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 [...]

The announcement comes two weeks after rumors surfaced about Scrappy’s departure from Lil’ Jon’s BME Recordings and Warner Brothers Records. As one of the headliners of the “No1 in the South Got Swagga Like Us” concert, which took place at Atlanta’s Phillips Arena Sunday evening, Luda made the news official to a crowd which had [...]

Forbes Releases “Hip-Hop’s 20 Biggest Earners” Of 2008 1. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson: $150 million 2. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter: $82 million 3. Sean “Diddy” Combs: $35 million 4. Kanye West: $30 million 5. Timothy “Timbaland” Mosley: $22 million 6. Pharrell Williams: $20 million 7. Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean: $17 million 8. Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus: [...]