How much do you think the top producers are worth? i.e. Timbaland...

[Super Tool]

Cd copying wasnt popular until the late 90's early 2000's bra... Neither was high speed internet, nor p2p... Barely nobody had high speed or a damn cd burner in 1998...

And yes, people were "dubbing" tapes, but someone still HAS TO BUY IT FIRST, to DUBB IT. And plus, dubs sound like trash, while CD's sound great...

P-diddy/Jay-z, as far as money made from the RECORD INDUSTRY ONLY, are by far the richest due to all the reasons i just mentioned above...

Seriously, did you not live through that era or something? This aint rocket science...