Hip-Hop’s 20 Biggest Earners For 2008
Source: Forbes
1. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson: $150 million
2. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter: $82 million
3. Sean “Diddy” Combs: $35 million
4. Kanye West: $30 million
5. Timothy “Timbaland” Mosley: $22 million
6. Pharrell Williams: $20 million
7. Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean: $17 million
8. Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus: $16 million
9. André “Dr. Dre” Young: $15 million
10. Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges: $14 million
11. Clifford “T.I.” Harris: $13 million (tie)
11. Dwayne “Lil Wayne” Carter: $13 million (tie)
12. Marshall “Eminem” Mathers: $12 million (tie)
12. Lonnie “Common” Lynn Jr.: $12 million (tie)
12. Aliaune “Akon” Thiam: $12 million (tie)
13. Jermaine Dupri: $11 million (tie)
13. Jonathan “Lil Jon” Smith: $11 million (tie)
14. OutKast: $10 million (tie)
14. Hakeem “Chamillionaire” Seriki: $10 million (tie)
14. Jayceon “The Game” Taylor: $10 million (tie)
Some names on the list are definitely surprising, Lil Jon made 11 million, Chamillionaire 10? Damn I need a new hustle…
Props Pro Hip Hop
August 18th, 2008 at 8:09 am
Damn 50 caking tought jay would b on top
Fuck that gay-ass first shit.
August 18th, 2008 at 8:16 am
I agree wit the brother above me, I thought Jay would be on top. THis nigga 50 is wayyyy ahead of niggas.
August 18th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Vitamin water, ladies and gentlemen.
I’m surprised to see The Game, Chamillionaire and Lil John on here, but thats whats up. What recession? Its not showing in music. Big ups to Common. He making that movie money now.
August 18th, 2008 at 8:20 am
What? Jay has a 150 Live Nation deal! Didn’t they account that? Hell no, that ain’t true! Jay should be on top not 50 Cent!
August 18th, 2008 at 8:21 am
that vitamin water threw fifty over the top
i have a feeling tho he gonna go from top 10 to not mentioned at all next year..
August 18th, 2008 at 8:22 am
live nation deal was WORTH 150 …he did not GET 150 LIQIUID CASH…
50 had the vitimin deal worth over 300 MILLION
curtttttttttisssssssssssss
August 18th, 2008 at 8:23 am
50 cent making them moves. Jay-Z made $82M thats sick. Hmm i wonder how much money BABY making aka pimping off of lil wayne.
August 18th, 2008 at 8:24 am
50 earned almost twice jayZ and over 4 times what diddy did…CURTTTTTTTTTTTTISSS
August 18th, 2008 at 8:31 am
em made 12mill doing what exactly?
August 18th, 2008 at 8:33 am
Dre dre and Eminem still eating off of 50, 50 probably still eating off the games album sales that vitamin water deal threw him over the top i dont think that live nation deal is added to that… I though wayne would have made more than that.. we will see how he does next year after the sales for his album and him touring… how in the hell did lil john make 11 mil what has he been producing?
August 18th, 2008 at 8:44 am
^^^^ Man I was thinkin the same damn thing.. What exactly did Lil Jon do this year?… Somebody, Anybody… ????/
August 18th, 2008 at 8:44 am
“Hmm i wonder how much money BABY making aka pimping off of lil wayne.”
Carter 3 CD is credited to “Young Money” Imprint. so guess who’s caking from that? Wayne.
Carter 2 wasn’t like that tho. This one wayne owns the publishing.
August 18th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Snoop Dogg album flopped n he still caking? damn.
August 18th, 2008 at 8:45 am
god dam 50
August 18th, 2008 at 8:49 am
ok this is not adding up. That vitamin water thing happened almost 2 years ago. What is 50 making money off of? G-Unit is done(clothes, albums, etc). I thought lil wayne would be a little higher since he’s everywhere. And where did Chamillionaire come from. What has he done.
August 18th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Def counted from last year. Bcuz even if Jay’s live nation deal didn’t giv him 150 mil, he still got madd other stuff goin on that would put him over 50. Roc Nation!!!
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August 18th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Had no idea Common was making that much
August 18th, 2008 at 9:06 am
how is the game on there?
August 18th, 2008 at 9:10 am
LOL FUCK ALL YALL 50 SAYS.. DUDE AINT EVEN GOTTA DROP A ALBUM AND SMASHING FIGGAS .. THATS A BOSS FOR REAL ..
August 18th, 2008 at 9:16 am
LoL.. Niggaz talkin that south shyt.. But when you look at things closely.. You gotta look all the way to the bottom of the top 10 to see a south nigga… N when you look @ the Top 10 its filled with New Yorkers.. A Couple Californians and a couple Virginian…
Just thought I would point that out.. No hate or disrespect to anybody… Take it how you like..
August 18th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Men lie, women lie, numbers don’t.
Although I thought timbaland would be slightly higher with all the singles he was involved with
August 18th, 2008 at 9:21 am
DONT GET IT TWISTED, THIS IS A YEARLY AVERAGE, JAY-Z IS STILL THE CLOSEST TO A BILLIONAIR AND 50 SAID IT HIMSELF, IM TRYING TO GET ON HOVS LEVEL OF WEALTHYNESS.. 50 DONT GET ME WRONG IS MAKING DOE, BUT INVESTMENT WISE AND ACTUALL ON HAND CASH JAY-Z IS IN THE 980 MILLION MARK, EVEN 50 STATED THAT JAY-Z WILL BE THE ONLY RAPPER EVER TO HIT A BILLION DOLLARS.. EVERYTHING UNDER THAT IS JUST FLASH NOW BUT NO GROWTH LATER TO JAY-Z KEEP IN MIND JIGGA GOT NIGGAS TO STEP THEIR BUSINESS GAME UP .. RESPECT THAT NIGGA
August 18th, 2008 at 9:30 am
“LoL.. Niggaz talkin that south shyt.. But when you look at things closely.. You gotta look all the way to the bottom of the top 10 to see a south nigga… N when you look @ the Top 10 its filled with New Yorkers.. A Couple Californians and a couple Virginian…
Just thought I would point that out.. No hate or disrespect to anybody… Take it how you like..”
cuz its always diddy, jay and 50 that make money in NY. been like that for years…everyother rapper in NY works at Mickey Ds.
August 18th, 2008 at 9:42 am
What does this have to do with NY and the South?
But for the guy talkin dat fly NY S%&t, count how many south artists are on this list, and then count how many NY artists are up there…… Besides the same big three (which two are old money), who else from NY gettin money?
August 18th, 2008 at 9:48 am
……….. And Virginia is the south so make sure you tally them up with the south. Even if you dont tho, the south still has more people gettin money. The top three may be gettin MAJOR money but thats three out of a billion rappers in NY.
August 18th, 2008 at 9:51 am
I agree w/ # 19 plus doesn’t matter if they say jigga # 2 on forbes b/c u add 82 mill + marrying Beyonce = # 1.
August 18th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Common is the big surprise to me!
Fif is a beast at that pace he’ll become richer than hov.
I can’t believe i’m commenting on other people’s money! smh