Rapper bags £75million in 12 months
Thursday, 21 August 2008
50 Cent earned £75million last year – making him the highest paid hip-hop star in America.
The rapper, real name Curtis Jackson, even beat rival Jay-Z, 38, who raked in £35million.
Fiddy, 33, made his millions from a contract with Glaceau's Vitaminwater, his G-Unit clothing line, movies, video games and a platinum-selling album.
P Diddy, real name Sean Combs, 38, came in third with £18million and Kanye West, 31, was fourth with earnings of £15million.
The list, complied by Forbes magazine, also saw the late Tupac Shakir bag fifth place, pulling in £7million in royalties.
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50cent is the boss of all bosses i am from trinidad
50cent is the king.we luv him
I MUST SAY THAT I REALLY LOVED 50CENT THAT AM EVEN LIKE HIM HERE IN NIGERIAN HE MERIT IT THANKS. SAMMY.
50 is gonna rule hip hop world
I luv 50 cos he live up 2 his word 'get rich or die tryin' 4rm Nigeria.
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