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North says: For the second straight year Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter tops the 2010 Forbes Cash King List raking in a cool $63 Million. A busy year for Jay-Z included the release of his last album The Blueprint 3, investments in the 40/40 Club/Sports Bar chain, the New Jersey Nets (who are moving to his hometown of Brooklyn. NY in 2012) and the Broadway play “Fela”. Add in his highly successful Blueprint 3 tour that brought in $1 Million per concert and you see why he’s been #1 for three of the past four years.

Rounding out the top 5 are: Sean “Diddy” Combs at $30 Million, Aliuane “Akon” Thiam at $21 Million, D’Wayne “Lil’ Wayne” Carter at $20 Million and Andre “Dr. Dre” Young at $17 Million.

Props to RR

After the jump the full Top 20 list…



1) Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter – $63 Million
2) Sean “Diddy” Combs – $30 Million
3) Aliuane “Akon” Thiam – $21 Million
4) D’Wayne “Lil’ Wayne” Carter – $20 Million
5) Andre “Dr. Dre” Young – $17 Million
6) Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges – $16 Million
7) Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus – $15 Million
8 ) Timothy “Timbaland” Mosley – $14 Million
9) Pharrell Williams – $13 Million
10) Kanye West – $12 Million
11) Aubrey “Drake” Graham – $10 Million
12) Clifford “T.I.” Harris – $9 Million (tie)
12) Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean – $9 Million (tie)
14) Marshall “Eminem” Mathers – $8 Million (tie)
14) Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson – $8 Million (tie)
14) Jay “Young Jeezy” Jenkins – $8 Million (tie)
17) Lonnie “Common” Lynn Jr. – $7 Million
18) DeAndre “Soulja Boy” Way – $6 Million (tie)
18) Faheem “T-Pain” Najm – $6 Million (tie)
20) Jonathan “Lil’ Jon” Smith – $5 Million (tie)
20) Radric “Gucci Mane” Davis – $5 Million (tie)
20) William “Rick Ross” Roberts – $5 Million (tie)