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Names You Need to Know in 2011: SoundExchange

Hey, dirt-ay, SoundExchange got your money...

This post is part of an ambitious project to crowd-source the January issue of Forbes Magazine. Click here to submit your own ideas for "Names You Need to Know in 2011." The best will run in the magazine.

SoundExchange has your money. More specifically, SoundExchange has $80 million in unclaimed royalties for musical artists and copyright holders. The group is already paying out tens of millions of dollars per quarter to music makers, and wants...

Lil Wayne Released From Jail; Could He Out-Earn Jay-Z?

Keeping up with the Carters.

Early this morning, a caravan of Maybachs and Rolls Royce Phantoms rolled up to Rikers Island to pick up newly-released rapper Dwayne "Lil Wayne" Carter. The display of wealth could be a sign of even greater things to come.

Lil Wayne earned $20 million dollars this year, good enough to claim the No. 4 spot on this year's Hip-Hop Cash Kings list, despite spending much of the year in jail. That figure was actually $2 million more than Lil Wayne made as a...

MC Hammer's Devilish Business With Jay-Z

MC Hammer's legacy.

Time to break out those Hammer pants–the man who brought us "Can't Touch This" is back. At least for this week's news cycle.

The erstwhile superstar has returned to the spotlight with a full-length music video diss (see below) that features a man in a devil mask chasing a mock Jay-Z around the woods, Blair Witch-style. The production is a response to a line uttered by Jay-Z in his recent collaboration with Kanye West called "So Appalled" that goes as follows: "Hammer went ...

Tupac Shakur's Ghastly Halloween

Waxing Philosophical: Tupac's likeness at Madame Tussauds.

For the first time in his very lucrative life after death, Tupac Shakur's earnings aren't enough to place him among hip-hop's living Cash Kings.

The late rapper's estate took in about $3.5 million over the past year, by our estimates. The figure was compiled as part of research for FORBES' annual Halloween list of the top-earning dead celebs, which Shakur also missed by a hair.

Shakur has sold over 75 million-records worldwide, the...