And The Richest Rappers Are…
Posted on: August 18, 2008 65 comments so far (is that a lot?)
Forbes has released their list for the rap games best earners for 2008. Topping the list and overcoming Jay-Z is none other than 50 Cent. Hey remember when he went at Jay on “Be A Gentlemen” and he was broke as a joke, now he’s surpassed Hov. Whoa. I’m not sure who has more money Jay-Z or 50 Cent, I assume they are pretty close.
I always find these numbers suspect because how is Diddy and Kanye nearly tie? And how did Kanye make $30 million, all that guy does is music, and wack search engines and travel agencies. I suppose his tour had a huge profit margin for him, what with all the robots and puppetry. Sales of Sean Jean must be falling.
Another thing how did Timbaland only make $22 mill? Assuming Kanye made most of his money of producing, Timbaland must have a made a boatload of money from producing Justin Timberlake’s whole album. Speaking of producers, how did Dr.Dre make $15 mill in 2007? What did he produce? Joel Ortiz? Even Eminem caked up and he hasn’t put out anything in years. Somebody must be buying that Shady Clothing.
Did Lil Wayne really make $13 mill last year? I don’t know. He did 100 features at probably $5000 to $10,000 a pop. The math doesn’t add up unless he charges 100k a feature and you know Playaz Circle didn’t drop that much. Matter of fact, they probably just gave Weezy some syzurp and a bj.
Which Rapper Makes the Most Money?
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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September 4th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
well T.i should be up there more then he is thats for damn sure cuse he a real street nigga and these stats are whack no way 50 made that much money hes fake plain and simple
October 20th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Dont know how 50 get there but i think jay is the richest.what about birdman
October 22nd, 2008 at 9:10 am
50 cent should b up there. all yall some haters.
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:57 am
weezy and birdman are surposed to be on top!all thez niggaz ar fake….
October 28th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
T.I
November 9th, 2008 at 12:12 am
ur an idiot
November 13th, 2008 at 6:38 am
All of it is strange, would help if Forbs can actually itemise the Income streams getting these MC’s Paid…It just dosnt seem like the busy niggas get paid at all
November 13th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Some of your opinions are just due to the fact that they are your favorite in the industry
50 Cent has a lot more than just rapping…he has movies, a big deal with glaceau who apparently have been bought out by Coca Cola and is making his own soft drink…the man even got his own godamn condomn company
50 Cent is not my favorite but he is one of the smartest businessmen in the hip hop industry
November 13th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
These are the 4 bosses of rap. Diddy the realest nigga up there. Fuck 50, he’s played out, jigga is just a boss, he is retired. Kanye stil young, but i dont like his twist. He got some swag though.
December 11th, 2008 at 4:31 am
weezy made fuckin bank this year hez gotta be up there in tha top 5 ayyyyybody buyin his album I dont give a ish if you got clothin linez moviez condom factories or whatever everybody buyz ur album an leee them otha rapperz on tha shelf you fallin into sum MONEY plus they play sumthin featurin hiz ass on tha radio every two seconds an izzz like cha ching cha ching cha ching chin chin chinnggggg
I make more then all em combined sellin crack so fuck it
December 16th, 2008 at 1:48 am
50 cent the man name is money iget money
ring a bell come hail king fifty
December 18th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
50 supose 2 b da richest dat nigga got movies/songs and g-unit…clothes if yall can afford dat shit yall wud kno
December 24th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
50 got vitamin water
January 11th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
First off, Lil wayne does charge 100k a feature, I know for a fact the Chicago club Manor paid him 100 grand to show up one night and rap one song, i know the owners…and 50 cent is a smart mother fucker, he invests his money and starts businesses and now reality tv, also vitamin water paid his ass big when coca cola bought it for 4 billion, he had 10% ownership in Glaceau, that equates to an insane 400 million dollar cut, but that was last year or so so those figures aren’t included into this tally, but if there was a list of richest rappers based on net worth fity would top that list too
January 16th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
i think they should only count the money being made with rap, like selling albums or producing…
February 9th, 2009 at 5:42 am
BIRDMAN IS THE MOST RICHEST RAPPER FOR ME …..FAKE NIGGA 50 CENT
February 14th, 2009 at 9:24 am
me i think kanye did prity good so all u hatres uout ther fuck you!!!!!!
February 18th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
50 got $100 million when his stake in vitamin water was sold to coca cola
February 18th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Number one shut the fuck up stupid bitches this lis tis wrong the yhave way more money than that stupid asses that was way back the nthey made more jay z is first.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:16 am
were did u people keep nas?y new musicians would be enlisted and old rapper like would not b
February 19th, 2009 at 10:23 am
50cent is an american igbo man.he is good in business.but why i hate him is dat he is carryin his shoulder so high on d g-unit clique
February 22nd, 2009 at 3:22 pm
fuk uz man 50 cents a fake ass nigga but weezy hes gangsta he shud b top
March 10th, 2009 at 8:48 am
50 is d bomb.He is made 2 b dere.i like akon 2,he shud be no 2
March 11th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
it is only for 2008 mothafukers. jayz’s net worth is 547 Mil and 50 cent’s net worth is 440 mil. 2008 50 made a deal with coca cola for 100 mil. 50 supposed to be up there bcuz he got lot of money from g unit sales. IF U THINK 50 IS FAKE THEN FUCK U FUCK U AND YOUR moma
March 13th, 2009 at 4:54 am
I think lil wayne n birdman shud b on top damn niggaz r real. De point is richest rapper makin money of music nt frm coca cola n shit. 50 is fake ass i listen 2 his songs when i wana sleep. Luda is tha shit he shud go up, T.I is a true hustla
March 17th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
FUCK 50 CENT…HES ASS…ND FUCK YA MOMS TOO..”FIDDY” HOP OFF DA NIGGA DICK!!!
March 20th, 2009 at 12:22 am
Honestly Im not sure 50 gives a shit about wat yall think + he cant here U cause he’s 150 million dollars away.
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:39 am
50 cent deserves 2 b no.1 i mean dat man is focused both business and his music .en i dnt giv a $##t weather he cares abt my a$$,coz at the end of the day he`s trynna make money.
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:45 am
FUCK DIPSETKILLAKELS COUSE IM PART OF THE V-SQUARD IF ALL YA ASSES HATE 50 FUCK YA ALL EN FUCK YA HOMIES.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:00 am
“i get money”!!!! ‘couse that n**** 50 is the richest
April 9th, 2009 at 12:48 am
50 did his thang-thang,got paid,used his fame,their mistakes,and got to where they couldn’t. This’ another year,let’s see who’l top that. Better yet,if he’l top that. And all y’all who hatin’,.. Stop hatin’.
April 16th, 2009 at 3:20 am
birdman makes mo dan any of dem his networth is 700million homie behind the scenes he runs the rapgame
May 5th, 2009 at 7:42 am
I know fifty made all that from vitamin water but this can’t be write because he sold it for 3.2 billion so..
May 21st, 2009 at 12:21 am
yall might be some dumb ass just because u think 50 fake dont mean he aint make any money.. hem and jigga are the top two for obvius reasons 50 did it big with his vitman water and tv show, jigga wit his rocwear and from just bein an old ass mother fucker
May 25th, 2009 at 7:50 am
Man Birdman???? WTF, thats the wackest rapper alive, u pusssssy 2 b feeling that slow put a niggga 2 sleep flow, ain’t no way u gonna compare Birdman to 50
May 25th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Fuck u 50 & ur homes…. u got nothing…. u are just a dude selling stuff ur rap is fucked… WEEZY & BABY are the best they deserve to be ontop…..
May 28th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Jigga’s da man! He is dominating… Don’t matter what anybody says! Big ups Jiggaman!Besides the $, he has only one of the finest black women alive! “Queen B”
June 3rd, 2009 at 7:00 pm
ya gay jus like weezy n birdman how u gonna ask how 50 got up there dick heads dnt u c all da comercials n ads bout vitamin water dick heads all ya some dick riders ya prob kiss ya “fathers too” faggits
June 6th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Fuck y’ll haters,you like it or not 50cent is the richest and smartest. that nigga uses he brain a lot more than claiming to be a gansta like Jarule, Birdmen videos does not make him rich, what you see in the videos are different from reality. Claiming gansta does not do any good. Use your brain like 50Cent. 50 will hit 1 billion dollars next time i saw that nigga in a picture with BILL GATES, tell me what is he doing with bill gates? simply because he’s SMART
June 6th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
50 is smart because some of these niggaz have been in the game 7 years before he came up and now he overtakes all of them he’s got a lightening speed
June 26th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
eminem use to make more money than everyone on this list, hands down. if he didnt go on a 4 year break, no one could think about having more money than shady
June 28th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Y’all hatin on 50 he’s an entreprenuer y’all just mad cause y’all favorite rappers don’t know how to be smart and invest in a buisness..y’all is so wrong lil wayne sound like he reading a mothergoose book 50 cent is real he a real hood nigga and y’all just mad period point blank lil wayne succs 50 cent will eat him alive..
July 6th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
50 cent ist much better then lil wayne and all them other niggas spaniishbarbie your right
July 7th, 2009 at 3:04 am
50 CENT DESERVER MORE AND IS THE BEST OF ALL RAPPERS.
July 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
weezy and birdman are da shit, they making mo money from this rap game than any of them fake ass rappers out there like 50.this nigga got da weakest flow i ever heard. he’s wack,period!weezy deserves 2b on top, so y’all weezy haters can go fuck yaselves!!!
July 8th, 2009 at 9:44 am
i would like to get the list of the top 20 american rappers 2009.mean while i would also love my guys nas,krazy bone to be in the list cos they have come a long way in the music industry 4 lil boys like 50c to sit on the throne……
July 19th, 2009 at 3:27 am
niggas aint shit
July 20th, 2009 at 7:24 am
50 is wack bottom line.
July 25th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
damn, there are alot of ignorant people on here. How would Weezy and Birdman be number one and two if they have nothing else going for themselves other then rap? 50 Cent, Jay Z, and Diddy are smart businessmen. They used their music to get them the business connections they needed. Jesus no wonder hip hop is laughed at by alot of other music genres. Because of the stupidity and ignorance I have seen on this message board. Get an education, learn business.
July 26th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
f*** 50, Diddy, Weezy, Wayne and all that Ice Cube should be no 1 without him there wouldnt be any of the Fridays, NWA, Or sunday ice cube is the greatest and yall just the latest.
July 28th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Props to 50 cent,for making his money ,so fast.
“I get money” “I get money” That’s my mantra now.
Peace!!!
July 30th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
yall a bunch of stupid b*tches. Get some knowledge before running your f*cking mouth
August 16th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
i think birdman &rick ross should be on the list
August 17th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
50 make money from his rapping and his video games he smart
August 18th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
bird man and d rest of these fuck heads to slow
50 will leave them by far in a year time
they need to drind some of 50’s vitamin water to keep up lol
August 21st, 2009 at 12:38 pm
50 gart it all
August 26th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
lil wayne should be higher on the list ,sence he is on everbody songs . I belive bird man stealing .
September 3rd, 2009 at 5:20 am
fiftys da best by far and theres notin nobody gon do about it
September 28th, 2009 at 5:12 am
if u got money thats it soo fuck u all
October 24th, 2009 at 5:01 am
kanye is the hottest nigga in the city of all time.jigga is the smartest of them all
October 27th, 2009 at 3:21 am
fiftys da best by far n theres notin nobody gon do about that shit
November 6th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
aight yall are fuckin dumb that said 50 didnt make that much. do you realize he owns fuckin vitamin water???
November 13th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
50 cent is the best..i love him for life
November 17th, 2009 at 10:08 am
just feel the swager tkae it mean 50cent in da club
November 18th, 2009 at 6:08 am
50 cent hez the best business man ever,reguardless his behaviour