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Forbes List The 2010 Hip-Hop Cash Kings

Blogger — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:45:04 +0000

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

Young Jeezy ft. Ludacris – Drinkin & Drivin

Blogger — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:11:26 +0000

Lil Scrappy Signs With Disturbing Tha Peace

Blogger — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:00:50 +0000

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 gathered to see him perform alongside Young Jeezy, Plies, Rick Ross and others.

Following the announcement, Ludacris brought Scrappy to the stage to perform his 2006 hit single “Money in the Bank.”

According to DTP CEO Chaka Zulu, the new deal also brings Scrappy’s label, G’s Up, into the DTP family.

Projects stemming from their partnership will be released through Def Jam, DTP’s parent company since inception.

“Its very exciting to partner with an artist like Scrappy,” Chaka told AllHipHop.com. “He has been involved in a major movement in southern Hip-Hop and also has shown he can be an asset as a businessman/ CEO with his G’s Up brand. I am extremely excited about the next moves for Scrappy, as we have signed him to Def Jam. He can stand next to Hip-Hop’s elite and compete. Also he is shooting a movie currently, which will allow his star to continue to get brighter.”

Once filming for his big screen debut is completed, Lil’ Scrappy will embark on a summer tour to promote and set up his next album, The Grustle, due out later this year.

He will also appear on three upcoming DTP this year: Willy Northpole’s The Connect, Playaz Circle’s Flight 360 and Ludacris’s highly anticipated Battle of the Sexes, featuring Shawnna.

First introduced to audiences in 2004 with the single “No Problem,” Scrappy, born Darryl Richardson, was one of the first two acts signed to BME by super producer Lil’ Jon.

The single, from the album The King of Crunk & BME Recordings Present: Trillville & Lil Scrappy, established the young rapper as “the Prince of Crunk” and one of Atlanta’s A-List performers.

Two years later, Scrappy released his official debut album Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live amid much fanfare, as a joint effort between BME and G-Unit Records, with both Lil’ Jon and 50 Cent serving as executive producers.

The album featured appearances by artists from both camps, including Lil’ Jon, Bohagon, Young Buck, Olivia and 50 Cent, as well as production from Ike Dirty, Don Cannon, Bangladesh and Sha Money XL.

Since then, as the BME imprint has faded from the prominence it enjoyed at it’s height in 2005, Scrappy has also remained mostly out of the spotlight, aside from public appearances with longtime girlfriend and former label mate Diamond, and a brief arrest in 2008.

Chamillionaire – Creepin’ Remix (Feat. The Game & Ludacris)

Blogger — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:28:21 +0000

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Ludacris Apologizes To John McCain

Blogger — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:11:39 +0000

Ludacris, the self-proclaimed “mouth of the south,” made nice with former presidential hopeful John McCain over this past weekend, after making some disparaging remarks about the Republican Arizona senator on record last year.

The rapper/actor reportedly apologized to McCain and his wife Cindy during last Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game according to E! Online.

Luda made headlines last year when his track, “Politics (Obama is Here)” was publicly panned by President Barack Obama for using such lines as “McCain don’t belong in any chair unless he’s paralyzed.”

Theater of the Mind, the Atlanta MC’s last album recently went gold.

Record Labels Depending On Kanye And 50 Cent To Meet Last Years Sales Total

Blogger — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:30:29 +0000

Record labels are approaching another financially weak year, as a minimum of 200 million albums in the last quarter is now required in order to break even with last year’s low total.

According to Variety, the music industry officially closed out with a total of 297.9 million albums sold for the third quarter making it already 12 percent less than the previous year. 2007 saw a total of 500.5 million in sales with over 30 percent of the records purchased stemming from the fourth quarter. However, this year the industry would have to up the amount to over 40 percent.

With a strong line-up of upcoming albums believed to drop before 2009 including releases from Kanye West, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes and possible albums from Dr. Dre, Eminem and Andre 3000, the goal may still be attainable.

T-Pain Feat. Luda – Chopped And Screwed!!!

Blogger — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:45:23 +0000

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Hip Hop Cash Kings!

Blogger — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:57:09 +0000

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: $16 million
9. André “Dr. Dre” Young: $15 million
10. Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges: $14 million
11. Clifford “T.I.” Harris: $13 million (tie)
12. Dwayne “Lil Wayne” Carter: $13 million (tie)
13. Marshall “Eminem” Mathers: $12 million (tie)
14. Lonnie “Common” Lynn Jr.: $12 million (tie)
15. Aliaune “Akon” Thiam: $12 million (tie)
16. Jermaine Dupri: $11 million (tie)
17. Jonathan “Lil Jon” Smith: $11 million (tie)
18. OutKast: $10 million (tie)
19. Hakeem “Chamillionaire” Seriki: $10 million (tie)
20. Jayceon “The Game” Taylor: $10 million (tie)

Ludacris “What Them Girls Like” feat. Chris Brown & Sean Garrett

Blogger — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:17:48 +0000

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Hannity Uses Ludacris to Paint Obama As Black Radical

Blogger — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:29:16 +0000