ForBes Five: Wealthiest Hip Hop Artists

“Jay-Z” Carter has had quite a career thus far. Since debuting in 1996 with hip-hop classic Reasonable Doubt, he has sold over 50 million records worldwide. He’s parlayed his musical success into lucrative businesses in the realms of fashion, cuisine and advertising (for more, check out my new Jay-Z book, which hits stores next week). Last year he earned $63 million, tops among hip-hop artists for the third time in four years. Jay-Z ranks a close second, with $450 million.

So the homey Jay-z is worth a crazy $450 million!  And this dude is still putting in work to drop an album if not every year, then ever other year.  Lets be real.  How many of us would have been checked out the game and lived out our life without a worry in the world.  *Raises Hand*

Sean “Diddy” Combs, who tops our accounting of rap’s richest with a fortune of $475 million, fueled by his interests in Sean John clothing, Bad Boy Worldwide record label and, most significantly, his Diageo joint-venture vodka brand Ciroc.

That Ciroc is some good shit tho right.  I hate Diddy.  We all hate Diddy, but at the same time we all respect his ability to hustle from back up dancer to hip hop mogul.  

Superproducer/rapper Dr. Dre ranks third with $125 million, fueled by past earnings generated from his own career and by helping to launch those of Snoop Dogg and Eminem

Damn Dre worth all that.  Why the f*ck he ain't just pay someone to finsih Detox for him?  I wonder how much more he's worth than Eminem, Snoop, and of course Curtis.

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, a onetime Dr. Dre protege who reaped a nine-figure payday from the sale of Vitamin Water to Coca-Cola, rounds out the top five in a tie with Cash Money Records cofounder Bryan “Birdman” Williams at $100 million.

Ofcourse Birdman is on this list after that "bet" he made and won.  Its crazy how long he's been making this money and being a huge reason for the changes in the hip hop sound and the new fads as well.  Don't believe me, just look at his artists and their following, not to mention two of his artist when platinum last year.

And Now...... A Moment of Journalist Slander....

Though other hip-hop artists including Lil Wayne, Pharrell Williams, Rick Ross and others — not to mention pop sensation Bruno Mars, who penned Travie McCoy’s hit song “Billionaire” — frequently speak of ten-figure desires, we kept our list to five because of the lack of information available on the fortunes under $100 million.

 Oh Sh*t!!!!  BWAHHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!   Read the Full Forbes Article Here