Forbes Cash Kings 2011: Hip-Hop’s Top 20 Earners

 

The Forbes Hip-Hop Cash Kings charts pretax earnings for all living artists whose work is primarily classified as hip-hop or rap. The 2011 edition, for the period from May 2010 to May 2011 has been released, timed perfectly with the launch of Watch the Throne: Jay-Z is hip-hop’s top earner with $37 million in the past 12 months, while Kanye West ranked third.

The full Top 20 list follows.
1. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, $37 million;
2. Sean “Diddy” Combs, $35 million;
3. Kanye West, $16 million;
4. Dwayne “Lil Wayne” Carter, Bryan “Birdman” Williams, $15 million (tie);
6. Marshall “Eminem” Mathers, Andre “Dr. Dre” Young, Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus, $14 million (tie);
9. Aliuane “Akon” Thiam, $13 million;
10. Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges, $12 million;
11. Cameron “Wiz Khalifa” Thomaz, Aubrey “Drake” Graham, $11 million (tie);
13. Pharrell Williams, $10 million;
14. Timothy “Timbaland” Mosley, $7 million;
15. Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean, Onika “Nicki Minaj” Maraj, $6.5 million (tie);
17. William “Rick Ross” Roberts, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Armando “Pitbull” Perez, $6 million (tie);
20. Faheem “T-Pain” Najm, Bobby “B.o.B” Simmons, Jr., $5 million (tie)

 

Via Highsnobiety

BadBitchMonday : “amber rose”

Having missed last weeks Monday this week we will make up with none other than the vixen which is in every man and celebrity dream, Amber Rose. An american model which first started off as a dancer to now the talking and photography sensation. Best known for her relationship with Kanye West in which the couple broke apart in 2010 to now dating Wiz Khalifa. It is said she has been signed to Ford Models but had many appearances in variety of shoots and magazine spreads as well as a list of music videos such as : Ludacris’ “What Them Girls Like”, Young Jeezy’s “Vacation”, Mary Mary’s “God in Me”, Nicki Minaj’s “Massive Attack”, and Fabolous “You Be Killin’ Em.” You can visit Behind Her Shades  for her site and follow her on twitter @DaRealAmberRose. Read more to see a run of pictures and videos.

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Wiz Khalifa & Danny Mcbride on Complex Magazine April/May Cover

 

On the next cover for Complex Magazine Wiz Khalifa and comedian Danny McBride are the star features for the 9th anniversary issue. Wiz Khalifas first album “Rolling Paper” just around the corner this issue is a nice way to commend the anticipated album. Read more to see the rest of of the article and pics.

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