Jay-Z & Diddy Top Forbes’ 2010 “Hip Hop Cash Kings” List

Today Forbes’ List announced theHip-Hop Cash Kings of 2010, as most could probably guess, Jay-Z headed the list, having earned $63 million this year making him number one by more than double any of his competitors. Jay falls into the 35% tax bracket meaning that his line from 2006’s Oh My God, “What you call money/ I pay in taxes,” has pretty much come true as he will end up paying approx $22 million in taxes this year; more than the total earnings of any other rapper aside from Diddy, who takes second place with $33 million.

Surprisingly the average earnings of the Top 20 comes to $15 million, which is approximately the same as last year, despite the current state of the economy.

Since his incident at the VMA’s and temporary disappearance from the public eye, Kanye West has earned only $12 million this year, in comparison to the $25 million he earned last year, with the anticipation surrounding his new album however, he is expected to climb the list considerably next year.

I see you Drake… Get that money!

The Top 15 is as follows:

1. Jay-Z – $63m

2. Diddy – $30m

3. Akon – $21m

4. Lil Wayne – $20m

5. Dr. Dre – $17m

6. Ludacris – $16m

7. Snoop Dogg – $15m

8. Timbaland – $14m

9. Pharrell Williams – $13m

10. Kanye West – $12m

11. Drake – $10m

12. T.I. – $9m

12 Swizz Beatz – $9m

14 Eminem – $8m

14. 50 Cent – $8m