The Forbes staff was joined by a panel of music industry experts recently to create this year's list of Hip-Hop Cash Princes. Together CEO of Atantic Records Craig Kallman, Charlamagne Tha God, Hit-Boy and hip-hop pioneer Lovebug Starski decided which stars showed the most promise under the age of 30, and you may be surprised by some of their picks.
Fetty became everyone's top contender with "Trap Queen" earning him two Grammy noms, while artists like Logic climbed the Billboard album charts with The Incredible True Story. VladTV regular Charlamagne had this to say about the Maryland rap artist: "Logic is interesting because he doesn't get radio play, but he has one of those cult-like followings fueled by social media and they actually support him when his album drops. That fan base is going to give him staying power. I would rather have real, loyal love from a couple hundred thousand people than fake love from millions that may or may not translate into any revenue."
Check out all ten Hip-Hop Cash Princes below (in no particular order):
Fetty Wap
Young Dolph
Little Simz
Joey Bada$$
Metro Boomin
Lil Dicky
Dej Loaf
Logic
Boi-1da
G-Eazy
