Forbes Releases its Annual List of Hip hop’s Cash Cows for 2012. Check the list below:Forbes Top 5 List is Below:1. Sean “Diddy” Combs – $550 Million2. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter – $460 Million3. Andre “Dr. Dre” Young – $270 Million4. Bryan “Birdman” Williams – $125 Million5. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson -$100 Million Earlier this week I posted the billionaire list from Forbes.  This is the list of hip hops closest.  In effect they are still in second place, aka the first losers.  Now I’m being a jerk and poking a little fun but I sincerely respect their hustle.  And you can hate hip hop, hate their pasts’- but you cant deny that it took hard work to get where hey are today.  And of course some luck.  But I’ve quoted many people here in this blog who have made it and its a consistent theme, progress, stardom, fame, it all works out when you put in the effort.  Everyone who got their ‘lucky break’ on this list put the work in.  Jay-z had a business plan from the beginning. Smart man.  When they began a corporate pursuit they put their designs on paper.  Diddy danced his way up from the bottom.  From back up dancer to MEga star and Entrepreneur extraordinaire the man put in many hours. I could list accolades and my lists of what worked for them as i see it and every writer from Rolling Stone to XXL, but you get the point.  Success Requires Work.