Jay-Z Beats Eminem, Dr Dre, Lil Wayne To Top Rapper Rich List

Rapper earned millions in last twelve months...

August 18, 2010 by Jason Gregory | Photo by WENN.com

Jay-Z Beats Eminem, Dr Dre, Lil Wayne To Top Rapper Rich List

Jay-Z has topped a list of the richest rappers in music for the second year running.

The hip-hop star, real name Shawn Carter, earned $63million in the 12 months up to July from his music, business deals and endorsements.

Diddy was second on Forbes list with $30million, while Akon ($21m), Lil' Wayne ($20m) and ($17m) completed the top-five.

Surpisingly, Eminem only managed to earn $8million, despite the success of recent album 'Recovery'.

List compiler Zack O'Malley Greenburg said: "It's pretty shocking to see him so low down on the list. Compared to his peers, he doesn't really do much outside of music."

Snoop Dogg and Kanye West also featured on the countdown. You can see the complete top-10 on Gigwise below.

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Eminem is one of the only mainstream rappers who cares more about making good music than making money. That's why he's had the #1 album in the country for 2 months, but isn't high on the list. Even if eminem did one tour and nothing else he would be in the top 5.
~ by james 2 days 11 hours ago Report
Thats true. His passion is his music and he doesn't tour as much anymore. Just doing select shows here and there. Not to mention the list was up until july and recovery came out in near the end of june. I'm sure he'll be higher up next year. Plus hes worth a few hundred million anyways. Recovery all the way!
~ by carib13 2 days 1 hour ago Report
eminems new song suck ASSS
~ by doc 10 hours 35 minutes ago Report