Jay-Z pulled in $63 million over the past 12 months, earning him his second straight hip-hop cash crown. His income level places him in the 35% tax bracket, which means he’ll pay Uncle Sam about $22 million this year–a sum greater than the total earnings of any other rap star besides second-ranked Diddy.

1. Jay-Z – $63 Million (Crazy thing is Beyonce makes even more with 87 million)
2. Diddy – $30 Million (Take that, thake that)
3. Akon – $21 Million (Lady Gaga money must be looking nicccceee)
4. Lil Wayne – $20 Million (Don’t let Carter 3 producers see this)
5. Dr. Dre – $17 Million (Beats By Dre money?)
6. Ludacris – $16 Million (Theater of the Mind and Battles of the Sexes did their thing)
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

Kobe helped me finish my #POWER ®emix verse … Just building on the concept of #POWE… and Mos helped me find the “old me” lyrically

Saturday afternoon looking at Pantone charts … Designing costumes for my album movie Dark Twisted Fantasy… Heading to Eastern Europe

Listening to “Fancy” … This is a big statement but Swizz Beats may be the best rap producer of all time… fuck that… he is

Check an excerpt from Kanye’s feature in French Magazine Liberation Next below.

He almost considers relationship like a contract, the other person is a partner, kids: the mandatory accessory. “Real rock stars, he said one day, get married and have rock stars babies”. More or less engaged to Amber Rose, a model spectacularly dressed in pink, he does not delude himself.”Of course women are attracted by celebrity, money, the illusion of “love me for who I am” is stupid/an idiocy, we are no longer in college, I am f*cking Kanye West.

I think the money and fame will be the initial attraction, but to have a lasting marriage a person would have to love you for who you are. Otherwise there will be a divorce down the road unless they signed a prenup.

If i had the same amount of money kanye has i probably wouldnt care about love too

There is a rumor going around saying that Chris Brown and Amber Rose got it in at the White Party: Sources are saying that they were all over each other the whole night. Amber was consumed with him and wouldn’t let him out of her sight. They eventually were seen on the dance floor kissing, then shortly after that, they were spotted on the patio bumping and grinding. No one knows what happened after that because they vanished.

We already knew that Wayne joins Kanye West and T-Pain on Ross’ “Maybach Music 2,” but the Bawse revealed to us that Weezy will also be featured on “Valley of Death.” A snippet of the song was released online recently, and Ross disses 50 Cent on his part. There’s no word yet on what Wayne raps about, but Ross said the New Orleans superstar’s verse was easy to get because of their friendship.

“Me and Wayne, I got a lot of respect and a lot of love, not only for Lil Wayne, but for Cash Money Records,” Ross said. “Those were some of the few dudes that embraced me outside of the music long before the fame and fortune. I always felt it was genuine. Birdman and Slim been coming to Miami for years now. We developed a relationship being in and out of the studios. Anytime I called Wayne for anything — whether it’s an album cut or remix — he was just there for me.

” ‘Valley of Death,’ that concept was just, that’s really what it is — every day I get up and live the life that I live. Do the things I do. Move how I move,” Ross added. “Walking in the valley of death, I feel my life is on the line every day. It’s a 50/50 chance.”

Another person Rick has been working with is 50 nemesis Ja Rule. Rule is on the remix of “Mafia Music,” the record that sparked the G-Unit/ Rick Ross beef. “Ja Rule is on the record,” he said. “Y’all gotta lay around for it.”

Again, he didn’t say what Rule’s verse was about, but you can bet all the gadgets in Batman’s cave that Rule’s words won’t be complimentary toward Fif, Lloyd Banks or Tony Yayo. Ross also said he hopes his and Ja’s collaboration can lead to work on a new Rule album.

“I’m still a fan of Ja Rule,” he said. “Ja Rule, put out your next album. Drop a next single real big. Put me on that. Keep selling records. What’s the problem?”

Kanye’s Bisexual mate ( In Blond) is getting so much attention these days i had to post these.

Ya have to give it up  for Kanye, Because this chick is a dime…Just need some hair and she will be the complete package. I personally would bone both chick.

The Dream – Love vs. Money