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Top 20 Richest Rappers
Rank Name Net Worth Age Country
#1
Sean Combs – Diddy Net Worth
Sean Combs – Diddy $750 M 46 United States
#2
Dr. Dre Net Worth
Dr. Dre $700 M 51 United States
#3
Jay Z Net Worth
Jay Z $550 M 46 United States
#4
Master P Net Worth
Master P $350 M 49 United States
#5
Russell Simmons Net Worth
Russell Simmons $325 M 58 United States
#6
Eminem Net Worth
Eminem $210 M 43 United States
#7
Usher Net Worth
Usher $180 M 37 United States
#8
Ronald Slim Williams Net Worth
Ronald Slim Williams $170 M 49 United States
#9
50 Cent Net Worth
50 Cent $155 M 41 United States
#10
Birdman Net Worth
Birdman $150 M 47 United States
#11
Pharrell Williams Net Worth
Pharrell Williams $150 M 43 United States
#12
Lil Wayne Net Worth
Lil Wayne $150 M 33 United States
#13
Kanye West Net Worth
Kanye West $147 M 39 United States
#14
Snoop Dogg Net Worth
Snoop Dogg $143 M 44 United States
#15
Ice Cube Net Worth
Ice Cube $120 M 47 United States
#16
LL Cool J Net Worth
LL Cool J $100 M 48 United States
#17
Drake Net Worth
Drake $100 M 29 Canada
#18
Timbaland Net Worth
Timbaland $85 M 45 United States
#19
Akon Net Worth
Akon $80 M 43 United States
#20
Adam Horovitz aka Ad-Rock Net Worth
Adam Horovitz aka Ad-Rock $75 M 49 United States
Manchester United paid sacked van Gaal, coaches £8.4m compensation
They have however not said the sum relates to the midfielder. But it is understood he was only named in their domestic squad because of Premier League rules and is very unlikely to play for United again. The Old Trafford club posted record annual revenues of £515.3m on Monday. Van Gaal and his coaching team were dismissed 48 hours after leading United to victory over Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final. Assistant manager Ryan Giggs subsequently left following Jose Mourinho’s appointment as Van Gaal’s replacement. Mourinho left Schweinsteiger out of his Europa League squad and has told the 32-year-old he has only the remotest chance of playing this season. The Portuguese manager has said he would promote youngsters into his squad should injuries or suspensions affect his central midfielders. It is now known that the former Bayern Munich player only retains that chance because Premier League rules forced United to do so. The club can only name any player over the age of 21 in their squad if they had room within their allotted 25 places. The situation surrounding the German means United no longer think they will get their money back on the player. He was originally signed for a fee believed to be in the region of £11m, and they have now written off the £6.7m they had been valuing him at.
Patience’s $31.4m saga: She has the right to own such amount
ABUJA—Some members of the House of Representatives, yesterday, advised security agencies to conclude investigations before smearing the image of Nigerians in the media. Two members of the House, who spoke to Vanguard, against the backdrop of alleged $31.4m found in a Skye Bank account, belonging to former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, advised government and security agencies to carry out a proper investigation before crucifying her. Their advice came as some human rights groups and opinion moulders in the Niger Delta asked government to allow the law take its course on the matter. Minority Leader of the House, Leo Ogor, in his reaction, described the allegation as a mere rumour until there were concrete evidence to convince Nigerians. He said: “I will liken this situation to that of budget padding that had no substance in all ramifications. We should allow the security agencies conclude all their findings before crucifying Nigerians in the press. “Although I’ve not seen any of the documents that are being paraded, for now, we should allow those working on it conclude their investigations first.” It’s still a rumour
Speaking in the same vein, Ehiozuwa Johnson Agbonayinma, PDP, Edo, said: “It’s still a rumour though I’ve not seen the details, but as you know, she is still innocent until proven otherwise in our law courts,” Also, Oghenejabor Ikimi, lawyer and National Coordinator, Centre for the Vulnerable and the Underprivileged, said: “Patience should be investigated on how she got the money. We agree that she was the wife of a Deputy Governor, Governor, Vice President and lastly President. The sum is frightening, knowing that her office, even as First Lady, does not attract remuneration. “Even if it did attract cash benefits, was it in dollars an
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/investigate-before-media-trial-reps/
Barca v Celtic: Luis Enrique will not risk Messi
Barcelona boss Luis Enrique would like Lionel Messi to play "every single minute" but won't put his fitness at risk versus Celtic in the Champions League.
Luis Enrique will not be rushed into risking Lionel Messi's fitness despite Barcelona's shock weekend setback versus LaLiga minnows Alaves.
A much-changed Barca line-up went down 2-1 at Camp Nou, with Messi, Luis Suarez and club captain Andres Iniesta unable to salvage matters having appeared as second-half substitutes.
The five-time Ballon d'Or winner returned from international duty with Argentina having aggravated a groin complaint and Luis Enrique will guard against further fitness problems in Tuesday's Champions League opener against Celtic.
"Messi, I would like him to play every single minute. He would like that as well," the Barca coach told a pre-match news conference.
"But it is about what the player is feeling here, what he feels in his leg.
"Tomorrow we will see if he can play many minutes. It is how well his legs are that will dictate how much he can play."
Left-back Jordi Alba, an unused substitute on Saturday, is under no illusions over Messi's importance among Barcelona's galaxy of stars.
"I would be stupid if I didn't say Messi is the best for us, we have a lot of quality players but Leo makes us a different team.
"He has been the best in the world for a long time and that's incredible."
New recruits Jasper Cillessen and Paco Alcacer endured debuts to forget last time out but Luis Enrique is confident they and his close-season signings will adapt without too many similar setbacks.
"We need to keep working on certain aspects but there is nothing I'm surprised about because I've been a coach for a few years already. We need to reinforce certain habits.
"As for the new players, we know what we want out of them. I think we play completely differently to most teams.
"We have to give them a lot of information to help them so that journey is as less traumatic as possible."
Will Mario Balotelli win Ballon d'or
Nice coach Lucien Favre says there is plenty of hard work ahead for Mario Balotelli after the striker's goalscoring debut in Ligue 1.
Balotelli netted a first-half penalty and headed a 78th-minute equaliser before Wylan Cyprien's long-range winner secured a 3-2 win over Marseille and left Nice joint-top of the table.
The 26-year-old is coming off a disappointing two years at Liverpool and Favre suggested the striker would have to overcome familiar shortfalls in his defensive contribution to perform to full effect.
"We know, you know, I know, everybody knows that there is still a lot of work to do," he told reporters. "There's no way to stop here. That's just one game.
"The future is important. It is important to keep going ahead and making progress. He is not going to be able to do that in one shot.
"That's just impossible. There is a terrific amount of work [to do]. Especially in the way he moves in a defensive way. The way he comes back to the position, still on a defensive way.
"In order at least to block the spaces available to the opponent that passes the ball. It's a long term job."
Bafetimbi Gomis was on target for Marseille before Balotelli sparked the late turnaround and the former Swansea City man believes bringing such players to Ligue 1 will only help to improve the profile of the French top flight.
"It's important that players like him join this League," he told reporters. "It gave us more visibility. It makes people talk about Ligue 1 in the world.
"I did not come back [to go] backwards. I think it's a great league that can be [unfairly] denigrated. Many clubs do [well] with what's available.
"They don't have the funds some other leagues have. If we can make more advertising for Ligue 1 and [bring in] some great players who are struggling in other great European leagues to bounce back in Ligue 1 it will be a great help for some teams."
Gomis added that France's successful hosting of Euro 2016 would also make their domestic competition more attractive.
"Some years ago it was not conceivable in the deepest nightmares of some players of this calibre to come play in Nice," he explained.
"Today because of the Euro and some great stadiums, some players are coming over here and I'm very pleased for Ligue 1."
Balotelli netted a first-half penalty and headed a 78th-minute equaliser before Wylan Cyprien's long-range winner secured a 3-2 win over Marseille and left Nice joint-top of the table.
The 26-year-old is coming off a disappointing two years at Liverpool and Favre suggested the striker would have to overcome familiar shortfalls in his defensive contribution to perform to full effect.
"We know, you know, I know, everybody knows that there is still a lot of work to do," he told reporters. "There's no way to stop here. That's just one game.
"The future is important. It is important to keep going ahead and making progress. He is not going to be able to do that in one shot.
"That's just impossible. There is a terrific amount of work [to do]. Especially in the way he moves in a defensive way. The way he comes back to the position, still on a defensive way.
"In order at least to block the spaces available to the opponent that passes the ball. It's a long term job."
Bafetimbi Gomis was on target for Marseille before Balotelli sparked the late turnaround and the former Swansea City man believes bringing such players to Ligue 1 will only help to improve the profile of the French top flight.
"It's important that players like him join this League," he told reporters. "It gave us more visibility. It makes people talk about Ligue 1 in the world.
"I did not come back [to go] backwards. I think it's a great league that can be [unfairly] denigrated. Many clubs do [well] with what's available.
"They don't have the funds some other leagues have. If we can make more advertising for Ligue 1 and [bring in] some great players who are struggling in other great European leagues to bounce back in Ligue 1 it will be a great help for some teams."
Gomis added that France's successful hosting of Euro 2016 would also make their domestic competition more attractive.
"Some years ago it was not conceivable in the deepest nightmares of some players of this calibre to come play in Nice," he explained.
"Today because of the Euro and some great stadiums, some players are coming over here and I'm very pleased for Ligue 1."
Kaduna Disaster
A major incident has caused the residents of Ikara town in Kaduna State, to scamper for safety, following an earth tremor that lasted for several hours.
The natural phenomenon is coming close to four months since a similar event occurred in the area. The people of the community are reportedly at the edge of their seats, wondering what will happen next.
Suleiman Yakubu, a Kaduna based international radio reporter disclosed that the people living in the community have considered abandoning their homes in a bid to get safety.
“Though people have not started fleeing the community, but as I talk to you, there is tension. Everyone is standing outside as the earth is vibrating under their feet."
"It started since morning and if it continues like this till evening, people will have no choice than to leave the town to safer places."
Honorable Badugu Nehemiah, who is a leader in the community said, “since morning, many people in our villages have been running up and down, because both buildings and the ground have been shaking."
"Many churches had to cut short their Sunday service programmes because of the earthquake threat. As I am speaking with you, the ground is still shaking”.
The governor of the state, Mallam Nasiru El Rufai, has however called for calm, stating that he has people looking into the matter.
The natural phenomenon is coming close to four months since a similar event occurred in the area. The people of the community are reportedly at the edge of their seats, wondering what will happen next.
Suleiman Yakubu, a Kaduna based international radio reporter disclosed that the people living in the community have considered abandoning their homes in a bid to get safety.
“Though people have not started fleeing the community, but as I talk to you, there is tension. Everyone is standing outside as the earth is vibrating under their feet."
"It started since morning and if it continues like this till evening, people will have no choice than to leave the town to safer places."
Honorable Badugu Nehemiah, who is a leader in the community said, “since morning, many people in our villages have been running up and down, because both buildings and the ground have been shaking."
"Many churches had to cut short their Sunday service programmes because of the earthquake threat. As I am speaking with you, the ground is still shaking”.
The governor of the state, Mallam Nasiru El Rufai, has however called for calm, stating that he has people looking into the matter.
What happening to Hillary Clinton ?
Hillary Clinton's health moves from the fringes to the center of the 2016 presidential campaign, there's a lot we still don't know about her scare this weekend. Here's what we do know: Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday. During a Sept. 11 memorial event on Sunday at Ground Zero, she was unsteady and clearly needed help getting into a van after becoming "overheated and dehydrated." And Clinton canceled a planned to trip to California for Monday while she rests at home.
Clinton's campaign has been tight-lipped about the Sunday incident, releasing only two short statements throughout the day. Many lingering questions could be easily cleared up by the campaign, while others will take time. Here are nine big questions we still have
1.) Why hide the pneumonia diagnosis?
Clinton suffered a coughing attack last week during an appearance in Cleveland, which she dismissed as seasonal allergies. She received her pneumonia diagnosis on Friday, but the public was not told about it until hours after the incident at the memorial, raising questions about whether Clinton had any plans to ever inform the public. Between the diagnosis and the near-collapse, Clinton appeared at two fundraisers, ran a national security working session, and held a press conference.
2.) Has Clinton been otherwise ill in recent days?
Has she had pneumonia in the past? Pneumonia is common, but still a potentially dangerous disease that sends about 1 million people to the hospital every year and kills about 50,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
3.) Who made the call not to go to the hospital and when?
And did Clinton lose consciousness at all? After leaving the memorial, Clinton went to her daughter Chelsea's apartment and was later examined by her doctor at her own home in Chappaqua, New York. Why was it decided not to visit a hospital immediately?
4.) What is the campaign's position on the protective press pool?
Presidents and presidential candidates have traditionally traveled with a small, rotating group of journalists so the American public can get real-time updates about unexpected incidents—exactly like the one on Sunday. But Clinton left her press pool behind at the Sept. 11 event and kept them in the dark for 90 minutes before providing any information on her whereabouts or health. Clinton has yet to agree to full "protective pool" coverage, which would allow reporters to follow her door-to-door. Will she now? (Trump, so far, has not allowed for pool coverage, and reporters do not fly with his campaign to events.)
Clinton's campaign has been tight-lipped about the Sunday incident, releasing only two short statements throughout the day. Many lingering questions could be easily cleared up by the campaign, while others will take time. Here are nine big questions we still have
1.) Why hide the pneumonia diagnosis?
Clinton suffered a coughing attack last week during an appearance in Cleveland, which she dismissed as seasonal allergies. She received her pneumonia diagnosis on Friday, but the public was not told about it until hours after the incident at the memorial, raising questions about whether Clinton had any plans to ever inform the public. Between the diagnosis and the near-collapse, Clinton appeared at two fundraisers, ran a national security working session, and held a press conference.
2.) Has Clinton been otherwise ill in recent days?
Has she had pneumonia in the past? Pneumonia is common, but still a potentially dangerous disease that sends about 1 million people to the hospital every year and kills about 50,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
3.) Who made the call not to go to the hospital and when?
And did Clinton lose consciousness at all? After leaving the memorial, Clinton went to her daughter Chelsea's apartment and was later examined by her doctor at her own home in Chappaqua, New York. Why was it decided not to visit a hospital immediately?
4.) What is the campaign's position on the protective press pool?
Presidents and presidential candidates have traditionally traveled with a small, rotating group of journalists so the American public can get real-time updates about unexpected incidents—exactly like the one on Sunday. But Clinton left her press pool behind at the Sept. 11 event and kept them in the dark for 90 minutes before providing any information on her whereabouts or health. Clinton has yet to agree to full "protective pool" coverage, which would allow reporters to follow her door-to-door. Will she now? (Trump, so far, has not allowed for pool coverage, and reporters do not fly with his campaign to events.)
Mark Zuckerberg’s (Free) Education Of Nigerians
Last week, Nigeria hosted one of the central deities in the global revolution called social media—in the name of Hon Triple High Chief Sir (Dr.) Alhaji Mark Zuckerberg, Grand Commander of the American Republic (GCAR), founder, chairman, chief executive officer (CEO) of Facebook International Corporation, the Eze Gburugburu of Iru Akwukwo, Oga Patapata of Menlo Park, California, and the Magajin Garin of Cyberspace.
Okay, okay, you get the point. Let’s just say, then, that an entrepreneur known, simply, as Mark Zuckerberg visited Nigeria last week. And what an education he gave to all of us, from the Nigerian president down to the unheralded First Citizens of Nigeria’s slummiest slums.
In a mere few days of his presence in Nigeria, Mr. Zuckerberg gave Nigerians of all classes an invaluable education on—among other subjects—the meaning of success, the uses of simplicity, the beauty of human connection, and the relationship between big dreams and big impact.
Above all—and unlike most of Nigeria’s politically enriched millionaires—Mark Zuckerberg made his presence felt—without ostentation, without aggrandizing himself, without (as is the wont of many a Nigerian person of means) wearing his wealth on his body. Until his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Osibanjo and other government officials, where he dressed formally in a suit and tie, Mark Zuckerberg sported a T-shirt and a pair of denim pants. Given Nigerians’ obsession with “wearing wealth,” Zuckerberg, the very face of Facebook, risked being mistaken for an oyibo factotum to some rich Nigerian.
This is no screed against affluent Nigerians who choose to spend a handsome budget on their clothing and fashion accessories. What impressed me about Zuckerberg’s fashion sense is that its frills-free simplicity is no act. Or, if it is, it has been so longstanding, so consistent as to constitute a signature. Zuckerberg has swag all right; and it’s the swag of modesty. Besides, there’s something to be said for that Zuckerbergian riff: adorning expensive clothing confers little or no value.
Mr. Facebook impressed in other ways. He struck me as a man who felt at home among Nigerians of all ages and stations. I was particularly attentive to his demeanor as he visited some of Nigeria’s tech innovators and interacted with youngsters devoted to mastering tech skills. Far from mounting a rostrum to lecture the youngsters, he seemed content to observe, eager to learn. And he commended: “The energy here is amazing and I’m excited to learn as much as I can.” He went jogging in Lagos, capital of Lagos State, with a posse of Nigeria’s tech innovators. About the jog on the Ikoyi-Lekki Bridge, he posted, “Quick run this morning across the Ikoyi Bridge with entrepreneurs in the Lagos Road Warriors running club. Best way to see a city!” He ate and appeared to relish Nigerian cuisines. In fact, throughout his visit, he exuded a cheery disposition.
I’d suggest that Zuckerberg’s strongest message was not delivered in words, but in gestural vocabulary. In a country that carries deference to age to absurd lengths, the 32-year old co-founder of Facebook modeled in himself a portrait of what’s possible when ambition is fertilized by youthful quest and energy. And in focusing attention on Nigeria’s burgeoning tech talent, he reminded us that Nigeria’s future lies, not in the hands of empty-headed, superannuated knaves who flatter themselves as “chieftains,” but with driven young men and women who are versed in the language of modernity.
For a moment—a rich, fertile moment—Zuckerberg’s presence trumpeted the power of ideas, instead of the idea of power, as the path into the future. A large part of Nigeria’s bane is the decades’-long erosion of vision, planning, in the affairs of Nigeria. Nigerian leaders arrive in office without anybody challenging them to define a smidgen of a serious idea, anything resembling a plan. Instead, they deafen us with the fatuous catechism that “God is in control” or the equally facile claim that they have “delivered the dividends of democracy.”
Zuckerberg and his wife are worth $54.5 billion. You heard right, that’s B for billion. Let’s put that personal wealth in some familiar perspective. If the Facebooker and his wife were a country, they would have more than twice the size of Nigeria’s 2015 budget, which was $22.6 billion. And they would easily cover every cent in Nigeria’s 2016 deficit-ridden budget, worth $30.6 billion when President Buhari signed it into law in May. And they would still have $14 billion as change.
For me, the point is not the astonishing scale of the young man’s assets. As a Nigerian, I find it remarkable that Zuckerberg’s wealth had its genesis as an idea. Whilst a student at Harvard, he and some of his counterparts dreamed up an audacious idea: to create a forum that enables people around the world to connect and converse. That idea morphed into Facebook, a social media platform now used by more than 1.7 billion people in the world.
I doubt that Zuckerberg’s brain is larger than that of every thirty-something year old Nigerian. Chances are there are many young Nigerians just as imaginative as the Facebook founder, many who, given the right conditions, are just as capable of translating their grand ideas into astounding projects.
But what does Nigeria do with and to its Zuckerbergs? It stifles them, bottles up their aspirations, scuttles their dreams, and reduces them to mendicants and servile praise singers to their country dream wreckers. If Zuckerberg and his dreamer-doer friends had been students at a Nigerian university when they first conceived of Facebook, they would have had to contend with the hostility and cynicism of some of their professors. “You boys think you can just come up with some stupid idea? Oya, there’s a quiz tomorrow, let me see how you’ll pass!”
In Nigeria, we have embraced an anti-youth, anti-innovative, anti-achievement culture. These days, when a young Nigerian displays impressive intellectual skills, it is not because her country has high academic standards; it is, in fact, in spite of his country’s best and sinister efforts to keep her steeped in ignorance, wedded to mediocrity. When a Nigerian artiste breaks out as a major musical talent, it is hardly because his country has a vibrant cultural sector that groomed him. Often, he reached into something vital and hardy in himself—and achieved his dream.
Had Zuckerberg been a Nigerian, nobody would hear his name unless his father was a member of the board of trustees or chieftain of the ruling party, a guzzler of public funds, or some henchman in the armed forces. With all his brilliant ideas, he’d be lucky to get a job as a special assistant on flattery to some nameless local government chairman.
Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have a daughter. Were the couple Nigerians, they would have bought the girl one or two Rolls Royces, a private jet, and a yacht. Instead, the Zuckerbergs wrote a public letter to their daughter a few years ago to reveal their plan to give away most of their wealth—exactly 99%—to the cause of “advancing human potential and promoting equality.”
Mr. Buhari told Zuckerberg: “In our culture, we are not used to seeing successful people appear like you. We are not used to seeing successful people jogging and sweating on the streets…We are happy you are well-off and simple enough to always share.”
Unlike the tech entrepreneur, many of Nigeria’s wealthiest amassed their fortunes by shooting their way to power, rigging elections, through contract fraud, from questionable acquisition of oil blocks or other transfers of public assets. I wonder: did these fake “big” men and women pay attention as Mark Zuckerberg showed us the real meaning of change?
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