top grossing rappers for 2008

B. Ware tha Siniq · Post by **B. Ware tha Siniq** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:00 pm

drizzle wrote:
Race Car Bed Sleeping Rapist Virgin wrote:
D. James wrote:Aside from arguably Timbaland, nobody on that list has made good music in 2008.

so lil wayne has made NO good music in 2008??
in d.james' world lil wayne doesn't exist like wizards

There's no way I'm buying that wizards don't exist in D. James's realm.

Pizon · Post by **Pizon** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:57 am

Last year's list apparently came out in August, and it was 2006 income only. So if this is not a hoax, it probably covers 2007 earnings. Here's last year's :lastweek:

:

Jay-Z - $34 million
50 Cent - $32 million
Diddy - $28 million
Timbaland - $21 million
Dr. Dre - $20 million
Eminem - $18 million
Snoop Dogg - $17 million
Kanye West - $17 million
Pharrell Williams - $17 million
Scott Storch - $17 million
Ludacris - $16 million
T.I. - $16 million
OutKast - $14 million
Lil Jon - $14 million
Ice Cube - $13 million
Jermaine Dupri - $12 million
Swizz Beatz - $12 million
Chamillionaire - $11 million
The Game - $11 million
Yung Joc - $10 million

[quote="DLG"]not sure if this is :lastweek:

1. Curtis ג50 Centג Jackson: $150 million
2. Shawn גJay-Zג Carter: $82 million
3. Sean גDiddyג Combs: $35 million
4. Kanye West: $30 million
5. Timothy גTimbalandג Mosley: $22 million
6. Pharrell Williams: $20 million
7. Kasseem גSwizz Beatzג Dean: $17 million
8. Calvin גSnoop Doggג Broadus: $16 million
9. Andr

Yohan · Post by **Yohan** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:18 am

Odd. 50 and Jay stepped their money making game up big time. How is that possible? Not just off album sales right?

stems · Post by **stems** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:40 am

Coca-Cola purchased Vitamin Water in '07. Fiddy made bank.

Yohan · Post by **Yohan** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:49 am

stems wrote:Coca-Cola purchased Vitamin Water in '07. Fiddy made bank.

Oh yea, forgot about that. How about Jay?

Req · Post by **Req** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:59 am

Yohan wrote:
stems wrote:Coca-Cola purchased Vitamin Water in '07. Fiddy made bank.
Oh yea, forgot about that. How about Jay?

Live Nation deal perhaps along with that big Rocawear push.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:36 am

B. Ware tha Siniq wrote:
drizzle wrote:
Race Car Bed Sleeping Rapist Virgin wrote:
D. James wrote:Aside from arguably Timbaland, nobody on that list has made good music in 2008.

so lil wayne has made NO good music in 2008??
in d.james' world lil wayne doesn't exist like wizards

There's no way I'm buying that wizards don't exist in D. James's realm.

CAST LEVEL SIX MAGIX TO TURN EVERY ALBUM EVER INTO A CONTINUOUS DEAD PREZ FREESTYLE

or was that a KKK joke?

B. Ware tha Siniq · Post by **B. Ware tha Siniq** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:01 pm

My guess would be that a lot of these rappers lost money on music in 2007-2008, but caked off their other deals.

Diddy said recently that he hasn't seen profits off Bad Boy records in years, he just does it cuz he loves the music business.

Dids · Post by **Dids** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:22 pm

Kidna surprised that Akon is that low on that list given his involvment in and production of like 90% of songs released in 2008. If you remove non-music revenue, he's gotta jump up the chart pretty quickly.

chump change · Post by **chump change** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:24 pm

Dids wrote:Kidna surprised that Akon is that low on that list given his involvment in and production of like 90% of songs released in 2008. If you remove non-music revenue, he's gotta jump up the chart pretty quickly.

gawd damnit dids

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