Is this guy for reals?

So every year Forbes releases a list of the richest people in the world. They recently revealed a list for Hip Hop artists/entertainers.

#1. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter – $63m
#2. Sean “Diddy” Combs – $30M
#3. Aliuane “Akon” Thiam – $21M (Lady Gaga money)
#4. Dwayne “Lil Wayne” Carter – $20M
#5. Andre “Dr. Dre” Young – $17M
#6. Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges – $16M
#7. Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus – $15M
#8. Timothy “Timbaland” Mosley – $14M
#9. Pharrell Williams – $13M
#10 Kanye West – $12M
#11. Aubrey “Drake” Graham – $10M
#12. Clifford “T.I.” Harris – $9M (tie)
#12. Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean – $9M (tie)
#14. Marshall “Eminem” Mathers – $8M (tie)
#14 Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson – $8M (tie)

Jay-Z has topped the list again! A BIG jump from last year’s $35 Million. Why is Jay-Z number one again? For starters, Jigga man owns the 40/40 clubs, is partial owner of the New Jersey Nets basketball team. Oh and I neglected to mention that he earns more than $1 million PER. SHOW. Among being the highest earner this year, guess how much he is being taxed on it? $22 Million dollars worth. That is more than what everyone earned this year (with the exception of P. Diddy) that he is just paying in TAXES.

Speaking of Mr. Combs, his Ciroc branded Vodka is making most of his money (I can say that it is goood). Then his movie role in the comedy, Get Him to The Greek. Don’t forget about those Diddybeats headphones. Which is a subsidiary of Dr. Dre’s, Beats by Dre.

Miss Lady Gaga is making millions right? With her Monster Ball tour & smash album. But who signed her? Why none other than, AKON! That’s right, Akon that guy who threw that kid off stage.

BTW what happened to Mr. Curtis Jackson? Remember the Forbes 1, 2, 3 song? Ouch.

As you can see, most of the music producers fill up the list. Almost most of them do own their record label as well. So their income isn’t just coming from one source.

Remember make your moves & network as much as possible, and grind it out for your LIFE, not someone else’s!