Five years later, the same trio has amassed the most cash in the past half-decade. Jay-Z leads the pack with $251 million, thanks largely to a bevy of deals including a 10-year, $150 million pact with Live Nation  (for more, see my Jay-Z biography Empire State of Mind). Next up is 50 Cent at $216 million, roughly half that sum coming from the sale of his VitaminWater stake in 2007. Diddy rounds out the top three at $158 million, boosted in recent years by his lucrative Ciroc vodka agreement.

“These particular acts all made a conscious decision to be businessmen,” says Dan Charnas, author of The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop. “They have their artistic careers. But in many ways those careers are somewhat divorced from their trajectories as entrepreneurs and investors.”

One possible exception to that rule: Kanye West, who ranks No. 4 on the list with $100 million. The prolific rapper/superproducer has minimal outside business interests when compared with his colleagues on this list, but his extensive production catalog, steady string of platinum solo albums and rigorous touring schedule have placed him among hip-hop’s elite earners.

Full List: Hip-Hop’s Top 10 Earners Over The Past 5 Years

These earnings estimates encompass pretax earnings from May 2007 to May 2011 for artists whose work is primarily classified as hip-hop or rap. The totals include income from record sales, downloads, films, merchandise sales, endorsements, books and other ventures; management, agent and attorney fees are not deducted. Earnings are calculated once a year and based on data from Pollstar, Nielsen SoundScan, the RIAA and individual record labels, as well as interviews with numerous lawyers, media buyers, managers and many of the artists themselves.

Because our scoring period ended in May, No. 6 Dr. Dre’s $80 million total does not reflect the major payday he received a few months later. In early August, handset maker HTC paid $300 million to buy a 51% stake in Beats By Dr. Dre, the company he and Interscope Records chief Jimmy Iovine cofounded. Each stands to take home about $100 million before taxes this year.

Conspicuously absent from the Cash Kings 2007-2011 list is Bryan “Birdman” Williams. He earned more than enough over the past five years to rank among the top ten—and likely the top five—but we didn’t estimate his earnings for Cash Kings lists until 2011 because we deemed him more executive than rapper (he was included this year because most of his peers now have a similar job description).

Other notable names on the list: No. 8 Snoop Dogg at $73 million and No. 9 Ludacris at $68 million. Once the embodiment of West Coast gangster rap, Snoop revealed a softer side on the silver screen and in his reality-TV show Father Hood; he also boosted his bank account with international tours and a bevy of endorsement deals.

Similarly, Ludacris appeared in two Oscar-winning films and inked endorsement deals with Tag body spray and Trojan Magnum condoms, among others. His latest venture: A deal with spirits producer Birkedal Hartmann to create a cognac called Conjure.

“[They] have a very open view of themselves culturally,” says Charnas. “They don’t want to be the kings of the ‘hood, so to speak. They want to be as big as they can be.”

The same can be said for 50 Cent, whose fortunes have fallen a bit in recent years compared to some of the other names on the list; he earned a relatively low $6 million in 2011. Look for that to change in 2012, with a new album on the horizon—and perhaps more importantly, new products to shill. The Queens-born rapper recently released a headphone line and an energy drink called Street King.

Knowing 50, he’s probably more excited about the latter—part of the reason he’s on this list. When I asked him if he got more amped up over performing or creating new business ventures, he didn’t hesitate before responding.

“Closing a deal,” he said, “is a bigger deal.”

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DJ Mr.35 is a famous Vietnamese DJ for big music and Hip Hop event in Hanoi. Cuong 5ven is a member of Mister Band and an actor in film, “Dance of Passion”, which won Silver Lotus at the 17^th Vietnam Film Festival while Hai 2D is a member of Mister Band. He is the winner of showcase H2 Dance Streetkingz Merinda 2008 and Hiphop in the City 1 + 2, Ringmasterz and works as a choreographer. Antei is a dancing talent from S.I.N.E team.

“I luv Move It 2012” program is for youths who love dancing, especially Hip Hop dancing.

At the program, dancers in Hanoi also had an opportunity to join Hip Hop Dance Competitions: Freestyle Battle 1vs1 and B-boy battle 2vs2. These competitions are activities to start project, “Move it 2012”, launched by the Event and Program Support Department, under the Association of Students in the International Economics University.

The “Move It” project is a Hip Hop Dance competition that drew the participation of famous Vietnamese artists such as: Duy Khoa, Thuy Trang, Thai Thuy Linh, BFB Band, MK, Mr. T, Yanbi. “Move It 2012” this year, to end on April, 2012, is expected to bring a new breath and feeling to dancers and dance lovers.

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The sharp work was Kyle Abraham’s fascinating “Live!: The Realest MC” by his troupe, Abraham.In.Motion. It examines identity from his perspective as a gay, black, college-educated hip-hop artist. He takes hip-hop on a postmodern journey, combining the loose motions of postmodern dance with tighter hip-hop moves and attitude.

The piece, for four women and three men (Abraham among them), moves between humor and tension. On video, a white woman with a Southern drawl explains how hip-hop is a lifestyle.

A female quartet gets the dancing off to a slow start, but things get interesting when the men gather for a slo-mo trio of barely contained aggression. Toward the end, one of them in a tracksuit with bedazzled stripes, the other in a silver sequined tank top, interpret the same recorded hip-hop dance instructions: one tough, the other deliberately flaming.

Abraham finishes with the same split personality in one body, careening between being an angry, tough, deep-voiced man and a child crying about getting spit on for being gay. You don’t know what to feel — and that’s intriguing.

Kate Weare’s “Garden” has less bite. There are things to like, including the arresting sight of a tree suspended upside down over the stage.

There’s elegantly austere dancing, as well. Two couples lean against, cradle and touch one another; at one point, the women ride on the men’s undulating backs as if they were seahorses.

The problem is there are only stereotypes rather than substance in the relationships onstage. There’s a beautiful 10-minute dance somewhere in “Garden,” but it’s 32 minutes long.

Still, with eight groups, there’s something for everyone. This program runs again Sunday night, and you can catch every program at least once before then.

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