Jay-Z Tops Forbes' List Of Hip-hop 'Cash Kings'

All hail returning royalty. For the third time in the last four years, Jay-Z has been anointed hip-hop's "Cash King" by Forbes; he is rap’s highest-earning star with a bullet, according to the magazine’s annual ranking.

Having taken in $63 million in the last 12 months, Hovi Baby easily bested a who’s who of hip-hop rainmakers that includes Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Timbaland and Dr. Dre -- not to mention the only person to have financially outperformed Jay-Z in recent memory, 50 Cent, who took the Forbes list’s top spot in 2008 with a $150-million annual income.

Here's the list
1. Jay-Z – $63 Million
2. Diddy – $30 Million
3. Akon – $21 Million
4. Lil Wayne – $20 Million
5. Dr. Dre – $17 Million
6. Ludacris – $16 Million
7. Snoop Dogg – $15 Million
8. Timbaland – $14 Million
9. Pharrell – $13 Million
10. Kanye West – $12 Million
11. Drake – $9 Million
11. T.I. – $ 9 Million
12. Swizz Beatz – $9 Million
14. Eminem – $8 Million
14.50 Cent – $8 Million
14. Young Jeezy – $8 Million
17. Common – $7 Million
18. Soulja Boy – $7 Million
18. T-Pain – $7 Million
20. Lil Jon – $5 Million
20. Gucci Mane – $5 Million
20. Rick Ross – $5 Million

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