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Forbes 2011 Hip hop cash kings list is out!!!!

The 2011 Hip Hop Cash Kings list is out and Roc Nation’s CEO Jay-Z tops the list again for the 4^th time in 5 years. Nicki Minaj debuts on the list, becoming the first female to ever appear on the list and the list also sees a former no.1 hip hop cash king 50 Cent fail to get back in the top 10. Below is the ranking of who made the most cheddar in the past year

1. Jay-Z $37 million
2. Diddy $35 million
3. Kanye West $16 million
4. Lil Wayne (tie) $15 million
5. Birdman $15 million
6. Eminem (tie) $14 million
7. Dr.Dre (tie) $14 million
8. Snoop Dogg (tie) $14 million
9. Akon $13 million

10.Ludacris $12 million

11.Wiz Khalifa (tie)$11 million

12.Drake (tie) $11 million

13.Pharrell Williams $10 million

14.Timbaland- $7 million

15.Swizz Beatz (tie) $6.5 million

16.Nicki Minaj (tie) $6.5 million

17.Rick Ross (tie) $6 million

18.50 Cents (tie) $6 million

19.Pitbull (tie) $6 million

20.T-pain (tie) $5 million

20.B.O.B (tie) $5 million

Damon Dash owing taxes

Roc-A-Fella co-founder Damon Dash has recently addressed the reports about him owning the IRS more than $2 million in unpaid taxes. The rap mogul commented on his situation saying “I’m f*cked up. It’s the price of business, it is what it is. I owe taxes: I got to pay”. A few years back Dash and wife Rachel Roy split and he lost his house. Sad how two friends that started their journeys in hip hop together have grown to be two different people today; one a Cash King (Jay-Z) and the other a business man who can’t pay his taxes.

Lupe Fiasco becomes brands ambassador for Vans sneaker

Kick Push rapper Lupe Fiasco has just landed a deal with skateboard brand Vans, which will see the rapper working along with the brand as their new brand ambassador. Lupe will be seen promoting their new spring 2012 collection of casual kicks. Man oh man what a fresh deal.

Big Sean arrested on sexual charges!!!!

Finally Famous rapper Big Sean was arrested after a woman had claimed that he had sexually assaulted her at a show on Thursday (4 August). The young rapper’s lawyer released a press statement saying Sean denies the incident and that he believes that with further investigation the charges will be dropped. Wow this so shocking

Kanye West, Nicki Minaj and ?uestlove are part of the rap illuminati

Kanye West along with Nicki Minaj, ?uestlove, Bruno Mars and Will.I.Am will all lend their voices to the animated series The Cleveland Show, where they’ll each play themselves and contribute musically to the show. The episode sees the 5 artist as part of the rap illuminati, which is secret group that controls pop culture. No air date has been announced but the third season of The Cleveland Show kicks off on the 25 September. Can’t wait to check it out!!

Jay’s Rocawear partners with Billionaire Boys Club

Jay-Z’s fashion label Rocawear has partnered with BBC (Billionaire Boys Club) clothing. The label which was started by Neptune’s producer Pharrell will now be a collaborative label, working with street wear brand Rocawear. In 2007 Jay-Z sold the rights to Rocawear for $204 million but kept his stake in the label. He also heads the product development, marketing and licensing of the clothing brand.

Drake talks about the Big Sean beef

Young money rapper Drake has at a recent concert addressed the rumours of him beefing with G.O.O.D Music MC Big Sean saying “I’ma let you know that at my first show ever I shared the stage with this kid man, this dude that I love a lot, I got a lot of respect for.” So clearly to all those convinced otherwise there is nothing but love between the two young rappers.

Nicki Minaj part of Ice Age 4???

Pink Friday rapper Nicki Minaj who is known for her many voice impressions/alter-egos is adding a new character to the list. The female rapper will be starring in the animated 3D movie Ice Age 4: Continental Drift where she will lend her voice. She is part of an all star cast including fellow young money rapper Drake, Queen Latifah and Jennifer Lopez. Man oh man what a cast

Rick Ross invest in chicken wing franchise

The head of the Maybach Music Group Rick Ross has recently invested in chicken wing franchise Wingston, after tasting Wingston’s signature Lemon Pepper-flavoured chicken wings in Miami. The mogul then knew that he wanted to add the franchise to his line of investments by bringing it to Memphis. Mmmm what an interesting venture by Ross lol

Im on one

All I care about is money and the city that I’m from

Ima sip it till I feel it, Ima smoke it till it’s done

And I don’t really give a fuck and my excuse is that I’m young

And I’m only getting older so somebody shoulda told ya

I’m on one

Yeah, fuck it, I’m on one

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Tyga goes dyes!!!!

Recently Young Money rapper Tyga joined the trend of changing your natural hair colour by dying his hair from black to light brown.  Now with Chris Brown and Tyga now changing their hair colours I wonder who else is going to join this dye your hair tren...

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Kanye’s new scarf steez

Monster rapper Kanye West has recently debut a line of silk scarves inspired by his Dark Twisted Fantasy album’s artwork. The scarves come in 5 limited designs and there are only 100 scarves of each design. The scarves are said to go for about R2 600 each and are exclusively sold by the French boutique Collette in Chicago.

Chris celebrates his 22 birthday

This month’s artist Chris Brown recently celebrated his 22^nd birthday by throwing parties in Miami and Las Vegas. His party in Miami saw Young Money’s leader Lil Wayne in attendance and the one Las Vegas saw Breezy’s friend and fellow rnb crooner Ray J in attendance. One of the iconic elements of his birthday weekend was his graffitied cake, man if I could have a birthday cake like that! 

Amber Rose discusses the downgrade insults

Relationship shocker of the year was the relationship between Black and Yellow rapper Wiz Khalifa and Kanye West’s ex Amber Rose. Recently Amber opened up to King magazine about the comparison between the two rappers saying

“There’s no comparison in personalities. You know when people say how do you go from Kanye to Wiz Khalifa, that’s a downgrade. But the only question I ask them is: have you ever dated Kanye? Because I have, and believe me, I did not downgrade at all.”

With all that said I'm interest to hear what Kanye has to say about all this.

Jigga speaks out on illuminate affiliation

Blueprint rapper Jay-z has spoken out about the illuminate rumours saying “I think people can;t handle when somebody else is successful” further saying “Something has got to be wrong, you gotta be down with some higher power. And I guess when someone else is successful, it makes you feel like maybe you’re a failure. So it can’t be you, it has to be some other force”.

Last year Jigga addressed the rumours directly in the track “Free Mason”. Now I think its time to let go and let Jigga be, if you think his illuminate and you don’t like it, then stop listening to his music. Fullstop. 

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Lil Wayne admits his never listened to either Drake or Nicki Minaj’s albums

Lil Wayne shocked the music world when in an interview on Hot 97, the rapper admitted he has never listened to Pink Friday or Thank Me Later. The Young Money boss stated that he is so busy that he hasn’t had time to listen to either of the albums, however he has listen to Kanye West and Rick Ross’ albums.

Ill Skillz back on their 24 hour mission

Cape Townian rap duo Ill Skills are back on their grind. The rap duo which gave us an album/project of which they recorded in 24 hours is back at it again. They are currently in London working on their “Skillz That Pay Da Billz- 24 Hour Project”, which sees the duo recording another album in 24 hours. This is most def a project to look out for, so stay locked to HI MY NAME IS HIP HOP for more on the duo.

Wiz gets high on Amber Rose

Now we all know Wiz Khalifa loves his weed (kush) but now he has a new love, Kanye West’s famous ex Amber Rose. The two have recently come out in the open about their relationship and their feelings for one another with Wiz saying “She’s a great girl, she’s like one of the best girls in the world. I just want everybody to know how great she is...”.  With many people labeling Amber a fame whore who runs after rappers to get shine, time will only tell if this relationship will last.

Nate Dogg’s funeral

This past month hip hop mourned one of it veterans, Nate Dogg who passed away due to health related reasons. His funeral was held on Saturday 26^th March and saw thousands of Nate Dogg’s family, friends and fans gather to say their last goodbye’s to the 213 rapper. Amongst the attendees were Snoop Dogg and his wife, Dr Dre, Xzibit, Warren G, Game and many other hip hop icons. In memory of his late best friend, Snoop Dogg tatted a picture of Nate Dogg and the words “All dogs go to heaven” on his arm. The tatoo serves as a tribute to his former group member.

Nicki Minaj (Moment for Life music video)

Affion Crockett (Drake spoof)