Jay-Z, Kanye West & Diddy Top Forbes’ Hip-Hop’s Cash Kings List

With numerous albums sold, countless tours, and various business ventures it should come as no surprise that Jay-Z, Diddy, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Birdman are among the top five Hip-Hop moneymakers according to Forbes. Forbes' "Cash Kings 2011: Hip-Hop’s Top 20 Earners" list features the usual suspects as well as a few newcomers. Among those newcomers are Nicki Minaj, Wiz Khalifa, and Atlanta rapper B.o.B. There are also quite a few artists who made it onto 2010's list but didn't quite make it this year and they include Lil Jon, Common, T.I., and Gucci Mane. Anyone else find it a tad ironic that despite beefing years ago rappers Rick Ross and 50 Cent both made the same amount of money in the past year?

The complete list of Forbes' "Cash Kings 2011: Hip-Hop’s Top 20 Earners" is as follows:

Jay-Z - $37 Million
Diddy - $35 Million
Kanye West - $16 Million
Lil Wayne - $15 Million
Birdman - $15 Million
Eminem - $14 Million
Dr. Dre - $14 Million
Snoop Dogg - $14 Million
Akon - $13 Million
Ludacris - $12 Million
Wiz Khalifa - $11 Million
Drake - $11 Million
Pharrell Williams - $10 Million
Timbaland - $7 Million
Swizz Beatz - $6 Million
Nicki Minaj - $6.5 Million
Rick Ross - $6 Million
50 Cent - $6 Million
Pitbull - $6 Million
T-Pain - $5 Million
B.o.B - $5 Million