Grammy award winning producer and rapper, Kanye West has recently joined forces with Prodege LLC., to launch SearchKayneWest -- a Google & Ask.com powered search engine that gives users a chance to win Swag Bucks. The digital currency is redeemable for limited edition Kanye West merchandise, hi-tech items and other valuable goods at their online Swag Store.

The official free search toolbar is easy to download and customizable to make browsing faster and easier. How it works is simple: search the web as you would do on Google and the first person to search after the selected time will win a Swag Buck. If you did the winning search, instead of getting search results you will receive a screen with a Swag Buck notifying you that you have won. I registered and earned a buck in less than five minutes. Booyah!

Prodege, LLC has created branded search engines for celebrities including Akon, Lil Wayne and Beyonce. Additionally, the company provides individuals and organizations the ability raise funds through their branded sites.

Getting paid to search? I leave you with the illustrious words of Missy Elliot, “Ching-ching, gettin’ paid over here!”