50 didn't clear 450 million off of the vitamin water deal....read for yourself on Forbes they know better then anybody. Jay Z is the richest man in hip hop. Here is a clip from the article....

Our estimates are based solely on 2006 income. In March, Jay-Z sold his Rocawear apparel label to Iconix (nasdaq: ICON - news - people ) for $204 million. Forbes estimates he pocketed about a quarter of that, after taxes and other payable commitments. And in May, Coca Cola (nyse: KO - news - people ) announced it would buy Glaceau, maker of VitaminWater, for $4.2 billion in cash. Once the deal is consummated, 50 Cent, who agreed to endorse the brand in 2004 in exchange for a small stake, should walk away with some $100 million. Best efforts were made to contact every member of the list for comment.



One last thing isn't 50 suppose to retire since he got slaughtered in record sales by Kanye. :-)