August 16th, 2007

Forbes List The Top, “Hip Hop Cash Kings”

1. Jay-Z – 34 million
2. 50 Cent- 32 Million
3. Diddy -28 Million
Timbaland – 21 million
Dr.Dre – 20 million
Eminem – 18 million
Pharrell/Snoop Dogg/ Scott Storch – 17 million
Chamillionaire/ The Game – 11 million

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No surprises on the list, damn how is Diddy making that much with Bad Boy in the toilet.



98 Responses to “Forbes List The Top, “Hip Hop Cash Kings””

  1. I RAZZLE DAZZLE ON YOU HATERZ Says:

    wow i thought jayz was worth alot more than that man…thats crazy that 50 only 2 mill short of number one! I guess he really is that guy! (1st)

  2. BROOKLYNSPADE Says:

    puff keep makin that money cause he keep dropping biggie duets and he ownes 100% of everybodys publishing on his label. The clothin line probably make up the majority of the bread though.

  3. I get money Says:

    Razzle,
    Thats only how much he made for the year.not his net worth.

  4. Broadway Says:

    Dick Heads thats only “cash”… Straight Cash homey, brown paper bag money…

  5. Miss. Official Says:

    Diddy make so much fuckin money off of Sean John its ridiculous…My dad even buys it…He’s 64

  6. juicygotemcrazy Says:

    how the hell did all the comments disappear?

  7. Wow Says:

    http://www.forbes.com/2007/08/15/hip-hop-millionaires-biz-cx_lg_0816hiphop.html

    ‘Our estimates are based solely on 2006 income. In March, Jay-Z sold his Rocawear apparel label to Iconix (nasdaq: ICON – news – people ) for $204 million. Forbes estimates he pocketed about a quarter of that, after taxes and other payable commitments. And in May, Coca Cola (nyse: KO – news – people ) announced it would buy Glaceau, maker of VitaminWater, for $4.2 billion in cash. Once the deal is consummated, 50 Cent, who agreed to endorse the brand in 2004 in exchange for a small stake, should walk away with some $100 million. Best efforts were made to contact every member of the list for comment.’

  8. Wow Says:

    @ 5, lol i dont know how the comments dissapeared, there were like up to 27.

    and i noticed the url has changed to http://realtalkny.uproxx.com lol wtf?

  9. Ricardo Says:

    I think Cham got money off those GEICO commercials also. Aint he the lizard in that shit yo? LOL!!!

  10. Fokusing Says:

    I RAZZLE DAZZLE ON YOU HATERZ wrote on August 16th, 2007 at 8:56 am

    wow i thought jayz was worth alot more than that man…thats crazy that 50 only 2 mill short of number one! I guess he really is that guy! (1st)

    ———————–
    that’s not how much they are worth; that’s how much they made in 2006. read for understanding b4 you comment.

  11. killahhbee Says:

    Wow i cant belive Chamillionare has that much money at all..I`m shocked..and that Timbaland has more money than Dr Dre..Goes to show Dre is not Mean for the sake of his art..
    He could be Much more richer if he sold his beats like these other producers (neptunes*Timbaland*swizz beats) etc

  12. QuadakiDD Says:

    DAMN….FOR EVERYBODY SAYIN THA SOUTH RUNS HIP-HOP- YOU COULDNT TELL BY THESE NUMBERS. PROPS TO CHAMILLIONAIR- GUESS THATS HIZ NAME 4 A REASON.

  13. tha truff Says:

    why fifty not number one with the vitamin water deal? And yes he did bank 400 mil,turned around and reinvested the doe to avoid taxes. he aint got to rap no moe.rumor has it he is going in to distributions. but you aint heard that from me.

  14. Haqq Says:

    Dr.Dre fell off – Timbaland took over from pop to gangsta rap.

  15. d-wreck Says:

    not surprised bout the list but game and cham didnt kow they had money like that even though they’re last on the list

  16. QuadakiDD Says:

    ha ha–Games sneakers are Sketchers…..No wonder cats aint rockin them shits in da hood….lol!!!!

  17. khadafi Says:

    i got more money than all these clowns!!

  18. Pounce Says:

    Diddy makes money from all the MTV shows, Sean Jean doesn’t hurt but that makes about as much as his restaraunts.

    P.S. What did happen to the comments?

  19. Chi cities savior Says:

    realtalkNY u on sum bullshit where the fuck are my two comments? thats what you on nigga? u really tryna keep it east coast is it cuz im from the chi? i dont see none of my comments in no post i commented in…and im one of few people with actual sense

  20. WaTTs Up Wit It Says:

    lol @ dude thinkin Game cares WHO wears his shoes u dumb mufucka..shiiiit if i had ma own shoe i wouldnt give a fuck if a 80 year old white bitch was wearin it as long as the money comes in..

  21. khadafi Says:

    chi-town for life. 95th st. stand up!

  22. Haqq Says:

    FNF UP

  23. STAY RIGHT THERE 50!! Says:

    I-I Get Money

    Jay Won’t Be Number 1 Next Year

  24. rocstar Says:

    im ballin for real, u pump-fakin it;
    manhattan keep on makin it, brooklyn keep on takin it

  25. ruger Says:

    yeah i’m high rite now so i thought i waz trippin,realtalk takin comments off and shit

  26. atlantabyrdgang Says:

    this is how much revenue they generated in 06 prolly not their net worth

  27. Ricardo Says:

    LMAOF @ #16. Looks like somebody’s got an inferiority complex!! LOL!!!

  28. juicygotemcrazy Says:

    oh well, i wasnt logged in and my comments on every post aint there.

  29. Chi cities savior Says:

    naw i got a igottahaveyomama complex wit your weak ass # 23…..realtalk is on bullshit first he was dry with the post, sending us off with “promised” interviews now he taking niggas comments off this is bullshit….i bet if i had sumthin to say about 50 cent that would stick like flys to shit!

  30. Pounce Says:

    Whats up with the site? realtalkny.rawkus.com now? Hmm I thought my employer was hatin on me blogin and downloadin music lol. Come to find out you slackin mayne.

  31. I RAZZLE DAZZLE ON YOU HATERZ Says:

    OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH i thought so…fuck any1 who try act all high and mighty about it! You cant get mad it aint ur money nigga!

  32. Im selling oranges papi...(private joke) Says:

    /\ lmao thats right! and wow Thats alot of mucca nigga!

  33. Ricardo Says:

    You’s a funny dude #25. I’m just callin’ how I see it.. you catchin’ a lotta fuckin’ feelings. LOL!!!

  34. Chi cities savior Says:

    yea i need a hug from your moms……just cuz i said fuck fifty and i wanted to know how the fuck game and cham made that much money realtalk took my shit off juicy whaddup :-)

  35. juicygotemcrazy Says:

    aint shit fam, this site is on some bull right now. did they take all the grown folks comments off or something?

  36. Wow Says:

    Cham better order surgey with all that money,

    he aint appearing on a poster in any chicks room near you until thats done.

  37. Chi cities savior Says:

    i think dats what happened juicy realtalk only posts 50 cent stan comments and erases the niggas and ladies with sense…and cosign #32

  38. Serengeti Says:

    #6 is stupid!

    Not sure what’s with the site, shit is disappearing….

  39. nsn Says:

    I thought Lil Flip was gettin money too…

  40. nsn Says:

    I thought Lil Flip was gettin money too…lol

  41. Ricardo Says:

    Chi Cities (LMAO) If you don’t like the site, then get the phuck off. What the phuck you on here for anyhow? What, they don’t have sites for niggas in the Chi? LOL!!!

  42. juicygotemcrazy Says:

    LIL FLIP???? Ricardo? get a life my nig. realtalk

  43. Ricardo Says:

    You right ma… I’m good…

  44. [punk royal] Says:

    Number 1 needs to Razzle Dazzle a fucking book in front of his face, and work on your comprehension skills. That’s a perfect example of someone breaking their fingers to be first and typing some dumb shit. Lol

  45. ballin cgy Says:

    listem man why isnt wayne on the chart dudes makin money game cham is wack and timbo wow u dumbass’s he dont got more money than dre man look fif numba 2 he making money off of fif dont get it twisted man
    money in calgary
    driving that 22 with lambo wheels

  46. ballin cgy Says:

    and for yall that dont know that 22 is that new escalade man not that 06 shit but that new 07 shitttt

  47. LOL Says:

    This shit aint a suprise. Cham got that ringtone shit poppin. Game got da sneakers. LMMFOA @ #37, WTF, niggas from all over be on this site! You gon go and shit and shit on da nigga!

  48. jhustle Says:

    my comments on tha other post are gone what’s up?

  49. jhustle Says:

    LIL FLIP? LOL LAMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  50. Corporate Chick Says:

    Thank God New York rappers got some attention so the people up there can stop crying like babies.

  51. FUCKEDUP Says:

    DAMN MA NIGGA S N DOUBLE O O P TO THE D O G G ONLY 2 17 MILLION THAT FUCKED UP BUT DONT TRIP ON IT SNOOP DOGG U GONE BE 36 MILLION LAST YEAR BIGG SNOOP DOGG NIGGA FO REAL SHIT

  52. FUCKEDUP Says:

    I MEAN NEXT YEAR

  53. M-EAZZY Says:

    Fuck Tha CHI- Yall are fake Detroit niggaz. The DIRTY D..IS WHERE DA REAL KILLAZ AT And Dats fa u CHI CITIES SAVIOUR And Pounce Stop Bitching and get off the NET

  54. vonnievonn65 Says:

    #41 u should rephrase that to baby instead of wayne,baby own that nigga

  55. Ricardo Says:

    Yeah, you right #43. I was just fuckin’ with the nigga. Didn’t know the bitch nigga was gonna get sensitve on me and shit, got his girl fightin’ for ‘em for and shit! LMAO!!

    CHI CITIES- You’s a internet thug is all.. Ima leave it at that.. wasted enough time on yo punk ass..

  56. 100% trill Says:

    according to sohh hip hop lil flip was found innocent of the credit card scam the charges were dropped ha…………ha……………haha………….ha i bet you haters wanna kill yall self well go head i don’t give a fuck

  57. GL Says:

    Who the fuck cares about Lil Flip on a NY website u dumb hoe… Now… U see how NY makin that gread right…. I kno nigga hate but aint nuthin to do but get on ya grind baby… Lil Wayne aint on there cuzz he aint doin nuthin but puttin out mixtapes… That dont bring them bigboi dollars in man…. go to be somthin major to get the Forbes list….

  58. GL Says:

    Harlem keep on makin it …. $Brooklyn$ keep on takin it!!!

  59. Anon Says:

    Yo some of the stupidest shit ever to be said can be found right here in the comments section.

    Personally, even if Jay do got a brownstone in Brooklyn, I’m still not seeing any of his cash in my pockets. So that whole bullshit argument about NY niggas caking and southern niggas being broke is bullshit to me.

    The way these fanatics talk, you would think they’re getting a piece of the pie too when they’re really just dickriding someone else’s pockets. Shit is disgusting.

  60. East Oakland Roy Says:

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  61. j Says:

    did snoop even do anything lately, how the fuck is he up here?

  62. Wow Says:

    how the fuck does the south run HIPHOP when youre not even in the top 5??

    Jay, Fiddy & Diddy. its a New York thing Doofy.

    And the funny part is 50 didnt even release an album in 06 ha ha. he dont even have to rap now, life is made. filty rich

    Curtis Sept 11th

  63. LockedIn Says:

    #8 Kanye West – 17 mil
    #9 Pharrell Williams – 17 mil
    #10 Scott Storch 17 mil
    #11 Ludacris – 16 mil
    #12 TI – 16 mil
    #13 Outkast – 14 mil
    #14 Lil John – 14 mil
    #15 Ice Cube – 13 mil
    #16 Jermaine Dupri – 12 mil
    #17 Swizz Beatz – 12 mil
    #18 Chamillionare – 11 mil
    #19 Game – 11 mil
    #20 Young Joc – 10 mil

    Didn’t Cam’ron say that there ain’t no money in hip hop? 18 – 20 just blew up too. Jimmy needs a major deal fa real.

  64. KB Says:

    killahhbee

    Dre, Em and 50 are each worth over 100 Mill! Jay is worth over half a billion! Dre probably still cakin off of the NWA for all we know, Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem Show Album Get Rich Or Die Tryin, His Chronic 2001 Album, The Massacre all sold over 10 millio worldwide. Plz believe Dre is cakin off! He was the executive producer of all of them albums and then some Him, Em and Fif are good for life financial, and Jay!

  65. yll Says:

    JAYZ AINT WORTH NO HALF BILLION DOLLARS NIGGA U CRAZY
    and i know game didnt make no 11 million last year of no hurricane shoes and sellin 900,00 copies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  66. unx Says:

    My man Diddy is third and Bad boy is not ever up right now. He has clothes ,cologne, music and other things. He might be #1 again next year.

  67. Yuu serious?! Says:

    wow game and chamillionaire made it to the list?

  68. COME ON MAN Says:

    NEXT EXPECT JAY AND FIFTY TO BE TOP TWO AGAIN. REMEMBER JAY SOLD ROCAWEAR IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR AND FFITY GOT HIMSELF A PIECE OF THE PIE WITH THAT COCA-COLA-VITAMIN WATER DEAL.

  69. Getting Gwap Says:

    Fuck the south,they can run the rap game but NY is running that gwap game.

    LOL!

  70. COME ON MAN Says:

    WHERE THE HELL IS NAS. DUDE AIN’T MAKING NO MONEY. OH YEAH WHAT HAPPEN TO JIM JONES OH YEAH FALLIINNNNNN!!!!
    WHAT ABOUT LITTLE WEASEL. THESE GUYS JUST TALK.

  71. scorpio Says:

    ^ LMAO(-:

  72. cito313 Says:

    yo on da real who gives a care about who makes what, they all are balling, Im getting sick of these top 10 list or whatever shit is getting wack

  73. daily dos: sale y vale on mun2 :: Dulce de Low Fat Leche Says:

    [...] Jay-Z tops Forbes Magazine’s first-ever list of Hip Hop’s Cash Kings. (via Real Talk NY) [...]

  74. eric Says:

    jay had an album
    diddy had an album
    dre produced jay,nas etc……
    eminem produced akon reup….
    game,snoop i mean everybody came out with something (album or produced)
    but my man fif ,just hustlin baby ,
    we ll see next year when curtis and self dest..
    whose going to talk to him and + dont forget they didnt count the vitamin water hahahahahaha giong strait to the bank

  75. eric Says:

    jay had an album
    diddy had an album
    dre produced jay,nas etc……
    eminem produced akon reup….
    game,snoop i mean everybody came out with something (album or produced)
    but my man fif ,just hustlin baby ,
    we ll see next year when curtis and self dest..
    whose going to talk to him and + dont forget they didnt count the vitamin water hahahahahaha going strait to the bank

  76. Feeling Says:

    @64. WHERE THE HELL IS NAS. DUDE AIN’T MAKING NO MONEY

    LOL..Yeah, Nas is probably broke! WTF? Who cares if you’re not on some top 10 list about who makes the most money?? What all of them have in common is that they are all rich as hell and so is NAS.

  77. G Says:

    LOL @ the person who said Dre fell off…u really are a retard….you need to listen to “forgot about Dre” and remember wat he did on Chronic 2001….cant wait for Detox..

  78. Ahijah Says:

    Agree with that @ 59 they will proably be richer come the end on the year depending on how 50 & Stat Quo album sells and depending on what Features Eminem, 50 & Dr.Dre do and what tracks Eminem & Dr.Dre produce. I didn’t know that The Game was so rich or Chamillionaire

  79. Cream of N.Y.C..... Says:

    You left my name out ….lol….lol…

  80. oOhiOo Says:

    Here is the list of the richest hip hop artist

    Here’s the complete top 10
    1. P. Diddy $346 Million
    2. Jay-Z $340 Million
    3. Russell Simmons $325 Million
    4. Damon Dash $200 Million
    5. Neptunes $155 Million
    6 Dr. Dre $150 Million
    7. Ice Cube $145 Million
    8. Eminem $110 Million
    9. 50 Cent $100 Million
    10. Nelly $60 Million
    10. (Tie) Jermaine Dupri $60 Million

  81. juicygotemcrazy Says:

    #73 i like that list, thats the list that counts. where u get that from?

    these niggas out here getting money, i love to see black men out here doing their thing, it so beautiful!!!! LOL

  82. turkishjamaican Says:

    shit i am almost upthere wit cham..he got 4 mills more than me.

  83. yll Says:

    THAT LIST IS BOGUS HOW YOUNG JOC MAKE ALL THAT MONEY OFF ONE SONG,YALL DUMMIES BELIEVE THIS. THE MOST YOUNG JOC MADE WAS MAYBE 1 MILLION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  84. Cream of N.Y.C..... Says:

    That’s a pld list play-boy. Next year 50 all the way.

  85. THIS IS 50 Says:

    #73 WERE THE FUCK U GET THAT OLD ASS LIST FROM REAL TALK POSTED THAT SHIT LIKE 2 YRS AGO U NEED TO UPDATE JAY IS PASSED DIDDY NOW AND 50 IS PASSED DIDDY AND EM AND THEM GET YA FACTS STRAIGHT MY MAN DAMN DASH IS BROKE NOW WE GOTTA HOLLA FOR THE REAL STATS UP TO DATE SHIT

  86. Chi cities savior Says:

    aye ricardo you are not hard cuz your fuckin name is ricardo how tough is dat and then your bithc ass gon wait until M-SLEEZY attempt to send it up first to say sumthin….and m-eazzy NOBODY KNOWS DETROIT! yall crime rates dont match ours nigga period and you wont come to the chi saying none of that shit you talkin homey…yall is sum fake chicago niggas the whole country know its real in the chi nigga jeep my name out your fuckin comment pussy and an internet thug? homey plz im at da gig makin money i never come on here on sum tough shit but fake thugs like you always wanna see wassup but aint gone dare step outside your mamas boy comfort zone M-SLEEZY stop being jealous of the chi u dirty nigga now im done wit you sissies

  87. THIS IS 50 Says:

    BUT U KNOW WHATS GOOD BOUT THE CASH LIST ITS NOT ON NET WORTH USING ASSETS AND ALL ITS BOUT WHO MAKING THE MOST MONEY IN THE YEAR. ANY WAY GO MY NIGGA 50 AND JAY KILLING THEM WERE THE FUCK IS THE HOTTEST RAPPER AT? BABY U WANNA HELP EXPLAIN THIS FATJOE? JADA? GAME MADE 11 AND 8 OF THATS GOING BETWEEN 50 DR DRE JIMMY HENCHMAN AND GEFFN AND BUYING HIS WACKWALL STREET NIGGAZ CLOTHES N CARS N CHAINS SO THEY WONT TURN ON HIM AND EXSPOSE HIM 4 THE HOE HE IS

  88. Feeling Says:

    @75.”turkishjamaican”

    Hmm…What do you do for a living?

  89. oOhiOo Says:

    78. Shut the fuck up and learn to release the caps. The list was posted a year ago.

    http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.4354/title.diddy-named-richest-person-in-hip-hop

  90. vonnievonn65 Says:

    @50 why do you continue to use my NAME…..do you want a piece of me or sumthin???? You prolly a dude too…using a female name….

  91. jalilizag Says:

    yo fuk da south because this is real talk NY!!!!!!!!!! so
    fall back all u southern nigga and go suck some dik

  92. Jay Says:

    How is it that Pharrell makes 17 mil and it sayd that The Neptunes is worth $155 million (no offense) but Chad dont make more money than P.Willy but maybe I dont know how the business works but im just wonderin.

  93. twisted Says:

    IM surprised Em made as much last yr. HE only came out with Re-Up album and Smack That.

  94. wow Says:

    okay i understand chamillionaire but how does yung joc have all that money he just came out with no underground backing

  95. OLA Says:

    @ 93 twisted and 94 wow

    well u guys have to understand that eminem and dr dre own 50 cent so comes out from 50 or G-Unit, eminem and dr dre take a good portion of that money, along w/ jimmy iovine.

    yaa i kno its kinda surprising that yung joc is on the list but hey good 4 him. we all know he suxx but he had dat big record “it’s goin down” and he has a new album comin so i guess thas where the money is comin from. hopefully he didnt spend dat 10 mil on dat ugly ass chain he rocks.

    its funny reading ppl’s posts dissing the rappers on this list 4 not making as much as another rapper further up on the list. the funnier thing is THEY ARE ALL RICHER THAN U LOLOL. diss them all u want, cuz their all making moves.

  96. WaTTs Up Wit It Says:

    Game even signed a 23-24 million deal now. But it hasn’t been official yet. N this is just how much they earned LAST YEAR.

  97. igot a honeybun Says:

    shout out to oohioo,and ill tell yall who gone be high on the list next year,that nigga akon,he gettin money from t-pain himself, and the big one is he got a fuckin diamond mine.

  98. Jane D. Says:

    Diddy sold Bad Boy. That might be where some of his profits came from.

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