Forbes Ranks Hip-Hop's Top Earners: Who Is Most Overpaid?
SLIDESHOW: Most Overpaid Hip-Hop Star?
Kanye West
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Kanye West
Kanye comes in fourth on the list with $35 million, mostly thanks to his Jay-Z collaboration, "Watch the Throne."
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Jay-Z
Jay-Z ranks third with $38 million, but rapping doesn't pay the bills. More than half of his earnings come from his ownership stakes in cosmetics company Carol’s Daughter, the Brookyln Nets and other business deals.
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Nicki Minaj
Minaj comes in eighth on the list with $15.5 million, thanks to her album, tour and Pepsi deal.
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Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne comes in fifth place with $27 million, due to his latest album, "Tha Carter IV," his clothing line and a partnership with Pepsi’s Mountain Dew, Forbes reports.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs
P. Whoever comes in second place with $45 million, mostly due to business deals, like his share of profits from Diageo’s Ciroc vodka, Forbes reports.
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Dr. Dre
The Cash King of Hip-Hop is ... Dr. Dre, according to Forbes magaizne. Dre raked in $110 million in pretax earnings this past year, thanks largely to his premium headphone line, Beats By Dr. Dre.
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Drake
You know him as Rihanna's ex, but Drake raked in $20.5 million from his album, tour and Sprite and Kodak partnerships. He comes in sixth place on Forbes' list.
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Dre raked in $110 million in pretax earnings this past year, thanks largely to his premium headphone line, Beats By Dr. Dre, Forbes reports. Diddy comes in second place with $45 million, mostly due to vodka; and Jay-Z ranks third with $38 million, largely due to his business ventures.
Yep ... it seems like hip-hop's cash kings make their money on just about everything BUT hip-hop.
At least Kanye, who comes in fourth on the list with $35 million, earned most of his dough on actual music. From Kanye to Diddy to Nicki Minaj, click through our slideshow and let us know: Who is the most overpaid hip-hop star?
Top Opinion
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thє вluє wαndєrєr 2012/09/06 21:54:51
If you were that educated, you and all the other idiots on here wouldn't be paying attention to her so much - you would have better things to do.
Only when an artistic creation becomes a commercial success does American culture appreciate it.
They all deserve what they earn. People buy their stuff (music, vodka, headphones and who knows what else) because they like that stuff. They aren't forcing anyone to buy anything. It seems pretty fair to me.
Now rapping can be done beautiful and nice , like CARMAN the religious evangellist ,he can do anything, rock, swing, crooning, and rapping. As for this west , I have no respect for him , he has no talent, much less decency .
Now I am NOT saying YOU ! but I think alot of people don`t like him because of what he did to TS at the award show.
It wasn`t very nice, in very bad taste. But that shouldn`t change wether we like his music or not.
Because frankly Taylor Swifts music is just as bad ,if not worse!