50 Cent: The Richest Hip-Hop Artist In 2008

Author: Music Review Zone
August 20, 2008

Curtis Jackson, a.k.a 50 Cent, could probably sit back, relax and smoke a cigar or two for at least the rest of his days according to the recent income stats from Forbes.

The rapper has made $150million this past year. Most of that came from the sale of his shares in VitaminWater when Coca-Cola bought the company for $4.2billion. The music entrepreneur nearly doubled what his nearest hip-hop competitor, Jay-Z, brought home – $82million.

50 Cent and Jay-Z are almost in the same business mould these days – with music bringing in less and less of their yearly salaries. It is their business associations and public fame that aid their success. 50 Cent has supplemental income from his record company – G-Unit, which also has a clothing line.

One question I have is – what does one really need all that money for?

Expensive elephants?

Here is the Forbes Hip-Hop Rich list for 2008:

1. 50 Cent ($150 million)
2. Jay-Z ($82 million)
3. Diddy (P Diddy, Puff Daddy, Sean Combs, Get over yourself etc) ($35 million)
4. Kanye West ($30 million)
5. Timbaland ($22 million)
6. Pharrell ($20 million)
7. Swizz Beats ($17 million)
8. Snoop Dogg ($16 million)
9. Dr. Dre ($15 million)
10. Ludacris ($14 million)
11. T.I. ($13 million)
11. Lil Wayne ($13 million)
12. Eminem ($12 million)
12. Common ($12 million)
12. Akon ($12 million)
13. Jermaine Dupri ($11 million)
13. Lil’ Jon ($11 million)
14. OutKast ($10 million)
14. Chamillionaire ($10 million)
14. The Game($10 million)


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32 Comments »

Comment by GIVEN MAYEVU
3 years ago

fiddy you rock

 
Comment by ike
3 years ago

what about birdman

 
Comment by sniff
3 years ago

man, damn!, what about bow wow…..aint this guy rich enough?

 
Comment by felix
3 years ago

50 is my man and i ain’t surprise he did it
he is my music icon
lil wayne should think about selling and please stop the noise
even Kanye is far better

 
Comment by Caesar
3 years ago

Jay z and 50 signed huge contract to shot up their amount. Diddy is just hard work with not much records sold. He is a Good business man

Comment by lennox Subscribed to comments via email
2 years ago

i think Diddy is cool,but he’s short business and can’t keep up to the competition anymore.J rules.

 
 
Comment by Abey
3 years ago

cool.. 50 is real.But 50 and jay z are not business oriented like Diddy

 
Comment by BRIGHT
3 years ago

ooooooooooooo 50 is my men NO SIZE( WIZY IS JUSTA BIGGINER ON THE RAP BUSINESS)

 
Comment by Leaneagle
3 years ago

I love wizy. i like his style although he is just a beginner. But his albums are making allot of hit in my country Ghana and there is no day i don’t here his song. Both on radio, in the club and even his videos on television stations… He is really making its big….

Comment by Kofi
3 years ago

Yes that is true when you come to Ghana DKNY , we all love weezy cos he is the lil wizard here the local music leader tagor luda is away….

 
 
Comment by Sniff
3 years ago

Yo! ur fuckin right……no doubt bout that……weezy is tryyin, hes jus a biginner nd hes makin it…..most people like hes music…lolz

 
Comment by don biggie
3 years ago

what the guys saying ain’t true.in Ghana is all about 50 not wizy.

 
Comment by jeff
3 years ago

how did chamillionaire make the list???

 
Comment by enoch acquah
3 years ago

what about birdman i think he is the richest. 50 cent ain’t got nothin

 
Comment by TALENT CHIHURI
3 years ago

fuck 50 weezy z comin for the top spot he jus leadin but soon he wil know who the best z

 
Comment by Rapper
3 years ago

nice list, i love Curtis and 50cent also

 
Comment by dinga
3 years ago

the king of gangsta rap o pyroclastic flow ICE CUBE he is the best rapper of all times!!!!!!!!!

 
Comment by Bheki(dog thugs) Subscribed to comments via email
3 years ago

All these rappers are fake, the real one’s are 50 cent, Eminem, Ti and The game….Lil wayne need to stop rapping like a pre-school boy with rymes that make no sense.

 
Comment by Christo Linx
3 years ago

I think T.I and Eminem are better Rappers than all these negroes. it’s hard to understand what people like about Lil Weezy when all he does is make noise. What a person is rapping has to make sense not just rap about women and money, whats up with that?

When it comes to dol, 50 cent is the man no doubt!!!

 
Comment by Scanty
3 years ago

Wizy is the worst rapper now in the music industry.

 
Comment by ken
3 years ago

Hey why are u all talking like this? this is not real money they are all drug money 50 is a fucking drug dealer so please spare me all this…………

 
Comment by 800 pounds
2 years ago

yeah man,50 is my real dude man. we got along long time back in Atlanta and glad bout his success . keep up.visit ya 2morro

 
Comment by Cheezy spaxx
2 years ago

Yo 50 is da man but Ludacris , The Game ,T.i , are the best rappers alive. Weezy is da wackest rapper alive. Hey young jeezy and juelz santana are also doing well sorry for them.

 
Comment by Bryt aka 2 b a Subscribed to comments via email
2 years ago

Jigga man is the best of all.

 
Comment by fuking bullshit cunting muthafukaing cok
2 years ago

YO DIS IS MUTHAFUKING SHIT FUK FIDDY HE RAPED MY GIRLFRIENDFI IM GUNNA MUTHAFUKING TEATR TEAR HIS EYES OUT WITH A SHOVEL AND THEN RIP APART HIS ASSHOLE

 
Comment by Seth Subscribed to comments via email
2 years ago

Am on u ‘r side beat the muthafuker.

 
Comment by sly baby
2 years ago

50 is ma man in the music industry.no size.

 
Comment by daniel Subscribed to comments via email
2 years ago

50 is d man period!!!

 
Comment by Slim-v Subscribed to comments via email
2 years ago

Y o u negroz talkn abt ma man weezy damn!!the boy is bad nt gud enough 2beat 50 sorry

 
Comment by prince Subscribed to comments via email
1 year ago

the boss is always the boss fuck rick ross he is nothin but an old fool??????????????????????????????????????????????

 
Comment by mice
1 year ago

hey sup ….why are you guys fooling around talking ship about people huh, go and search for your own money and stop fooling wasting your time on comment , no one knows when he will die and we will all die and leave all our money and houses and so am commanding you to stop commenting all the mada fucking comment you are doing fuck you all and god bless all the musicians and 50 cent and weezy

 
Comment by eddson Subscribed to comments via email
9 months ago

fuck everbody who hate 50,fuck everyone who Dislike my comment its l city boyz boss mr eddiek motherfucker7

 

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