Forbes released their annual hip-hop cash king list today and at the top of the pile is Jay-Z. They estimate Hov grossed $63 million last year. Rounding out the top five are Dr.Dre ($17 million), Lil Wayne ($20 million), Akon ($21 million) and Diddy ($30 million). Read the rest of the list here.

Bow Wow sported the referee uniform yesterday at the Foot Locker in Herald Square. The wardrobe change was to promote his new fiick, Lottery Ticket. In the film, Bow’s character “Kevin Carson” worked at the sneaker retailer before winning $370 million. Peep the madness above.

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”walemc”] Good times last night at the Highline Ballroom, as my boy Wale pulled off The Show About Nothing. Rap Radar was a proud sponsor of the event and I don’t know about y’all but I had super fun. Ha! Anyways, here’s Mr. Folarin’s show opener. More footage on way including guest appearances by J.Cole and Fabolous. Missed out? Your Loss!

Yaowa! Joell Ortiz visited Funkmaster Flex on Hot 97 last night and blessed the airwaves for about five minutes over a gang of bangin’ instrumentals. This dude is the truth. ifwt

Freeze! Polo Dro’s latest gets an upgrade with the bossman and Gooch. Pretty chill. Hopefully P.O.L.O. is just as ill. hhnm

Well we’re not going to see Detox anytime soon, so how about some unreleased music possibly a reference track for somebody? Although it sounds unfinished, so far everything about this is turning us off. omen

In about 5 hours—10:17 to be exact, Gucci Mane and DJ Holiday will release their latest mixtape, Jewlery Selection on Livemixtapes. Until then, here’s one of the cuts you’ll hear. It’s electric. The Appeal drops September 28th.

[vodpod id=Video.4244867&w=425&h=350&fv=] J.Cole raised the roof last Wednesday in Flint, Michigan and street logik was there to witness his intimate performance. He opens his set with “We On” and runs through cuts from The Warm Up.

For RESPECT.’s fourth issue, T.I.’s plastered on the cover. Issue on newsstands August 31st. Sidebar: Tip’s also having a secret show tonight in New York. I got 10 tickets to the first ones that email us at [email protected] make sure you have a printer handy. Open to NY area residents. UPDATE: Contest over! Congratulations to the lucky 10. See ya tonight 9 P.M.

No, this isn’t a Klan rally. Over the weekend Big Boi and C-Bone were in Norway at this year’s Oya Festival. Footage of the concert hasn’t surfaced, but check out these three pics for now. On Wednesday, Big Boi’s holding a free concert sponsored by Myspace at Sobe Live in Miami. That should be a bit more diverse. Ha!