Get a load of that Jay-Z. The Def Jam Records President topped Forbes magazine's "Hip-Hop Cash Kings" list.
The Roc-A-Wear mogul man raked in a cool $ 34-million smackaroos last year, which secured his spot at number one. 50 Cent followed at number two, earning $ 32-million bucks. Diddy raked in $ 28-million, while Timbaland garnered $ 21 million.
"We're very excited to debut this list of 20 artists who defy the conventional music business model," said Forbes Associate Editor Lea Goldman. "Not only do these musicians share a distinct entrepreneurialism, they also market themselves as global brands, and they have the fame, power and influence to make them a dominating cultural force."
Hip-hop super-producer Dr. Dre reportedly took in $20 million while his blond haired, blue-eyed protégé Eminem garnered $18 million.
Always with a bunch of irons in the fire, Snoop Dogg made $17 million and Kanye West did $17 million, too. Not bad for someone no one ever heard of five years ago.
And the fashion-plate Pharrell Williams and hip-hop hit-maker Scott Storch rounded out the top ten, with $17 million, respectively.
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By: LISA on 8/17/2007 9:44AM
With Jay topping the Forbes list the haters from his old hood will have plenty of negative things to say. Just like those two clowns Dehaven and Calvin Klein. Your own people hate to see you make it congrats Jay.
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By: Jessica on 8/17/2007 10:23AM
Congratulations Jay. I want to be like you when I grow up!!! Enter to Win A Free Swarovski Crystal T-Shirt Visit http://executees.net
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By: M. Alexander on 8/17/2007 10:32AM
It just goes to show you if a person is given a chance to do something legitimate and legal, you never know how it'll turn out. For Jay-Z, 50 Cent and the rest, all they needed was a foot in the door to get their piece of the American dream. Big Ups To 'em and I hope young African American males can look at these guys and see they don't have to deal dope to be successful even if that's how you started out !
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By: Puhleeze on 8/18/2007 9:34PM
I'm glad the guy is doing his thing. And I noticed that ever since he started dating Bey, his style of clothing has changed for the better. He looks professional when he needs to, and nice and casual when he's chillin.
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By: mike smooth on 8/19/2007 9:36AM
HEY JAY, Can you build a new MARCY PLAYGROUND for the kids of Marcy Projects? You are from Marcy,right!
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By: baraka on 8/19/2007 9:11PM
If he build a playground in the projects "you people" will never leave. He worked hard to get out of there. You should do the same. Black people are the only ones who live in projects generation after generation. There's a reason why they are called projects. It was originally designed as temporary housing for military workers and their families. Now every Tomasina, Daquan and Shaneequa is laying claim on the place -- decade after decade.
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By: Dayum on 8/19/2007 9:37PM
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO @ Baraka!! You ain't never lied.
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By: Ms. C! on 8/24/2007 9:15AM
HOV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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By: J.R.Winfree on 8/20/2007 1:07PM
Subject Really look at our potential in Christ!
Body: "Bishop James & Betty R Winfree Ministries"
The Secret Of Obeying Is Loving
INTRODUCTION
1. In previous lessons I have endeavored to stress "Secrets Of The
Abundant Life" which Jesus offers to His disciples, based upon His
discourse in John 15 and related passages...
a. The secret of living is bearing fruit
b. The secret of bearing fruit is abiding
c. The secret of abiding is obeying
2. But what is the secret of obeying? The subtitle makes it clear:
"The Secret Of Obeying Is Loving"
[To appreciate this truth more fully, let's consider the different...]
I. LEVELS OF OBEDIENCE
A. THE LEVEL OF "FEAR"...
1. Where we obey because we know what will happen if we don't
Eph 5:5-7
2. Now, there is certainly a place for a proper "fear of the Lord"
a. Which can motivate us to initially turn to God - Acts 10:
1-2,34-35
b. Which can continue to motivate us in our service to the Lord
Phil 2:12
c. And which should certainly motivate us to repent when we
have disobeyed God - Heb 10:26-31
3. But the Lord would have us progress beyond fear as the only
motive for obedience
a. Jesus indicated that He desires our relationship to be much
closer and loving - . John 15:15
1) A "slave-master" relationship is based upon fear
2) But a relationship based upon "friendship" is what Jesus
wants
b. Fear, while proper in its place, can rob us of the real joy
that God wants us to experience when as we obey Him
1) Motivation based solely on fear buildings walls instead
of bridges
2) As John wrote: "he who fears has not been made perfect
in love" - 1 John 4:18
B. THE LEVEL OF "SELFISHNESS"...
1. We obey because of what we know we will get in return
2. This attitude was manifested by Peter on one occasion
Matt 19:27
3. The difference between the level of "fear" and the level of
"selfishness" can be easily demonstrated in our children...
a. Some children will obey parents to avoid discipline (the
level of fear)
b. Other children will obey parents to incur favor (the level
of selfishness)
4. The sad truth is that many Christians never rise above these
two levels of obedience
a. Some obey God only because they fear the Judgment
b. Others obey God only because of the promise of eternal
reward
5. But there is yet a higher level of obedience...
C. THE LEVEL OF "LOVE"...
1. This is the highest level of obedience
2. This is where we obey God because we love Him, and will
continue to obey Him no matter what the circumstances or
outcome will be
3. This is the level of obedience upon which Jesus wants us to do
His will...
a. "If you love Me, keep My commandments." - John 14:15
b. "If anyone loves, Me, he will keep My word..." - John 14:23
[Not only is "obeying out of love" the highest level of obedience, it is
also the secret to obeying...]
II. THE SECRET TO OBEYING IS LOVING
A. GOD HAS ALWAYS DESIRED THAT HIS PEOPLE OBEY HIM OUT OF LOVE...
1. So He wanted the nation of Israel to obey Him - Deu 6:4-5;
7:9; 10:12-13; 11:1
2. And so Jesus wants His disciples to obey Him - John 14:15
B. THE VALUE OF OBEDIENCE OUT OF LOVE CAN BE EASILY SEEN...
1. While we may initially obey out of fear, or out of
selfishness...
2. The key to continued and successful obedience requires that it
be done out of love!
a. Suppose things are going so well for us that we are not
mindful of God's impending judgment? - We are not likely to
be motivated by "fear"
b. Suppose things are going so well for us that we do not sense
any need for things from God? - We are not likely to be
motivated by "selfishness"
3. Only when we are motivated by "love" will we be faithful in our
obedience in good times as well as in bad!
CONCLUSION
1. If we desire to truly enjoy the "abundant life" that Jesus offers,
then let us learn to obey Jesus out of "love"...
a. For the more we love Him, the more we will obey Him
b. The more we obey Him, the more we will abide in Him
c. The more we abide in Him, the more we will bear fruit
d. And the more we bear fruit, the more we will truly experience the
"abundant life!"
2. Our next lesson, the final one in this series, will examine the
secret to loving
For the time being, though, can you say that you love Jesus enough to
obey Him...? - John 14:15
Note from Minister James R Winfree Sr, : Lord Jesus, through your written Word, help us to understand and believe your Teaching and to shape our lives by it. Do we really know how powerful Christ's love,unity and Daddy given equality for all His children is? Do you know what Daddy says about a people who are truly One"? In Genesis 11: 6 it reveals Daddy God comments when He saw their unity and oneness and said, " Nothing now will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do." The limits of God's love,unity and equality are infinite, the boundaries of a oneness unified Body are uncharted. Daddy God Himself said so with His very own word!
Daddy God love,unity,oneness and equality has the power to enable us when our communication becomes miscommunication. Daddy God wants us to be together in oneness in His Beloved Son Jesus Christ. Because they were seeking their own way of doing things, and not doing it Daddy God way, and because they were seeking to make a name for themselves , Daddy God confounded their language and scattered them all over the face of the earth. so the city they sought to build was never completed.
But Daddy God did say Himself, "Indeed the people are One and they all have One language, and this is what they begin to do: now nothing that the people propose to do will be withheld from them. Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech".
The Bible says that if One can out a thousand to flight, then how many can Two put to flight? Daddy God math is multiplications. Two can put 10,000 to flight, Three can put 100,000 to flight and Four can put a million to flight. Isn't that interesting? Then following in exponential mathematics, how many can Five put to flight? Ten million. How many can Six put to flight? No less than 100 million! Daddy Heart is All about His children living,walking, working together in Love, Unity, Oneness and Equality and the devil or the evil one knows this,
Will you stop what you doing right now and pray with me? please, Daddy God forgive us of our selfish motives and our envy of others in the Body. Daddy God in Jesus Name, let our hearts be broken like Your heart, and may we humble ourselves to serve other in Your Body first and then others faithfully as You served Us in Your life, death and resurrection, let there be no division between Us making Us One in Christ. Daddy God, we pray that our little kingdom go so that Your Kingdom come, may our will be broken so that Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Daddy God cause Us as Your people,body,church,family,believers,christians to be single-minded and may Your love, unity,oneness, equality of vision prevail in our lives,homes,community,city,state,country,world,ministries and everything we do. We pray these things with heartfelf thanksgiving in Jesus' Name. and All who agree say! Amen.
" We welcome all who our Lord adds to His Ministry" http://www.freewebs.com/winfreeministries
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By: Molly Wallace on 8/20/2007 1:24PM
My man JZ holding it down like it's suppose to be held.
I admire him for all the hard work and long hours he had to put into the business to become King of the hill.
I really think he can find someone better suited for his
love life than B. Everybody saying he robbed the crib, B is not 26 but approx 30 something, do the math. I really don't want him to be another Russell Simmon & Kimore Lee, it's better if he don't even go there because it won't last.
I ain't Hating just speaking the truth.
Love you Shawn Carter..
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