Article updated: 12/5/2012 6:08 PM

Cashing in on Gangnam Style’s YouTube fame

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South Korean rapper PSY, who sings the popular "Gangnam Style," greets Thai fans after a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand. As "Gangnam Style" gallops toward 1 billion views on YouTube, the first Asian pop artist to capture a massive global audience has gotten richer click by click.

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As "Gangnam Style" gallops toward 1 billion views on YouTube, the first Asian pop artist to capture a massive global audience has gotten richer click by click. So too has his agent and his grandmother. But the money from music sales isn't flowing in from the rapper's homeland South Korea or elsewhere in Asia.