Forbes' Hip-Hop Cash Kings List 2009

-Jay-Z $35 million starting in June 2008, from touring and other business ventures.

-Sean "Diddy" Combs, with $30 million.

-Third place went to Kanye West with a respectable $25 million, earned through profits from his '808's and Heartbreaks' album and 'Glow In The Dark' tour.

-50 Cent landed at No. 4 with approximately $20 million.