50 CENT - 50 IS SECOND TOP AFRICAN-AMERICAN EARNER

50 IS SECOND TOP AFRICAN-AMERICAN EARNER

Rappers JAY-Z and 50 CENT have come in just behind OPRAH WINFREY and golfer TIGER WOODS on a new list of rich African-American celebrities. The $83 million (£59.2 million) Jay-Z earned between June 2007 and June 2008 and 50's $33 million (£23.5 million) puts them at three and four on Forbes magazine's Top Earning African-American Stars countdown.
Winfrey tops the list with a $260 million (£185.7 million) fortune, while Woods comes in second with $100 million (£71.4 million).
Jay-Z's wife Beyonce also makes the top 10, as does Will Smith, basketball stars Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal and sports great Michael Jordan.