Billboard's 50 Greatest Rappers List

[Goldie]

50. Rick Ross
49.Rev Run
48. Melle Mel
47. MC Lyte
46. Jadakiss
45. Ice - T
44. Queen Latifah
43. Bun B
42. Redman
41. E-40
40. Dr.Dre
39. Ludacris
38. Gucci Mane
37. Common
36. Mos Def
35. Future
34. Chuck D
33. Busta
32. T.I
31. Lil Kim
30. Lauryn Hill
29. Pusha T
28. Black Thought
27.Q-Tip
26. Big Pun
25. Method Man
24. KRS-One
23. Kurtis Blow
22. Ghostface
21. DMX
20. Big Daddy Kane
19. Missy
18. Ice Cube
17. 50 Cent
16. Scarface
15. J.Cole
14. LL Cool J
13. Rakim
12. Andre 3000
11. Kanye
10. Nicki Minaj
9. Snoop
8. Drake
7. Lil Wayne
6. Biggie
5. Eminem
4. 2pac
3. Nas
2. Kendrick
1. Jay-Z

50 Greatest Rappers of All Time

Best Rappers of All Time: Billboard/Vibe count down hip-hop's greatest MCs in honor of hip-hop's 50th anniversary.

www.billboard.com

 

[Agent_Ro]

 

[Bradshaw]

Kendrick over Nas is crazy they have to shuffle some of them rakim being 13 is also nuts. Gucci shouldn't be on this list at all. Raekeon should be on this list

 

[Blue_London]

I think we can all agree this. The most surprising thing about this list is Nicki Minaj being a top 10 rapper

 

[Big_Ev]

It’s hard for me to take some of these lists seriously.

 

[Rickyrich]

No way is drake over ice cube

 

[Tayboo]

Is this list for actual lyricism??? Cause if so this list is trash.

 

[Loquacious]

Yay Kenny!!

 

[already home_17]

Is this list for actual lyricism??? Cause if so this list is trash.

this list serves one purpose: get the people talking

 

[Big_Ev]

Is this list for actual lyricism??? Cause if so this list is trash.

I doubt it. If it was for lyricism, Drake or Nicki Minaj wouldn’t be in the top ten.

 

[Infamous114]

Nas stans about to catch feelings

 

[Hater Hearst Helmsley]

What a shitty list.

 

[Tayboo]

From the article...

the teams took into account the following criteria, not in any particular order: body of work/achievements (charted singles/albums, gold/platinum certifications), cultural impact/influence (how the artist’s work fostered the genre’s evolution), longevity (years at the mic), lyrics (storytelling skills) and flow (vocal prowess).

 The list makes a bit more sense based on this criteria. Still don't agree with it tho...

 

[BDBOULIBALY]

Goat in real life

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

It’s hard for me to take some of these lists seriously.

They are created to get ppl talking and in their feels


Also dickriding propaganda


Rolling Stone recently had MJ ranked 87th on their list of greatest singers….87th

 

[Eyerone]

They got number 1 right but everything else?

WILD.

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

From the article...

the teams took into account the following criteria, not in any particular order: body of work/achievements (charted singles/albums, gold/platinum certifications), cultural impact/influence (how the artist’s work fostered the genre’s evolution), longevity (years at the mic), lyrics (storytelling skills) and flow (vocal prowess).

 The list makes a bit more sense based on this criteria. Still don't agree with it tho...

Based on this criteria Kanye should be number 1

 

[God_Body]

It’s at least 7 niggas from Kendrick’s class, that’s better than him. Smh.

 

[Word....Life]

Only REAL issue I have (cuz lists ate mostly just opinionated and subjective) is Dr. Dre being on tha list when prolly +90% of his rhymes were admittedly written by other people…

Now I wouldn’t have an issue if tha list was too 50 people in hip-hop…but not as a rapper when other niggaz from tha Wu could be in there lol

 

[God_Body]

Andre 3000 should’ve been lower as well.