According to Forbes.com, 50 Cent made $68 Million more than Jay Z did these past 12 months. Besides selling albums and other random stuff such as G-Unit clothes and signing a contract with Lifestyles for Magic Stick condoms, the rapper’s earnings tripled after Coca-Cola bought out his stake in VitaminWater’s Glacéau as part of a $4.1 billion deal, which allowed him to dethrone Jiggaman for the #1 position as the richest rapper out there.

Here is the top ten from Forbes.com’s 2008 Hip-Hop Cash Kings:

1. Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson, $150 M

2. Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter, $82 M

3. Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs, $35 M

4. Kanye West, $30 M

5. Timothy ‘Timbaland’ Mosle, $22 M

6. Pharrell Williams, $20 M

7. Kasseem ‘Swizz Beatz’ Dean, $17 M

8. Calvin ‘Snoop Dogg’ Broadus, $16 M

9. Andre ‘Dr. Dre’ Young, $15 M

10. Christopher ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, $14 M

Maybe we should also give a round of applause to T.I who missed the top 10 by one mill.

50 Cent and his son, Marquise

They once were happy together; at least happy enough to conceive their son Marquise.

Apparently, even after they parted, 50 Cent (whose real name is Curtis Jackson) continued taking care financially of both his baby mama Shaniqua Tompkins and their son, buying them a mansion and a brand new SUV.

However, shortly after Shaniqua’s new boyfriend moved in, there was an altercation between him and 50 Cent’s bodyguards at 50 Cent’s lawyers’ office. What was the new boyfriend doing there anyway? It’s been reported that he even caused extensive material damage in the office.

Only a few weeks after the events, the $2 Million-mansion 50 Cent had bought burned to the ground, leaving 6 people (including Shaniqua Tompkins and Marquise) incommodated by the smoke. Shaniqua declared to both the media and the authorities that 50 Cent probably caused the fire.

A few weeks later she was served with papers for a $20 million defamation lawsuit by 50 Cent’s lawyers, who claim her allegations are not only false and unfounded, but also damaging to Fitty’s reputation and to Marquise’s perception of his father.

After finding a 5-gallon container of gas on the site of the fire, the authorities concluded that it was deliberate and will push further the arson investigation.

In the meantime, a judge will have to decide who will get the insurance money; 50 Cent, who actually owned the property, or Shaniqua, who claims he gave it to her as a gift.

50 Cent's Long Island house burned down

To be 50 Cent’s friend must be so cool. From what we hear –and now this, we can tell that Fiddy is a very generous man.

50 Cent and Val Kilmer became friends on the set of their new movie, Streets of Blood. The two bonded over their love of vintage cars. Fiddy handpicked a 1965 Chevy Impala from his collection of cars and gave the keys to Kilmer.

I think I’m in the wrong business!