50 Cent is the only rapper besides Jay-Z, Diddy and Dre to ever top the Forbes Hip-Hop Cash Kings list. He did so in 2008 with a whopping $150 million payday – the highest annual payout on record for any rapper – inspiring this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGFmUdP8pUA

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“I will be #1 next year,” Swizz told me in 2011. Still waiting! But $8.5 million isn’t too bad.

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Now, they can probably afford to spend $50 for a t-shirt. At the very least, I expect them to make the move from Good Will to Buffalo Exchange.

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Diddy’s words to me: “You started learning how to count right, I see. Thank God!”

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The King of “other business ventures, is former Jersey Shore "star” DJ Pauly D:

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Peep this upcoming Forbes piece on how DJ’s are taking the Vegas party scene by storm.

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We’re talking $200k-$300k per night. That’s before agents/managers/lawyers/taxes get paid, but still.

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