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Jay-Z Tops Forbes’ List of Hip Hop High Rollers

August 17th, 2010

Forbes announced the top earners in hip-hop on Tuesday with Jay-Z leading the pack. His bank roll last year was $63 million. Also on the list are Diddy with $30 million and Akon with $21 million who is thanking his lucky stars for signing Lady Gaga to his label Konvict Music. Drizzy Drake almost cracked the top 10, landing at number 11 with $10 million.

1. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter $63 million
2. Sean “Diddy” Combs $30 million
3. Ailuane “Akon” Thiam $21 million
4. Dwayne “Lil Wayne” Carter $20 million
5. Andre “Dr. Dre” Young $17 million
6. Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges $16 million
7. Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus $15 million
8. Timothy “Timbaland” Mosley $14 million
9. Pharrell Williams $13 million
10. Kanye West $12 million
11. Aubrey “Drake” Graham $10 million

Check out the rest of the list here.

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Posted on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 at 3:50 pm by and is filed under Blog, News.

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