Dre makes it into the Forbes top10 Hip Hop Cash Kings

Dr. Dre  came in at #5, earning $17 million through a combination of album royalties from his past projects, executive producing a pair of Eminem releases and income from his headphone line Beats by Dre.


1.Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter $63 Million 

2.Sean "Diddy" Combs $30 million

3.Aliuane "Akon" Thiam $21 million
4.Dwayne "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

Source - http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/16/jay-z-diddy-akon-business-entertainment-hip-hop-cash-kings_land.html