It’s A Good Time to Be A Hip Hop Producer
A recent Forbes article Hip Hop Cash Kings lists the top 20 earners in hip hop. The expected main stream stars like Jay-Z and 50 cent topped the list with $34 and $32 million respectively, but eight producers are holding it down in the top 20.
- #4 Timbaland $21 million
- #5 Dr. Dre $20 million
- #8 Kanye West $17 million
- #9 Pharrell Williams $17 million
- #10 Scott Storch $17 million
- #14 Lil Jon $14 million
- #16 Jermaine Dupri $12 million
- #17 Swizz Beats $12 million
Producers are beginning to gain significant exposure and more share of the fame and fortune from the artists they work with.
Alex M said
am August 29 2007 @ 3:51 pm
Cool n Dre should be up there too! Lil Jon shouldn’t be there.
churp said
am September 2 2007 @ 10:42 am
but cool and dre aint makin dat much money rite now.
Neak said
am June 24 2008 @ 12:20 pm
I do think there was a mistake coz Dr Dre supposed to be the number one on the list of producers or what? Can y’all tell me who’s the hip hop producer that made a history in history?
Pritash said
am July 6 2008 @ 6:46 pm
Ryan Lesliee should b up dere hess suchh a sik producerrr!!!!
dw2101 said
am April 18 2009 @ 7:25 pm
no cool n dre?
dw2101 said
am April 18 2009 @ 7:30 pm
storch #10?
Clint said
am June 17 2009 @ 8:38 am
It will be how much money they made last year.
Kenneth Smith said
am August 3 2009 @ 8:31 am
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jaywil said
am September 19 2009 @ 12:34 pm
Pharell sell each beat for 100,000 and he deserve to be on there