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December 8th, 2008, 05:32 PM
Despite lacking record sales and even more lack luster movie performances, New York rapper 50 Cent has been named 2008's top music earner by Forbes Magazine.
According to reports, 50 has topped international superstars Jay-Z, Madonna and Beyonce and emerged as this year's biggest earning musical performer.
The rapper and entrepreneur brought in an estimated $151 million from June 2007 to June 2008. British Rock band The Police came in second earning an estimate $115 million, while Jay-Z placed third with an estimated $82.6 million. Beyonce fell shy of third place with $80 million and The Beatles rounded up the top five earning $51.6 million.
According to Forbes, over the past 12 months, 50 has added $150 million to his substantial coffers. He hawks clothing, sneakers, videogames, movies, ringtones and flavored water. Fif has even met with billionaire mining baron Patrice Motsepe in South Africa in hopes of forging a joint venture that could soon bring him an equity stake in the mine--and 50 Cent-branded platinum to the world.
"I've got a diverse portfolio--things that people wouldn't actually expect me to be involved in," Fif is quoted as saying.
Fif's last solo album, Curtis, sold approximately 691,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, making it the lowest first week sales of his career with Get Rich or Die Tryin' selling 872,000 and The Massacre moving 1.4 million copies. As of October 2008, Curtis has sold 1.34 million copies in the United States.
Wow is all I can say. He's the #1 hustler in rap right now. He just keep gettin' richer and richer. He easily the #1 business man -- people could learn a lot from him.
According to reports, 50 has topped international superstars Jay-Z, Madonna and Beyonce and emerged as this year's biggest earning musical performer.
The rapper and entrepreneur brought in an estimated $151 million from June 2007 to June 2008. British Rock band The Police came in second earning an estimate $115 million, while Jay-Z placed third with an estimated $82.6 million. Beyonce fell shy of third place with $80 million and The Beatles rounded up the top five earning $51.6 million.
According to Forbes, over the past 12 months, 50 has added $150 million to his substantial coffers. He hawks clothing, sneakers, videogames, movies, ringtones and flavored water. Fif has even met with billionaire mining baron Patrice Motsepe in South Africa in hopes of forging a joint venture that could soon bring him an equity stake in the mine--and 50 Cent-branded platinum to the world.
"I've got a diverse portfolio--things that people wouldn't actually expect me to be involved in," Fif is quoted as saying.
Fif's last solo album, Curtis, sold approximately 691,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, making it the lowest first week sales of his career with Get Rich or Die Tryin' selling 872,000 and The Massacre moving 1.4 million copies. As of October 2008, Curtis has sold 1.34 million copies in the United States.
Wow is all I can say. He's the #1 hustler in rap right now. He just keep gettin' richer and richer. He easily the #1 business man -- people could learn a lot from him.