RapPagesMagazine.com fans. Check out some of the people on this year's edition of Forbes's list of top-earning musicians from June 2009-June 2010, which includes some pretty familiar names. Beyoncé took in $98 million, though the magazine notes that around half of her earnings came from endorsement deals and her clothing line. Bruce Springsteen placed fourth with $70 million; Britney Spears rounded out the top five with $64 million; and Jay-Z ranked at No. 6, bringing in $63 million, thanks in part to his investments in the New Jersey Nets, a Broadway show, and the 40/40 nightclub chain.

The only new artist on the list this year was that unstoppable force of nature known as Lady Gaga, who earned $62 million for No. 7, partially due to marketing deals with companies like Polaroid, Virgin Mobile, Viva Glam, and Monster Cable.

Madonna was at No. 8 with $58 million, and Forbes says a chunk of that came from publishing royalties from the Glee episode featuring her music. No. 9 went to Kenny Chesney, who took in $50 million, helped by tour sponsorships by Corona and Mastercard.

There was a three-way tie for 10th at $48 million: The Black Eyed Peas, who have endorsement deals with companies like Honda, Target, Bacardi, and Apple; Coldplay; and Toby Keith, who gets some of his cash from his stake in a bunch of publishing companies, publishing royalties, and his Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill restaurant chain.

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Michael Todd White, age 46, the younger brother of

It has been reported that White had been involved in a minor dispute with a neighbor. After a brief altercation, he retreated back to his home where he resided with his girlfriend. The Vallejo Police Department (VDP) responded to a call about the incident, with a full force of six police cruisers, followed by an additional  six or more cruisers plus a motorcycle law enforcement personnel.  After entering the home and trapping White in the small bathroom of his trailer home, the VPD took the hinges off of his bathroom door and arrested him without incident. A Code 4 call went out to dispatch alerting that the situation was under control.

However, after removing all residents from the home and handcuffing White, a disturbance took place and White was tasered several times. A Code 3 call then went out to dispatch to send an ambulance. As King reveals, this is unusual, since a Code 3 is often called when someone is injured or if the officer involved is alerting the dispatch personnel that they're about to taser a suspect. The call to dispatch never occurred while arresting White, leading many to believe White was tasered while handcuffed.

White was removed from the residence lifeless, dropped on a cement slab, and then put on a gurney. Although reports have White expiring at Kaiser Hospital in Vallejo, it is widely believed that his body was taken to Kaiser so a doctor could pronounce him dead on arrival and his body could be taken to the city morgue. Michael White's family is calling for an investigation, because the officers involved have not been put on administrative leave and continue to work. "We are not going to rest until the Vallejo Police Department and City Hall embark on a full scale investigation regarding the murder of my brother," announced Jay King.

"We expect the police to do as the shield says on their cars, 'Serve & Protect.' Too often the police look more like a gangster outfit that we should all be afraid of," adds King. "We have to speak up as a community and change the way the police patrol our neighborhoods. My brother has had a checkered past but that doesn't give anyone the right to murder him. The police department in Vallejo has a long history of using  tasers along with unnecessary force." King and his family are considering pressing murder charges against the officers who tasered Michael Todd White, while allegedly handcuffed and helpless.

King fielded calls recently from listeners on his online radio show The Way I See It on BlogTalkRadio.com to draw attention to the matter. The show is archived at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/jay-king.

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The Rap Pages Magazine.com staff would like to send our sincere & deepest sympathy to Michael and Jay's family.  R.I.P. Michael, you will be missed.

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