50 cent makes $400 mill on sale of vitamin water

[El Diablo]

Puf,

"I didn't think that many people had terrible taste in music to afford him that house."

Kenny G is one of the biggest artists of all time. He has sold over 50 million records. He does not need any investment income to be super-super-super rich.

[NU Star]

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It's pretty interesting for the fact that it (probably) makes him the richest man in hip-hop (the list is from August '06):

1. P. Diddy -- $346 Million
2. Jay-Z -- $340 Million
3. Russell Simmons -- $325 Million
4. Damon Dash -- $200 Million
5. Neptunes -- $155 Million
6 Dr. Dre -- $150 Million
7. Ice Cube -- $145 Million
8. Eminem -- $110 Million
9. 50 Cent -- $100 Million
10. Nelly -- $60 Million
10. (Tie) Jermaine Dupri -- $60 Million

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wow in the less than a year these numbers have been completely thrown off and are so wrong now...Jay-Z has said in recent songs he is worth about $537mil and puff is worth about $550mil (idk how he gained so much money in the last year but apparently he did) ...besides the fact 50 cent will be paying about 43% of his 400mil in taxes but it will almost triple his net worth reportedly post taxes, which is kinda sick...

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I think more like 15-20%, since I believe it's capital gains.

Also, I love Vitamin Water, and their new energy drink line (with the same flavors as the water line) is my new favorite for energy drinks.

[ShakeZula06]

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It's pretty interesting for the fact that it (probably) makes him the richest man in hip-hop (the list is from August '06):

1. P. Diddy -- $346 Million
2. Jay-Z -- $340 Million
3. Russell Simmons -- $325 Million
4. Damon Dash -- $200 Million
5. Neptunes -- $155 Million
6 Dr. Dre -- $150 Million
7. Ice Cube -- $145 Million
8. Eminem -- $110 Million
9. 50 Cent -- $100 Million
10. Nelly -- $60 Million
10. (Tie) Jermaine Dupri -- $60 Million

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Second place, 4th paragraph down.
As a fan of rap I don't care for the dudes music but you got to respect the guy's hustle. If you remember a couple years back he bought Tyson's mansion for $4million, he's pimped that [censored] out and has like a $11 million price tag on it. He owes to everybody that bought his commercialized sell out albums to create the greatest cribs episode ever with his new house.

Just wish that now since he's worth $440 million he'd make some real music instead of the commercialized bull [censored] he's put out in his first two major albums.

I can't find a link, but word is Vitamin water and 50 cent are both denying he got 10% and isn't saying how much he made.

[Full-Metall]

He earned it!

[No_Mercy]

That's what I hear, too. I really like one of the Vitamin Water products, called Dragonfruit. I like it because it isn't really sweet and it is thirst-quenching, not like soda or those sickly-sweet flavored waters.

[Deuce2High]

Vitamin water is quite delicious and a good business model, sham or not.

[Yeti]

yeah i think its great and the purple one is probably the best. good ol' fitty.

[Uglyowl]

David Wright of the Mets had a 0.5% ownership and cashed in $20M

http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/...in-water-deal/

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You would think Coke knows what theyre doing, but how the hell can they pay $4B for a company that did only $300mil in sales? What am I missing?

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Ability to make inroads in other markets? Coke's worldwide distribution network is ridiculous. Before today I've never even heard of this drink.

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Coke's worldwide distribution network is ridiculous.

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