otherwise he is left to make money of Young Money. Like someone said Akon is the big winner he released next to nothing this year made his artist make him paper still made tons. Also this list makes you think why doesn’t Swissy just pay taxes?!
people talk trash about Jay being 40… but look at those numbers!!!
Birdman aint on the list cuz he’ll rather spend 2.5mil on a fuckin car that he’s hardly gonna drive instead of flippin it into more money. Believe me if he was really caking like that he would be somewhere on that. s/o to Drake for doing that 360 deal…smart move.
And all of Wayne money goes to child support…..
HahahHAHAHAHA
WOMEN LIE MEN LIE BUT 50 STILL SUCKS!
Take that you fuckin lames caught in the early thousands rockin G-Unit and South Pole track suits.
NuNu < yea but its about how much they made not how much they spent on luxury goods..it still dont asnwer y birdman aint on this list. i think the list is a dud. its innaccurate.
hahahaha birdman aka birdshit is broke as fuck he aint making shit if it wasn’t for young money he would even have a million on hi account. The reason he got money to buy car worth 2.5$ is because thats drake,wayne and nicki minaj money and the rest of the YM. That suck aint shit he better be sucking on YM dicks because without them he aint a fucken shit
Yall are mad that Birdman ain’t on the list? Really? C’mon son…
This is about three things(in order): Touring, Endorsements/Business ventures, and finally music. Akon and Drake wins on this one the most to me tho, as @Nun=Nu said, that 360 deal gave Drake all that TML profit, and Akon is gettin that international money
Clearly Hov was gonna win this…not a surprise
never that < u didnt asnwer the question
Willie Allen< reason b, how can some one who owns wayne not be on the list but wayne be on the list?
“cocking my head back like im ed lover”
recovery ha the worst punclines ever. em aint fucking with wayne punchline wise. hell, he aint fucking with nobody except for maybe another trasher royce da 59
birdshits a liar…
And as for the three things that I listed, Birdman did NONE of them things. That Bugatti was clearly bought off of that Young Money, pun intended.
As for 50? Damn homie…in high school you was the man homie…what the fuck happened to you?
DRAKE BEATING OUT TI AND EMINEM? Im not a hater I respect drake but thats some bullshit, smh
looks like selling out and making a straight radio album worked out for hov
@LTFAS Cause Birdman has no business ventures outside of Cash Money, and because Young Money isn’t overseen by Birdman, its Wayne’s company that’s overseen by Cortez and all them cats. Birdman hasn’t invested in anything thats making a profit, he’s not goin on a tour that i’ve seen on LiveNation or even Ticketmaster, and his albums just ain’t sellin shit. He get a portion of money from Wayne, but not enuff to be on this list. Close, but no cigar.
I thought Birdman was a part owner of an oil company?
Akon still getting that overseas money.
Birman is the biggest lair and fool this make ross number 2 lair and plies number 3 lair.
i wonder what happened to that oil company that birman was talking about. Oh yeah right it never existed FAIL, and what happened when you said wayne making more money then jay? lol Birman is fucken joke and your 40year old nigga who act like 20 year old smh
Yall dummies not taking in consideration THAT WAYNE is locked up and KANYE haven’t dropped his album yet
U KNOW BIRDMAN MADE MORE THAN 5 MIL LAST YEAR PERIOD SO WHY IS HE NOT ON THE LIST? I GUESS THEY JUST DONT COUNT HIM. THERE IS NO WAY GUCCI MADE MORE THAN HIM AND GUCCI IS LIKE #20. CASH MONEY SIGNED THE BEST DEAL IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC WITH THERE DISTROBUTION DEAL. BUT THEY MIGHT JUST GET LUMP SOME MONEY WITH HERE DEAL. AND IF YOU DONT THINK YOUNGMONEY IS NOT OVER SEEN BY BIRDSHIT AND HIS BROTHER U R CRAZY. YOU THINK A SYRUP ADDICT REALLY OVER SEES A RECORD LABEL SMH
^ I’d imagine that neither Wayne or Birdman really own Young Money and that there’s someone else with intelligence making moves.
I really do want to know what’s going on with Birdman. Is he a straight liar, did the list forget him, what the fuck?
lmao at Birdman frontin like a faggot, fake muthafucka
Wille’s 50 comment made me crack up.
1. to the ppl sayin birdman gets his money from YM so hes not on the list..well er aKON gets all his money from gaga and t pain so that dont make sense.
2. this list is just about whose cool i think. non way can ur owner earn less than the artist
Willie Allen < lol @ birdman get a portion of money from wayne n dont go on tour..dame dash never went on tour but was still rackin in cash cos he was one of jays managers..duhhhh..same thing applies with birdhead ownin jay sean wayne and nicki
one question and one question only??? Where The Fuck Is Max B on this list???
Fuck these cornballs. Where’s Psssst?
@LETS THINK FOR A SECOND wow your the biggest birdman dickrider i ever seen
This is all good for them, but I’m still in the streets. I can’t relate to millionaire MC’s. Also, they don’t use Primo, Pete Rock, Large Pro, etc for their beats now. POP music sure makes a lot of money.
^ tool
@ the max b nigga
lmao atleast we can take away 1 thing..drake and lil wayne really do got money 2 blow instead of birdman frontin…when he was on 106 and park he said he bout about a 3-4million dollar house then u had that wit a 2.5 million dollar car…this nigga gonna b 1 of those people who not gonna have no money after he finish rappin..im suprise swizz beatz dint make more than that he stay havin a big hit..im pretty sure jay-z and diddy r the only people that has close 2 a billion
Ronald “Slim” Williams RUN THE SHIT WITH BABY AND HE JUST DRESSES LIKE THE UNDERTAKER AND WE DOES NOT SMOKE WEED SO I BELIEVE HE HAS SOME SORT OF SENCE I.E. NO FUCKING STAR TATOOS ON HIS HEAD. ALSO CASH MONENY JUST SIGNED COOL AND DRE TO THE LABEL AS PRODUCERS.
Lol bro…Dame Dash had crazy profitable business ventures. He had Rocawear, Rocafilms, Rocafella sports, Armadale, not to mention he had the state property clothing line under his belt.
Now answer me this…what the hell has Birdman done in the business category? Not a damn thing*Chris Tucker from Friday voice*. Record label money can only take you so far….and apparently not far enough to make it on this list
@ Dzynone
Actually Kanyes Using Pete Rock, Primo, Madlib And Other ‘Street’ Producers For His Album And Hes On This List ….
(Dished And Served)
making money from prison. haters?
BIRDMAN HAS MONEY I JUST DONT THINK THEY CARED TO PUT THAT NON POPULAR DUMB NIG-A ON THE LIST
you gotta get it how you live it yadig? @wavyinred
lmao @ fools thinking they’re smarter than this list.
This is fuckin FORBES. If u have hundreds of people at your disposal with massive resources and nothing else to do but to investigate this shit, let me know. If not, Im gonna go ahead and assume Forbes is better at this than u are.
Damn… Jay-Z is falling off…. just doubling up 2nd place… he should’ve trippled up diddy……
btw…. Akon got 21 mil just from signing Lady GaGa?
AM I THE ONLY ONE SUPRISED THAT SNOOP IS IN THE TOP 10? I CAN’T BE.
The illuminati pays good.
Jay-Z still on top! Nigga ain’t fallin off no time soon…
hmm im surprised ppl still care who has the most loot
lmfao at the guy looking for Max B on the list *DEAD*
ahahahaha
LUDA!
ah shit! the camels number one for sucking the jew niggas cock left & right shake style. wheres max b?
lmao @ Pssssst
they all fell off
first of all just because these dudes are making huge money doesn’t make them good musicians, second forbes is a fraud and bullshit and is owned by the same globalist who feed you the same nonsense that says mercury is healthy for you.
^Steve Forbes?
@Geebz Yea son, keep sucking that Jay Z cock. He’s nothing but an overrated faggot. He had his good music, BP3 was trash, he’s now trash, get over it. Not because mister Reasonable Doubt has classics that he’s forever a king in hip hop. Freemason bitch.
^Should I assume that at some point Jay-Z raped your mother?
he doesnt deserve it
he sucks & should quit rapping, im tired of people liking this fool, watch this video & it’ll change ur mind about this loser called a rapper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy9MjIOdjFw
birdman owns an oil company or at least half of one.. so shut the fuck up..
and he even has the fucking tattoo of an oil drill on his head.. research it niggas..
Who cares!?
Willie Allen< Listen little girl. birdman owns wayne. he gets more money than wayne they just couldnt b bothered to put him on it maby cos hes not cool enuff for them
fuk yo opinion.
steve forbes is a globalist
^Please post a link to the merucry story.
Wayne make all that bread and he doin a year in jail? Thats wack as fuck!
omg jus think about all tha shit jayz owns man. tha new record label (Rocnation), tha money hes making from selling rocafella, his shoes, clothes (Rocawear), part owner of tha Nets, Kanye West and his record label,Def Jam CEO, And his albums go at least double platnum everytime he puts one out. i mean this nigga iz loaded wit cash. Even If He Feel Off He’d Land On A Bunch Of Money
birdman owns cash money, wayne owns young money
drake signed to.. young money! drake makes money so does wayne.. its simple!
diddy only getting money off royalties from music for old biggie songs! all his other money is from smart and aggressive business moves! and he did that money ‘get him to the greek’
luda does movies, and has his liqour just like diddy
akon has his label.. signed to akon’s label is Lady Gaga and T pain.. and akon does beats? money from those 2, will keep Akon rich!
50 still signed to Em? 50 aint making alot of money so how is Em going to profit off that..
End of the day jay is the only one up there that co-owns an nba team, and he has tons of stuff he runs and owns.. smart business
nigga said, “he got a tatoo of a drill on his head look it up”
Muthafucka 4 what? comedian sommore’ voice.
@stan lee you are a fucking idiot lol!!!!!
i start to think that dude LETS THINK FOR A SECOND is actually a birdman or some hardcore dickrider of birdman either one what ever he is saying is not accurate he a busta just like his man birdshit
*globalist who feed you the same nonsense that says mercury is healthy for you.* lmfao i never heard of anyone saying mercury is healthy for you neither did i ever heard the media brainwashing anyone with this statement. I know your trying to sound smart in here but it turned out to be complete opposite.
yo this list is fake as Rick Ross drug dealer career.
Max B earned 300 Mil this year word to me y’all and they didn’t even mentioned Maxbiggavel in here pshhh fake list.
My nigga Max is caking on Hov juu heard
The funniest thing about all of this (post & comments)????
All you lifeless ballhuggers commenting and arguing about another mans money!! LMAO!!
Y’all remind me of a line Jaz-O said when he was dissin’ RocAfella “Why you jerkin’ off wit’ the next mans penis?”
@DickUpInYaFuckYa Hey quit acting smart nigga and join us hating on these rappers getting money shiaaaat
lmao!! all good, i hate Jigga anyway. All that dough he should get a lip reduction, niggas mouth look like a pussy that got beat wit a bat!
@DickUpInYaFuckYa Now thats what im talking about welcome to the team
what!?! no soulja boy??
Why is dr dre on this if its because of those overprices headphones thats wack
^^^^18. Soulja Boy – $7 Million
im still amazed he makes so much money while his music is complete garbage
soulja is probably the most getting money wackest garbage rapper yet
wheres max b?
@Pssssst yo my nigga they didnt want to put max b #1 on the list because he will over top hova and thats a bad looks you know but dont worry maxbiggavell made huned mill and didint even got out of jail juu heard max is caking on ya rappers ju heaaarrd
wavyyy son
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psssst :facepalm:
Dre’s on the list for saling 3 pairs of beats by dre headphones. That shits expensive.
go watch the freedom movie 1: political agenda and you’ll see the mercury thing plus a million more ridiculous things
Birdman makes most of his money off the books, so he doesn’t pay tax on income, dude doesn’t like paying people, ask Bangladesh.
I’m surprised Em didn’t make more than swizz beatz. I mean all of his albums sold over a million around 2-3 weeks even his greatest hits album and compilation albums. Shit D12 sold a bunch with Em on the album.
and dr. dre still makes the list… amazing
Damn Jay did it again not bad for a 40+ year old rapper huh?
as far as:
Lil Wayne..I thought he had more money.
Dre..Nice to see him make it in the top 5
Luda!!…Good for him. (kanye can get some advise from him)
Snoop…still a G thang.
Pharrel…were da beat at?
kanye…Washed Up and acting like da shitt…SMH
Eminem…Will bounce next year
50 cent….Thought you were a better business man. LOL
^^^ haha Dr. Dre the man
Check out this parody to Drake’s “Find You Love” video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrOMaEN2L6Y
If we talking money total 50 is up at the top. No music, beefs with everyone but hella gwap.
Snoop got long money, He put out one album and still brought in $15 million. He got something goin on dont nobody know about. Or maybe that’s touring and guest appearances money…Still…Shiiiaaaaatttt!!!!
Birdman is not on the list because, not everyone wants to have their info public. Also, Birdman is not really an artist per se, Just like JPrince of Rap-a-lot, these guys have long money but are not artists. I know Birdman makes albums but I understand why he is not on this list. Everyone on that list are actual artists in some capacity. Also I dont think Birdman fits the political correct image. This guy is worth upwards of 300mil just like Diddy and Jay. You guys have to understand that Forbes is just a magazine at the end of the day. Their content is slanted just like any other editorial.
And here come the audits.
lol, this list shows the music has little to do w/ the money. its other shit and side ventures that really makes the money. Not all musicians are about business, they actually just want to make good music…
I dont know why anyone’s surprised at Snoop. He pops up on tv shows and movies so randomly and frequently that its hard to keep track. Plus he has a major marketing advantage because he’s gangster enough to intrigue the white people, but grounded enough not to be off-putting. I mean he’s getting guest spots on soap operas and all kinds of shit. If old white ladies like u, u cant lose! Wouldnt be surprised if he became a guest host on The View or Ellen or sum shit
Where’s Bangs?
thats crazy how theyre about to pay more in taxes this year than most people make in their lives
poor Birdman he spent all his year’s money on that new bugatti veyron
This is only how much they made in 12 months, this isn’t a list of their overall wealth. 50, Dre, and Em would all be within the top five for overall wealth.
lol@niggas critiquing folks who make more money than you’ll see in your lifetime.
ok … he making money, but I still say ” FUCK Gay-z”
JAY-Z YEARS ACTIVE:15 ESTIMATED WORTH $500,000,000
DIDDY YEARS ACTIVE: 20 ESTIMATED WORTH $400,000,000
50 CENT YEARS ACTIVE: 8 ESTIMATED WORTH $300,000,000
SEEMS LIKE 50 IS THE REAL WINNER TO ME
men lie, women lie, numbers don’t. so i guess that makes eminem the better hip-hop artist seeing as how he sold more albums? Jay can have the best business man title but he loses out in the GOAT section, according to his own words.
Can’t touch the untouchable shake the unshakeableCan’t touch the untouchable, break the unbreakable.!Shake the unshakeable (it’s Hovi baby)
Can’t see the unseeable, reach the unreachable Do the impossible (it’s Hovi baby)Can’t move the unmoveable, stop the unstoppable..I’m so far ahead of my time, I’m bout to start another life
Look behind you, I’m bout to pass you twice
Back to the future and gotta slow up for the present
I’m fast, niggaz can’t get past my past
How they propose to deal with my perfect present?
When I unwrap “The Gift & the Curse” in one session
Ain’t no livin person can test him
Only two restin in heaven can be mentioned in the same breath as him
Seven straight summers, critics might not admit it
But nobody in rap did it, quite like I did it
If you did it I done it before, you get I had it
Got mad at it and don’t want it no more
And that goes for everything from flippin that raw
Flippin whores, flippin vocal chords, don’t get it twisted
Get it right, did different, did it better, did it nice
Did the impossible then did it twice (get it right)
Like Jay said, Men lie, women lie, numbers don’t . The facts speak for itself. Hova da God has the top spot on lock!!! No one else even comes close!!! Jigga is the Michael Jordan of rap!!! Four years straight he’s hip-hop’s MVP. Birdman sounds like he’s been sippin Cough medicine and smoking for a week straight. Not to mention he cant even talk English so sad!!! HOV told em, I’m not a businessman, I’m a BUSINESS man, let me handle my business damn!!! LOL get em HOV. You declared the death of autotune which shut down T-pain’s career then u said u run this town tonight and then told us you were onto the next one!!! Slow down HOV you’re killin em. Plus got the hottest chick in da game wearing your chain.
HOV is just da shit,believe that.