Kanye West And The Illuminati

As you can see these are the so called signs of the Illuminati, in as much as some believe in it and some dnt, well does this actually make Kanye a memeber of the  Illuminati ???. You be the judge 

Read What Ghanaian actress Yvone Nelson has to say to rumours about her bleaching

 

Gist has it that the actress is bleaching, but she has taken out time to difuse the rumour. Read what she has to  say about it after the cut 

Photos:Wife Of Nigerian President Celebrates Her 55th Birthday

 

Days after coming back from alleged surgery, she celebrates her 55th birthday  on the 25th of October 2012 in style. With  her husband the Presido himself , mother in-law and their children and other dignitaries available.

New Facts About Genevieve Nnaji's Endorsement With Coscharis As Face Of E-Vogue

The acctress was in June 2012 unveiled as the Brand Ambassador of Range Rover E-Vogue in a deal worth £100,000 and a brand new E-Vogue. But according to news coming from sources this is the real deal:

Genevieve Nnaji was made two offers in the deal by Coscharis Motors (1) Take £100,000 and drive a brand new E-Vogue for Six months and return it back to Coscharis Motors(2) Take £50,000 and have  the E-Vogue which is worth more than N10million, for keeps.

Well guess what, being a smart chick she is, she took  the 100 geess and will drive the car for six months, na wahh me self I go do same ohh, wetin be motor after all she suppose don get more than enough motor joor + she go still drive the vogue for six months. Correct Chikito abeg Carry go my girl, norin do you,  you deserve every bit of it.

Don Jazzy and P-Squared gets verified on Twitter

 

I't really took time shaa but at last it's happened, 2 music heavy weights Don Jazzy and P-Square get's verified, which means no onw can ever clone their account at all. More grease to their elbows

Photo: Big Brother Star Game Winner Karen Igho Shows Off Tattoos On Her Bum And Boobs

What actually is the biggy with  all these clebs and tattoos, to be honest dnt really see anything big or interesting in it, though am not a fan of it. Well our girl here shows off hers, what do you think about it, you be the judge.

A Must Read,Bad Boy Nollywood Actor Jim Iyke Gets Red Hot Tongue Lashing From Stella Dimoko-Korkus For Attacking Her After She Leaked The Story Of His 11-year Old Son

 

The story of Jim Iyke’s alleged 11-year-old son is getting really interesting now. After popular gossip blogger, Stella Dimoko-Korkus leaked the story to the whole world, the Nollywood actor responded via his Media Manager.

Apparently, it seems he did not stop at that. Jim Iyke reportedly went ahead to call Mrs Dimoko-Korkus, who is living in Germany at the moment and rained expletives on her.

However, the blogger, has decided to reply him back via her blog. And here is her piece unedited.
Full article:

Two Student Arrested Over The Kidnap, Rape And Murder Of Schoolmate

Two students of Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State, Henry Edewo, 21 and Emmanuel Isikhuime (pictured above), have been arrested by the Police for kidnapping, raping and murdering a female student, one Mercy Peter, 21, also a student of the institution.

They were alleged to have buried their victim in a shallow grave in a forest at Ugbor village, Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, after killing her.

Vanguard gathered that the victim, who was kidnapped on July 29, this year, was killed four days later after she was serially raped by the suspects.

They were also alleged to have continued to demand for ransom from her parents after killing her.
State Police Public Relations Officer, Anthony Airhuoyo, however, told newsmen that the police made a breakthrough in the case on October 17 when two of the suspects were arrested.

He added that a third suspect, whose name was given as Charles, was still on the run.
Airhuoyo disclosed that the suspects took the police to the spot where they buried Mercy and her corpse was exhumed. He said they were awaiting autopsy report.

Source: Vanguard 

Video, Niki Minaj And Mariah Carey's Argument on American Idol Caught On Video

You've heard rumours that Nicki Minaj andMariah Carey are not best of friends on the set of American Idol (AI), right? Well, the rumours are true. The AI set had to be shut down in North Carolina on Tuesday after Nicki Minaj blew up on Mariah Carey and it was all caught on tape.

This is what happened:
Nicki Minaj walked off set because Mariah Carey kept making jabs at her. Nicki’s manager and team convinced her to come back to the show. Mariah kept at it and called Nicki a bitch and then proceeded to cuss her out. Producers had to stop filming and call it a night.

Nigerian British Born Nollywood Actress, Berverly Naya defuses Rumours About Her Alleged Relationship With Uti Nwachukwu

 

Recently rumors surfaced online that Big Brother All Star winner, Uti Nwachukwuwas in a Hot sizzling romance with British-born Nigerian Actress, Beverly Naya.

According to several sources, they were spotted at events together and the chemistry was very obvious. A source even added that Uti was planning on walking her down the aisle soon.

Beverly, who’s young budding career started with the lead role in the Movie ‘Home In Exile’ has gone on to star in “Weekend Getaway’ which also stars her “supposed hubby” Uti Nwachukwu, Genevieve Nnaji and Ramsey Nouah... She Also featured in Banky W’s 'Follow You Go' video.

She has been quiet about the alleged romance, but decided to break her silence recently by tweeting 

She Said “Uti makes me laugh a lot…its always fun and games hanging out with him and nothing more."

Clearly She has a boyfriend and its not Uti. Indeed it's safe to say the duo are nothing more than just friends, and dating obviously will ruin their friendship and professional relationship.

Beverly is rather focused on her career (Acting). She is currently on set for her new musical film titled ‘In The Music’

Girl Runs Mad, Goes Naked And Masturbates In Public After Sleeping With An Older Man( Nude Picture,Viewer discretion is warned and must be 18 and above)

They said the nude girl above got mad after sleeping with rich, old man known to be into rituals. She was see n naked and masturbating in the morning after spending the night with the said man. Am not too sure of this story  as there is no details of where it happened and who the girl is anybody can just make up something and post, but for your pleasure, I will try and get more details on this and I will definitely bring it to you

Benin Republic President Yayi Boni, Escapes Death By Niece and Personal Doctor

Benin Republic president’s doctor, Dr. Ibrahim Mama Cisse, his niece,Zouberatou Kora, and Benin's former Minister of Trade Moudjaidou Soumanou were a part of a failed plot to poison the president by changing his medicine with something toxic.

The doctor and the niece were said to have been promised payment of almost $2million if they succeed in killing the president. It later emerged that Benin multimillionaire businessman, Patrice Talon, was the one who hired their services. Fortunately they didn't succeed. The plot to poison the president failed after his niece told her sister about their plan. The sister then told the president.

The state prosecutor said the president's niece picked up drugs at the Cotonou airport on Friday Oct.19, and gave them to Dr. Cisse. He said the drugs from Soumanou are “drugs that the head of state usually takes but were this time substituted and replaced by toxic ingredients.” But before they could administer the drugs, they were arrested.

The doctor, niece and ex-minister have been charged with attempted murder and are currently locked up in a prison in Cotonou while there's an arrest warrant for Mr Talon

Arrested Currency Smuggler, Forfeits over n100M To Nigerian Federal Government

Remember the bulk currency smuggler,Abubakar Tijani Sheriff, who was arrested on the 27th of September at the Murtala Muhammed International while attempting to smuggle about $7million out of the country? (Read previous news here) Well, he appeared before a Federal High Court today in Lagos and he got some of his seized money back, and lost quite a lot to the federal government of Nigeria.

The court asked EFCC to return the $4.5million he declared at the airport when he was traveling while he should forfeit 25 percent of the money he didn't declare to the Federal Government.

He didn't declare about $2.5m and 25% of that is going to the federal government. 25% of 2.5 million dollars is over 600 thousand dollars and when you convert that to Naira its about100 million naira.

According to Sheriff's lawyer, the money he was transporting before he was arrested belonged to 20 people who pulled their resources together to buy goods in bulk in order to bring down the price. The 20 people even went to EFCC to explain how they got the money and what it was meant for.

24year Old Currency Courier Arrested while trying to Export N1b Out Of Nigeria

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) two days ago arrested one Abubakar Tijani Sheriff, whom it described as a bulk currency smuggler, as he attempted to smuggle $7million out of the country. The EFCC said in a statement yesterday that Sheriff, 24, was arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos en route Dubai, United Arab Emirates, as he boarded his flight.

Following his arrest, he declared that he had a total sum of $4.5million on him but thorough screening and search showed that he was actually carrying $7,049,444, the commission said.  Sheriff then confessed that he was a courier for 20 individuals who hired him to courier the money for them to Dubai.

"Investigations by the EFCC showed that Sheriff is a regular traveller and one of several couriers of illegal cash suspected to be proceeds of crime,” the commission adding that his claims concerning his accomplices are being investigated.

Travellers leaving the country are statutorily required to declare cash in excess of $10,000. However, under the provisions of the Money Laundering Act, it is not sufficient to declare excess cash; the onus is on the person making the declaration to explain the source of the excess cash and the reason for the export.

Popular Nigerian Music Producer and Singer, K-Solo gets engaged, Flaunts His New Fiancee on His FaceBook Page

Music Producer K-Solo flaunted another woman as his lover  and fiancee on his Facebook page some days ago. About 2 months ago K-Solo and his wife Kikelomo came public to say their public break up was a stunt. I hope this is not another stunt from them ohhh

Motocyclist Sells Nurse To Ritual Killers For N10,000

A commercial motorcyclist, identified simply as Ifeanyi, has been arrested for allegedly handing over a nurse, Mrs. Helen Ilonge (picture above), to ritual killers after collecting N10, 000.

Punch Metro learnt that Ilonge had on Tuesday last week took Ifeanyi’s motorcycle on her way to Igoli along the Ogoja-Ikom Highway in Ogoja LGA. Ilonge, the coordinator of Primary Health Care in Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State, was coming from a programme at the Assemblies of God Church, Abakaliki in Ebonyi State, and had alighted from a vehicle at Okpongrinya junction before taking the bike.

It was gathered that Ilonge (51) was beheaded while her other vital reproductive parts such as breast and vagina were removed for ritual purposes.

 Ilonge’s neighbour, Mrs. Theresa Idagwu, on Sunday said, “Ifeanyi took the lady from Okpogrinya Junction on the pretence that he was taking her to the village, which is 10 minutes drive from the point. But along the way, he stopped and handed her over to kidnappers at Ukpe. Meanwhile, the woman had called her daughter, Victoria, around 9pm that she had taken a bike at Okpogrinya Junction on her way to Igoli.

She said when she gets to her destination; she would call again so that Victoria would boil water for her to take her bath. That was Ilonge’s last call.” Repeated calls made to the woman’s line, according to Idagwu, indicated that it was switched off. She said Ilonge’s family became worried when the woman did not return home. “We went everywhere- police stations, hospitals and even her friends in Igoli, thinking that may be an accident had occurred along the road but we got nothing,” Idagwu added. Two days later, Idagwu said someone called Victoria on her phone and informed her that her mother had been kidnapped. The caller demanded a ransom of N50, 000 to be remitted in form of recharge cards.

She said, “Since her daughter could not raise the money, she rushed to the Bekwarra LGA headquarters where the head of administration, Mr. Bisong Bogbo, and the chairman, Mr. Linus Edeh, provided the money with which she bought recharge cards and sent to the caller. “The voice claimed that he needed the recharge cards so he could sell and run away from his master who is a ritual killer. He claimed that he had been serving his master for a long time and wanted to run away. He said once he gets the cards, he will break the door where the nurse is being kept and release her.” The LGA’s head of administration, Bogbo, confirmed that the cards were sent to the kidnapper through Victoria’s telephone.

He said immediately the alleged kidnapper confirmed receipt of the cards; he switched off his telephone. Luck, however, ran out of Ifeanyi. Policemen tracked his telephone line and discovered that he called Victoria from Abuochiche. Further investigations, it was gathered, showed that Ifeanyi had been selling the cards in the village immediately he got them. When he was arrested, Bogbo told our correspondent that Ifeanyi led the police to one of the ritual killers identified simply as Elvis. Elvis, according to Bogbo, confessed that the nurse had already been killed and some of her vital organs removed before Ifeanyi asked for the recharge cards. Elvis also said the remains of the woman were buried in a swamp. At the council headquarters, one of the late nurse’s colleagues, Mr. Gabriel Ogar, said she was probably the kindest woman he ever worked with.

Ogar said, “I have worked with five coordinators, but I know that she is just the best so far. She worked to the admiration of Governor Liyel Imoke and now she has been killed leaving her five children without a helper. “Her husband died 12 years ago and since then she has been the one taking care of the children and only one has graduated. Please let the government do something for those poor children.” When contacted on Monday, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Osita Ezechukwu, said the police were still investigating the matter. He said four suspects had been apprehended by the anti-homicide unit, adding that when the investigation was completed the suspects would be prosecuted. “We have taken confessional statement from them. Those who are not involved have been allowed to go while those who are involved are still in detention,” Ezechukwu said.

Man Responsible For Arik Bomb Scare Released From Police Custody

 

The man responsible for Arik Air bomb scare has been released from police custody. The man, identified as Aminu Galadima, is an interior decorator with a history of mental illness. Mr Galadima was released after investigators were satisfied that he had no intentions of blowing up the plane and also had no ties to any terrorist group. A statement from the SSS when you continue...

This is a brief highlight of the incident that occurred on the Arik Air flight from Maiduguri to Abuja.

On Friday, 19th October, 2012, Wife of the SSG to the Borno State Government, Hajia Yachilla JIDDA, travelled to Maiduguri in company of one Aminu S. GALADIMA, an interior decorator based in Abuja to do some interior decoration work. On arrival in Maiduguri, he was lodged at Greenland Hotel. During the course of his stay, he exhibited unusual behaviour by smashing a window, and ended up with lacerations on his hands.

The SSG was contacted, and in collaboration with the Hotel management, subject was taken to Atal Hospital, also in Maiduguri, where he received treatment. His family in Abuja was contacted and they gave confirmation that GALADIMA has been mentally unstable. In addition, his elder brother who lives in the UK was contacted and he requested that subject be returned to Abuja for medical attention.

On Sunday, 21st October, 2012, he was taken to the airport to be returned to Abuja, but missed the flight. However, the Airport management was informed of his state of health, and they advised that whenever his return is scheduled, the management should be notified. Unfortunately, when GALADIMA was taken to the Airport on 23rd October for his return trip, the management of the Airport was not informed, and 10 minutes into the flight, due to slight turbulence, his condition was triggered off. Meanwhile, GALADIMA is in the custody of security forces.
       
This clarification has become necessary to dispel the unfounded rumours concerning the flight.

Marilyn OGAR, msi
Deputy Director, Public Relations
Department of State Services
23rd October, 2012".

Cossy Orjiako acquires property worth millions of Naira in Abuja, Nigeria

Boobs bearing actress and singer Cossy Orjiakor recently purchased 12 plots of  land at Kuchako, Kuje, Abuja said to worth millions of naira. According to sources, she got the land for commercial use. This comes  few months after she just finished building her house. Hmmmmm this chick is not just doing bad at alllll, she sure knows what she is up to after all

Teacher flogs 12 year old pupil to death in Anambara State, Nigeria

A 12-year-old student of a secondary school in Awka, Anambra State, Miss Chidimma Ukachukwu, has died after she was allegedly flogged by her teacher for failing to do her homework.

A reliable source in the school told the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka on Tuesday that the girl died on Thursday last week after she was flogged. The source explained that the girl fainted after being flogged severally by a female teacher and was subsequently rushed to an undisclosed hospital, where she died.

Jim Iyke speaks on the 11 year old son

A few days ago, Stella Dimoko Korkus broke the news about Jim Iyke recently finding out that he has an 11 year old son with an ex girlfriend who relocated to the UK many years ago. The actor has released a statement via his media manager addressing the issue. See it below...

“Jim Iyke is aware of the viral story currently making the headlines and wishes to state that this is not the first time that issues of this nature have arisen. Friends and fans who follow his activities closely will recall a number of occasions in the past when baseless claims of paternity and even marriage were made. Nonetheless, as a responsible man, he is always disposed to verify any such development(s) brought to his attention and when any satisfactory outcome has been ascertained, the general public will be duly informed without ambiguity. The only specifics at the present time is that at the age of 22yrs-23yrs old he dated for a brief period the lady at the center of the story who subsequently left Nigeria for the UK. “There had been no contact between them ever since and by implication no linkling of the existence of a living product of that encounter. Since this is more about an innocent child than the star himself we advise caution and respect for privacy. Mitch Ngaman, Media Manager.”

Super Eagles and Chelsea Midfielder Mikel Obi explains why he floated a record label

 'Apart from football, music is another thing I had passion for while I was growing up in Jos. I have so much emotional attachment to music. It lifts my soul and makes me happy. The arrival of MMM Records (Matured Money Minds) has gone a long way to show the deep love I have for music. I want to contribute my little quota to the growth of the music industry in Nigeria. I'm a good song writer and singer. If I wasn't a footballer, I would have done well as a singer or a disc jockey (DJ)' - Mikel Obi

Bishop Oyedepo of Winners Chapel said to be worth £93million and also read how he is accused of exploiting worshippers in Britain

Dubbed ‘The Pastorpreneur’, he was accused earlier this year of slapping the face of a young woman he said was a witch. The assault case was struck out but is being appealed.

Branches of the church have sprung up in major UK cities in a huge recruitment drive centred on Mr Oyedepo’s ‘prosperity gospel’. This claims that congregants who make regular donations and pay tithes – a ten per cent levy on their income – will be rewarded financially by God.

Followers are urged to target vulnerable people such as the lonely, the sick, the homeless and the suicidal as potential candidates for conversion.

Last night, Labour MP Paul Flynn said Winners’ Chapel was cynically exploiting supporters. ‘They [Winners’ Chapel] are making clearly spurious claims and it seems to be a cynical exploitation of the gullible,’ he said.

Referring to the slapping incident, Mr Flynn added: ‘What is also alarming is the reported violence and the lack of respect for the status of women. It’s taking us back to a previous age of ignorance and prejudice that we all thought the church had escaped.’ 

This newspaper’s investigation can further disclose:

·         Congregants are handed a payment slip requesting payments using cheque, cash or debit card when they enter London’s Winners’ Chapel.

·         Donations to the ministry in England almost doubled from £2.21 million to £4.37 million between 2006 and 2010.

·         Mr Oyedepo’s superchurch in Nigeria received £794,000 or 73 per cent of the charitable donations paid out by the British Winners’ Chapel between 2007 and 2010. This was despite claims in Africa that he is enriching himself at the expense of his devotees.

·         The registered charity has spent £6.81 million on evangelism and ‘praise, worship and fellowship’.

·         The church’s ‘Joseph Squad’ preaches in British prisons and has a weekly broadcast named ‘Liberation Hour’ on satellite and cable TV here.

In the past three years, Winners’ Chapel churches have been established in Liverpool, Birmingham, Leeds and Bradford, adding to those in London, Manchester, Dublin and Glasgow.

An undercover Mail on Sunday reporter attended Sunday services  at Winners’ Chapel’s ‘London HQ’  in Dartford, Kent, which attracts 1,000 congregants – chiefly African and Caribbean immigrants. It is run like ‘a business conference’ by Mr Oyedepo’s son, David Oyedepo Jnr. Packed buses deliver singing worshippers from South-East London, Essex and Kent to the huge auditorium.

The reporter saw a payment slip being given to every person entering the church encouraging them to donate money by cheque or cash or to fill in a form with their debit card details. The slip said tithes should be paid separately using a ‘Kingdom Investment Booklet’ and the reporter was informed that payments could also be made by phone. A pastor told the worshippers: ‘You shall be financially promoted after this service in Jesus’s name if you are ready to honour the Lord therefore with all your givings, your tithes, your offerings, your Kingdom investment, your sacrifices.’

Congregants were told to fill in their slips and hold them above their heads while the donations were blessed.

 The service was interspersed with testimonies. ‘I received a bill from  the bank that I didn’t understand, so I prayed,’ said one congregant. ‘A few days later, the bank wrote to apologise for their mistake – Hallelujah!’ ‘Hallelujah,’ the audience shouted back.

Congregants were told they could gain favour by persuading others to follow Mr Oyedepo’s teachings. His son said: ‘Look around you. Someone is sick and already wishing he or she were dead, that is a fruit ripe to harvest. Someone is confounded and considering suicide as an option, that is another fruit that is ripe to harvest.

‘Someone else is lonely and wondering if there is any future for him, that is another fruit ripe to harvest.

‘Also there are many men and women, young and old that are homeless, these are fruits ripe to harvest.’

The reporter was taken, with 20 other new recruits, to a room where preachers gave sermons claiming acceptance of the Lord would prevent them ever being ill or suffering misfortune.

The Mail on Sunday has seen video footage of Mr Oyedepo striking a woman across the face and condemning her to hell after she said she was a ‘witch for Jesus’. He attacked her in a Winners’ Chapel superchurch, believed to be in Nigeria, in front of worshippers. A separate video shows him saying: ‘I slapped a witch here last year!’

In May, he was sued for £800,000 over the alleged assault. The case was struck out – a decision which is now reported to have been appealed.

The Winners’ Chapel movement, also known as the Living Faith Church, has hundreds of churches in Nigeria and across Africa, the Middle East, the UK and the US.

Mr Oyedepo has received fierce criticism in Africa. One Nigerian journalist accused him of ‘leading a growing list of pastorpreneurs – church founders exploiting the passion and emotion that Christianity commands to feather their nests’.

 Catholic Cardinal Anthony Okogie criticised such preachers for placing materialism above Jesus’s message. He reportedly said: ‘They have been skinning the flock, taking out of the milk of the flock.’

Among Mr Oyedepo’s fleet of aircraft are said to be a Gulfstream 1 and Gulfstream 4 private jets. It is also claimed he and his wife, Faith, travel in expensive Jeeps flanked by convoys of siren-blaring vehicles. He is the senior pastor of Faith Tabernacle, a 50,000-seat auditorium in Lagos reputed to be the largest church in the world, and runs a publishing company that distributes books carrying his message across the world.

His other business interests span manufacturing, petrol stations,  bakeries, water purification factories, recruitment, a university, restaurants, supermarkets and real estate. The latest addition is a commercial airline named Dominion Airlines.

A Charity Commission spokesman said: ‘The Charity Commission is  currently assessing what, if any,  regulatory role there is to play with regard to the complaints made against the World Mission Agency. It is important to clarify that this does not constitute an investigation at this stage.’

Winners’ Chapel administrator Tunde Disu declined to comment.

Source: MailOnline. www.dailymail.co.uk

Meet the billionaire behind the success of Red Bull Energy drink and how it all started

You won’t be surprised to learn that Red Bull was founded by a former marketing executive. Austrian Dietrich Mateschitz graduated with a marketing degree from the University of Commerce in Vienna at age 28. Subsequently, he worked for Unilever and Germany’s Jacobs Coffeee, before becoming the international marketing director for Blendax, a German company (later bought by Procter & Gamble) that sold toothpaste, skin creams, and shampoo.

See Forbes 20 Hip-Hop Cash Kings Of 2012

1. Andre “DR Dre” Young( $110million)

Cash Kings 2012: Hip-Hop's Top Earners

With $110 million in pretax earnings, Dr. Dre is this year’s Hip-Hop Cash King—thanks largely to his Beats headphone line. He’s not the only one on the list who banks the bulk of his bucks outside the recording studio.

His long-awaited album, Detox, is still on the shelf, but Dre still rakes in cash from old albums, production and the occasional concert. And then there’s that headphone line.

2. Sean "Diddy" Combs ($45 million)

It’s been 15 years since his creative opus, No Way Out, but Diddy still continues to earn from a variety of non-musical deals—namely a share of profits from Diageo’s Ciroc vodka.

3. Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter($38million)

Beyonce’s Husband continues to pull in proceeds from music( Touring in support of his album with Kanye West) and business(Deals with Budweiser and others). For more check out Empire state of Mind: How Jay –Z Went From Street Coner To Coner  Office

4. Kanye West ($35 million)

The rapper-producer had a big hit with his Jay-Z collaboration Watch the Throne and the ensuing tour; he also designs shoes for Nike and a line of women’s clothing.

5. Dwayne "Lil Wayne" Carter ($27 million)

The diminutive rhymester’s latest album, Tha Carter IV, sold a million copies in its first week; he also launched clothing line Trukfit and a partnership with Pepsi’s Mountain Dew.

6. Aubrey Drake Graham ($20.5 million)

The former Degrassi star’s sophomore album moved 631,000 copies in its opening week, fueling his lucrative Club Paradise Tour. He also shills for Sprite and Kodak.

37. Bryan "Birdman" Williams ($20 million)

He’s the co-founder and chief of Cash Money Records—home to listmates Lil Wayne, Drake and Nicki Minaj—and adds to his coffers with other ventures including clothing and vodka.

 8. Nicki Minaj ($15.5 million)

Performances at the Super Bowl and the Grammys helped raise her profile while a new album, extensive touring and endorsements with Pepsi and others lined her pocketbook.

9. Marshall "Eminem" Mathers ($15 million)

Sometimes music is enough. Eminem sold more albums last decade than any artist in the world, and continues to cash in from his extensive back catalog and occasional tour dates.

10. Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges ($12 million)

The multihyphenate mogul’s non-musical ventures include Conjure cognac, headphone line Soul, voiceovers for RadioShack and roles in movies such as Fast Five and New Year’s Eve. For more, read "Ludacris Dreams: A Rap Mogul Diversifies."

11. Pitbull ($9.5 million)

The self-proclaimed "Mr. International" has been making money all around the world, pulling in millions from touring, record sales and endorsements with the likes of Kodak and Dr. Pepper.

12. Rick Ross ($9 million, tie)

The portly Maybach Music Group boss banks big bucks from concerts, record sales and his aforementioned label.

12. Wiz Khalifa ($9 million, tie)

After exploding onto the mainstream scene in recent years, the Pittsburgh-bred rapper has continued to milk his image as an herbal enthusiast, helping him to healthy merch and album sales.

 

14. Snoop Lion ($8.5 million)

The artist formerly known as Snoop Dogg is in the midst of a rebirth as a reggae artist -- and continues to rake in cash from a wide range of activities including album sales, touring and endorsements.

15. 50 Cent ($7.5 million)

Though the onetime top Cash King has fallen from his VitaminWater-fueled peak, he still collects cash from sales of his music, as well as G-Unit clothes and video games, SMS headphones and energy shot Street King.

16. Swizz Beatz ($7 million, tie)

Though he's still not as well-known as his wife, Alicia Keys, the multifaceted Swizz Beatz has been cashing in on production credits and deals with the likes of Lotus and Reebok.

16. Pharrell Williams ($7 million, tie)

The sweet-singing superproducer continues to earn big, thanks in part to new liqueur line Qream and his Billionaire Boys Club clothing line, which partnered with Rocawear last year.

16. Young Jeezy ($7 million, tie)

His recent album, Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition, has sold more than 500,000 copies since its December release; Jeezy adds to his coffers with touring and a clothing line.

19. Mac Miller ($6.5 million)

Not yet old enough to legally drink, the youthful emcee makes his Cash Kings debut on the strength of a rigorous touring schedule and the first indie record to top the Billboard charts in over a decade. For more, read "Mac Miller: Indie Music's Savior?"

 

20. Akon ($6 million, tie)

His latest album is still on hold, but the Senegalese singer continues to collect cash from a range of ventures including touring, production, a record label, a clothing line and a rumored diamond mine in Africa.

20. Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley ($6 million, tie)

The portly producer makes the Cash Kings list for the sixth year in a row, pulling in proceeds from a lengthy pack catalog, new production credits and liqueur LeSutra. Up next: a new album that he believes will save hip-hop from itself.

 

20. Aaron "Tech N9ne" Yates ($6 million, tie)

Though not well-known to mainstream music fans, this midwestern emcee racked up nearly 200 tour dates this year and earns big from releases on his indie label, Strange Music.

Cash Princes: Honorable Mention

Wale barely missed the Cash Kings list (for more, read "Inside Wale's Best Year Yet"), as did Roc Nation rapper J. Cole, both pulling in close to $5 million on the year. Kid Cudi, Tyga and Lupe Fiasco also had big years, but not enough to crack the top 20.