Queen Latifah x Flavor Unit x BET. If you want to know how rapper turned actors like Ice Cube and Queen Latifah are able to make so much money in Hollywood it’s really quite simple…they have an active TV and film production company that develops projects not just for the artists themselves but for all types of programming. Cube has his Cubevision Productions and Latifah has her Flavor Unit Entertainment.

Adding more money to Latifah’s already large money pot, her production company has just signed a deal with BET to develop their first scripted TV show called “Let’s Stay Together” for the beginning of 2011 and the made-for-TV movie The Cookout 2. Latifah will not be starring in the show or the movie but will still be collecting the paychecks as exec producer. Now that is the ultimate businesswoman right there.