Today would have marked the 34th born day of Detroit rap artist, Blade Icewood R.I.P.
#IceWoodDay
Blade Icewood was an American rapper from Detroit, Michigan. Icewood was very well known on the westside Detroit/ 7 mile area. He was a member of the Street Lord’z rap group and is considered one of the most influential artists in Detroit underground rap history. He was fatally shot on April 19, 2005, at a car wash on the West Side of Detroit. This murder is still unsolved to date.
Forbes takes a look at the Top 5 wealthiest artists in the Hip Hop genre. Three of the people pictured above are on the list.
To narrow down the list Forbes went through an analyzing procedure. The following factors went into the decision making, “valuing current holdings, looking at past earnings, leafing through financial documents and talking to a bevy of analysts, attorneys, managers and other industry players to find the nitty-gritty details. We considered only performers, which is why hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons isn’t on this list.”
Well with that being said here is Forbes top 5 wealthiest hip-hop artists
1. Diddy ($475 million)
2. Jay-Z ($450 million)
3. Dr. Dre ($125 million)
4. 50 Cent ($100 million)
5. Birdman ($100 million)
For more head over to Forbes, for an in depth look.
Carlos Slim Helu, added $20.5 billion to his fortune, more than any other billionaire. The telecom mogul is now worth $74 billion and has pulled far ahead of his two closest rivals. Bill Gates, No. 2, and Warren Buffett, No. 3, both added a more modest $3 billion to their piles and are now worth $56 billion and $50 billion, respectively.
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Notorious B.I.G. aka Big Poppa was gunned down on March 9, 1997 in California after promoting his new upcoming album, Life After Death and music video for single, Hypnotized. This murder mystery still remains unsolved to date.
R.I.P. Biggie. Checkout #GWOP Throwback footage of Biggie Smalls in Detroit below:
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Bill Gates didn’t lose his title as the world’s richest man last year; he gave it away by putting billions into his charitable foundation, experts say.
Forbes will release its 2011 billionaires list on Wednesday (check back to GWOP for full list) and Gates, investor Warren Buffett and last year’s richest man, Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, will almost certainly be in the top three. The trio have topped the list for the past five years.
But it would be no contest if Microsoft co-founder Gates had not already given away more than a third of his wealth to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which focuses on global health and development and U.S. education.
Experts say, Gates was currently worth about $49 billion, behind Slim, whose fortune he estimated at $60 billion. Buffett, also a philanthropist, is now worth some $47 billion.
But had Gates not given away any money, he would be worth $88 billion, experts say.
Gates and his wife Melinda have so far given $28 billion to their foundation, the largest in the United States.
Now thats #GWOP. If we you had the billions like Bill Gates, what charitable organization or research would you invest your money into? Cure for Brain Cancer? Stem Cell Research? Cure for HIV/AIDS? Childhood Obesity?
Feel free to comment.
Prodigy is FREE! After serving a 3 years sentence for weapons possession. P was released from Mid-State Correctional facility yesterday morning.
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Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs is on medical leave, but that didn’t stop him from making a surprise public appearance to unveil the 2nd Generation of the iPad, which will go on sale on March 11, 2011
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Lamborghini’s next hypercar has made its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show! The new Lambo will feature 700hp V12 and the highest power to weight ratio of any car in its class. Watch the video below.
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