Pollstar recently released their annual Top 50 Tour of North America where they calculate the top tour earners of the year based on gross ticket sales. Lil Wayne comes in at #26 grossing over $32 million in ticket sales and is the top earning urban artist for the year. Beyonce was #34 earning $26.4 million.

Although the gross numbers get chopped and screwed many different ways between the ticket broker (i.e. Ticket Master), the venue, the tour agency, tour manager, the crew, etc. Lil Wayne still gets a large chunk of that $32 million not to mention the large profits from merchandise which is where the real money is made. That’s where you have fans paying $35 for a t-shirt at a cost of $2 for fabric and silk screening.