Forbes Hip Hop Cash Kings 2012

It has been a known fact for  a couple of days now that Dr Dre tops the list of Hip Hop Cash Kings this year according to Forbes, but it is cool to see the other contenders on the list. I personally think it is very interesting the way Dre tops the list with earning from just one deal. He sold half of the stakes in his Beats By Dre company for $300,000,000 to HTC, and he shared it with his other partners (Jimmy Iovine being one of them), to end up with the $110,000,000 he earned between last year August, to 2012 August.


Please note that the figures below are in millions of dollars, and they show what each individual artist earned between August 2011- August 2012. This figures do not represent their net-worth, but money earned during a full year. I think some names on the list will shock you...and also the position of some artists.






According to Forbes, the names that appear below represent their Cash Kings for the year 2012

1. Dr. Dre: $110 million
2. Diddy: $45 million
3. Jay-Z: $38 million
4. Kanye West: $35 milliom
5. Lil Wayne: $27 million
6 Drake: $20.5 milliom
7. Birdman: $20 million
8. Nicki Mianj: $15.5 million
9. Eminem: $15 millionv10. Ludacris: $12 million
11. Pitbull: $9.5 million
12. Rick Ross: $9 million (tie)
13. Wiz Khalifa: $9 million (tie)
14. Snoop Dogg: $8 million
15. 50 Cent: $7.5 million
16. Swizz Beatz: $7 million (tie)
17. Pharrell: $7 million (tie)
18. Young Jeezy: $7 million (tie)
19. Mac Miller: $6.5 million (tie)
20. Akon: $6 million (tie)