Hip-Hip has been good to those artists that have managed their careers as a business.  Many artists focus on having a good time and dismiss the business part of the process until it is too late.  This recent list by Forbes is a great example of Top Hip-Hop artists that kept their careers in balance.  In the coming years, it would not be surprising if one of these artists wrote a top selling business book.

Here are the Top 5 Earning Hip-Hop / Rap Artists of 2012:

1.    Sean “Diddy” Combs – $550 Million

-         Multiple sources of income like music, Ciroc vodka and clothing

2.    Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter - $460 Million

-         Reportedly earned $204 Million from Rocawear and $150 Million from LiveNation

3.    Andre “Dr. Dre” Young - $260 Million

-         Reportedly earned $300 Million from his part in Beats Electronics

4.    Bryan “Birdman” Williams - $125 Million

-         Cofounder of Cash Money Records supporting artists like Lil Wayne and Nikki Minaj

5.    Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson - $110 Million

-         Reportedly made over $100 Million from Vitamin water

Which artist do you think will be next on this list?

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 With the passing of MCA, Adam Yauch, we should pause to remember the best of a group that helped define a generation with a list of the Beastie Boys Top 10 songs. The Beastie Boys were originally founded in 1979 as a hardcore punk group but found their role in music as Brooklyn, New York based hip hop group.  Here are the Top 10 Beastie Boys songs from one of the best rap artist of all time:

·        (You gotta) Fight for your right to party – License to ill

·        Brass Monkey – License to ill

·        Hey Ladies – Paul’s Boutique

·        So What’cha Want – Check your head

·        Sabotage – ill Communication

·        Get it Together – ill Communication

·        Intergalactic – Hello Nasty

·        Ch-Check it out – To the 5 Boroughs

·        Too Many Rappers – Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

·        Make Some Noise – Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

Rest in Peace MCA – Thanks for all the great tunes....

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Not sure who he is? Through the power of YouTube, Justin Beiber has made a name for himself with a few extremely popular video’s.   Mr. Beiber is always one of the hottest topics or trends on the Top Ranked Social Networking Websites. So here are a few things to know about Justin Bieber and his rise to fame:

·         Claims to be self taught to play drums, piano and guitar

·         Mother started posting his video’s on YouTube so that family can view school performances

·         He covered songs by Usher, Chris Brown and Stevie Wonder

·         Justin Beiber and his mom moved to Atlanta, from Canada, to record his album My World

·         He performed at the Christmas in Washington performance at the White House for President Barack Obama

So now you know why this young man is latest craze and considered one of the Hottest YouTube stars of all time. 

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The list of the Top 50 Sexiest Songs of the past 50 years has many songs from back in the day – Maybe that is what gave mom and dad the motivation to generate some offspring.  Take a look at this list of Billboard's Top 50 Sexiest Songs and get ready for Valentine’s Day.  Here is the list of the Top 10:

10. Rod Stewart — "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy"
9. Exile — "Kiss You All Over"
8. Madonna — "Like A Virgin"
7. Captain & Tennille — "Do That To Me One More Time"
6. Donna Summer — "Hot Stuff"
5. Marvin Gaye — "Let’s Get It On"
4. Next — "Too Close"
3. Boyz II Men — "I'll Make Love To You"
2. Rod Stewart — "Tonight's The Night"
1. Olivia Newton-John — "Physical"

Looking for more free music? Check out Best Free Music Websites – Get your Boogie Shoes

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Everyone works out with an iPod or MP3 Player.  Men’s Health has this List of iPhone Workouts that you can download and take with you to the gym.  Weight loss is a balance of diet, exercise and weight lifting.  You don’t have to bulk up but many studies show that simple weight training burns more calories along with alleviating issues like back pain.  So get active and upgrade your music with this list of Best & Top Ranked MP3 Players.  Shake your money maker and get healthy.

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Amazon is giving away free MP3’s for Christmas so follow this link - Free Christmas MP3 Songs – Amazon has an automatic downloader that converts the MP3 for use on iPod’s & iTunes.  Free Stuff is always good.  Want more free music streamed on your computer? Check out FasList’s Music Websites - Best & Top Ranked to keep the music flowing in your house. 

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Do you like free music?  We all do.  Some websites provide online radio stations that play the top rock, country, rap and progressive songs.  Faslist just compiled a list of the best websites and it is now posted at the following link on faslist.com - Go to http://www.faslist.com/Music-Websites-The-Best-and-Top-Ranked-2.aspx 

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