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Hip-Hop artists are not afraid to flaunt their bling and now Forbes magazine has unveiled its latest list of the genre's wealthiest stars. 

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The publication named Dr Dre this year's Hip-Hop Cash King -- with a whopping $110 million in pretax earnings -- due in part to sales of his premium headphones line Beats By Dr. Dre. Check out the full list here. 

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Coming in second place was Diddy with $45 million, which Forbes attributes mostly to the rapper's share of profits in the Diageo's Ciroc vodka brand.

No. 3 on the list was mogul Jay-Z, who pulled in $38 million in annual earnings -- about half of which came from ventures including the cosmetics company Carol's Daughter, the ad firm Translation, as well as the Brookyln Nets and a joint venture with battery maker Duracell.

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Kanye West brought in $35 million -- almost exclusively from his Watch the Throne album with Jay-Z and his concert tour -- to finish fourth on the list.

Lil Wayne came in No. 5 with $27 million after his latest album Tha Carter IV sold a million copies during its first week. Wayne also launched the clothing line Trukfit and has a partnership with Pepsi's Mountain Dew, the first major product endorsement in the rapper's career.

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