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20 Biggest Hip-Hop Earners of 2008
The Rap Up — ... After shoving his wealth in our face via “I Get Money” and other such bragfests, 50 Cent now has one more reason to indulge in further chest-thumping this year. 50 dethroned Jay-Z to take over as hip-hop’s top earner, as estimated by Forbes. Here’s the rundown of hip-hop’s 2008 cash kings: ...

50 Cent Tops Forbes’ ‘Hip-Hop Cash Kings’ List
Rap-Up.com — 50cent_king.jpg Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson wears the crown on Forbes.com’ inaugural Hip-Hop Cash Kings list of the top-earning hip-hop artists in the business last year. The Queens-bred MC tops the list, earning $150 million over the past 12 months—almost twice what No. 2-ranked Jay-Z made. The new king of hip-hop wealth banked $100 million after taxes on one deal alone when his stake in VitaminWater was bought by Coca-Cola as part of a $4.1 billion deal. 50’s portfolio also includes G-Unit Records, films, video games, platinum albums, and a mining partnership with South African ...

Forbes Googles America's Top Rappers; Listicle Ensues
RadarOnline.com — "After years of violent rivalry marked by the murders of such icons as Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., rap's focus has shifted from beef to cake making money, that is ," explains Forbes in their latest link-baiting listicle, "Hip-Hop's Cash Kings of 2008." (Emphasis ours.) Thanks for simplifying the difficult-to-parse rap lingo, guys. BUT WHAT DOES BEEF MEAN?! Please explain! I guess we're part of the problem in that we occasionally link to these things, but it's hard to resist the allure of an easily digestible feature such as this during the dog days of August. In ...