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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJay-Z and Kanye West were the highest-earning hip-hop acts of 2021, according to a list compiled by former longtime Forbes editor Zack O’Malley Greenberg on Tuesday.Jay topped the list with $470 million, after selling portions of his Tidal streaming service and Armand de Brignac champagne, bringing his net worth to $1.5 billion. Fellow billionaire Ye was second with $250 million for the year, almost entirely from his Yeezy footwear empire.While the list is filled with other perennials like Diddy and Drake — who  there were some surprises. Rapper Tech N9ne is No.

In 2015, Kim Kaupe -- co-founder and CEO of The Superfan Company, an agency that specializes in supercharging fan engagement for artists, music festivals, record labels and more -- appeared on an episode of the long-running ABC reality series Shark Tank with her business partner Brittany Hodak. With an already-profitable business and impressive client list, the two made a strong impression and became the subject of a bidding war, ultimately walking away with an offer of $725,000 for 17.5% of their business (then called ZinePak) from “sharks” Laurie Greiner and Robert Herjavec. And then the cameras stopped rolling. “So many people when they see the show, just automatically