Drake's Pick For Greatest Rapper Alive Might Surprise You
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TORONTO, CANADA - As the most-streamed artist of all time with a staggering 39 billion plays on Spotify alone, Drake probably has his fair share of fans who would rank him as the best rapper alive. But who does Drizzy place atop that list?
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Lmaoo Ross aint top 50. Em, Jay, Nas, Pac, Big, Royce, 3000, Kweli, Cole, Kendrick, DMX, Rakim, Jada, Wayne, Redman , Black Thought, Big L, Bizzy Bone, Snoop, 50, Kanye, Busta, Lupe, Common, Mos Def Thats 25 better rappers just off the top of my head
@cidanarch
2 жыл бұрын
Prodigy!
@BigMooseHoe
2 жыл бұрын
@@cidanarch word. I forgot Tech N9ne as well. And Jay Electronica
@Matt_Underwood
2 жыл бұрын
Big K.R.I.T., Killer Mike and El-P, Vince Staples as well
@goofylad9861
2 жыл бұрын
DOOM
@PlayshotKalo
2 жыл бұрын
Jay overrated. He runs a great label and branched out into other great investments but his music is mid.
"Make some noise for the greatest rapper to get on the mf microphone, he goes by the name of eminem" -drake
@k.t6302
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah lol he's big mad that Em never includes him in best Emcee talk whenever they brang it up.
@Waluigi-vr4qz
2 жыл бұрын
@@k.t6302 dident eminem just do that on the his nas feature which came out only a few weeks ago?
@Velocity10381
2 жыл бұрын
@@Waluigi-vr4qz yep
@eugeneangwa4466
2 жыл бұрын
Being mentioned In A song is not equall being classified as a goat by the same mcee ,coz he has mentioned his G.O.A.T mcees in the grammies multiple times and there are purely OGs.
@Waluigi-vr4qz
2 жыл бұрын
@@eugeneangwa4466 he literally calls drake, kanye and more rappers the greats in his new nas verse. If that doesent mean he thinks his one of the greats then i dont what to tell you. Im sure both drake and eminem have Huge respect for each other and consderi each other one of the greats.
Lol imagine someone actually putting Rick Ross on a greatest list while Cole, Kendrick, Wayne, Eminem and Nas are living.. oh fuck i almost forgot KRIT.
@riversider2506
2 жыл бұрын
Well, it's their opinion 🤷♂️.. Can't hate on someone for not thinking the same as you. Everyone has their own preference 💯
@Von803
2 жыл бұрын
Eminem? 🤣🤣
@ultimistakeo4369
2 жыл бұрын
@@Von803 I was gonna say the same thing. 😂🤣😂🤣 Eminem trash.
@BIGup4daTUNE
2 жыл бұрын
Wayne trash let’s be real here
@thisworldneedsacleansing4714
2 жыл бұрын
@@riversider2506 not hating, just dont understand it. Yes there is a difference.
i dont get the Drake hype his music is good but not amazing and honestly IMO i dont consider him a rap artist its borderline only being R&B
@MA-go7ee
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah it is a bit bizarre. I remember seeing a list of biggest rap songs and someone put Hotline Bling in there, lol. Drake is like 70% pop star - and i don't even mean it as a diss. He's basically a singer who incorporates rap into his music. Oh, most melodic rap is also just straight up singing.
@DonKamara
2 жыл бұрын
Lol y'all still can't fathom the fact that the definition for rap music has evolved. Music is always bound to change shape overtime
@TheGoldenCulture
2 жыл бұрын
@@DonKamara lol what
@AJXO-30
2 жыл бұрын
@@DonKamara Lmao, no fam
@joshmarlowe46
2 жыл бұрын
@@DonKamara it went from hip hop to commercial ass bs
" *LORD KNOWS* " is still in daily rotation in my playlist 🤞🔥 💯
DOOM is the GOAT
@iwillsex
2 жыл бұрын
yes
@monsterwith21faces92
2 жыл бұрын
For life bruh🐐
@whyareyouusinglightmode2098
2 жыл бұрын
DOOM has beautiful production and lyrics, that's goat material right the
@SevenHunnid
2 жыл бұрын
I smoke weed on my KZread channel as my job 😅🙏
@observeurr
2 жыл бұрын
Yes doom is good
Rick Ross only raps about one subject and that’s his dope dealer fantasy. A true rapper is more versatile in his subject matter.
Rick ross is great tho but not the GOAT not at all
@ernestsandoval7076
2 жыл бұрын
It's his opinion tho.
@fernandoreyes680
2 жыл бұрын
I like your pfp
@monsterwith21faces92
2 жыл бұрын
@@fernandoreyes680 same to you tho😂
@whyareyouusinglightmode2098
2 жыл бұрын
Ross would make atleast in between top 50-100 or top 200
@monsterwith21faces92
2 жыл бұрын
@@whyareyouusinglightmode2098 top 100-150 for sure atleast for me he's good lyrically and his voice is gold But I mean a top 100-150 can't be THE GOAT in my opinion but ain't sayin he can't be for anyone else
Drake is a good rapper but not with the title of "GOAT/ALIVE" pls dont !! He got bars , great music , but thats it , if we talk about real "HIP HOP SHIT" drake is out of conversation !! You even cant compare him to kendrick !!
@klydejohnson7520
2 жыл бұрын
U sound literally dumb he broke records kendrick didn’t 😂😂😭when the last time kendrick even dropped😂😂
@Kret_OT
2 жыл бұрын
@@klydejohnson7520 I would stay quiet if I was you, record sales dont make you a goat, RnB singles can't make you a goat in hip hop, most of drake's hits are RnB or dance hall, note that I said MOST not all
@ThatRegularGeto
2 жыл бұрын
@@klydejohnson7520 this is hip hop, not pop. If you talk about record sales then i advice you to stay away from drake, eminem, kdot etc and go back and listen to justin bieber.
@monsterwith21faces92
2 жыл бұрын
@@klydejohnson7520 only kids care about numbers
@juanfangky5106
2 жыл бұрын
@@klydejohnson7520 drake record ? You mean rnb record ? Dance record ? you wanna talk about RAP record ? He too far away from Eminem !! 🤣🤣 🤣
In no order, 2pac-E40-Devin The Dude-Scarface-Andre 3000! All are number 1's! They taught me so much. Just put them in circle, For my halo!
@Velocity10381
2 жыл бұрын
you can't read can you? number one rapper ALIVE!!
@alonzox5420
2 жыл бұрын
U just be from the west coast
@gee_ruiz
2 жыл бұрын
@@alonzox5420 devin the dude, scarface, and andre are not even west coast lol
@jdsjev2690
2 жыл бұрын
This video is about rappers that are alive
@isaiahgarcia163
2 жыл бұрын
Devin the dude? Listen to what a job with him and 3 stacks and you can hear the difference between a good rapper and a legend like Andre
It has to be eminem
@joerogers7129
2 жыл бұрын
It doesn't have to be he is up there though
Feel like this page is a week and a half behind when this stuff actually drops.
@Lyrical_Replies
2 жыл бұрын
Dx news: we don't feel over here ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL IGHT
@darkskinwhite
2 жыл бұрын
it is. and its only been getting worse. they're especially late when it's actually something about Hiphop & not poprap or whatever whatever. believe it or not DX was actually Hiphop back in the day but they flipped with the rest of em.
KOOL KEITH is the GOAT!! PERIOD.
@FrenchJae
2 жыл бұрын
" I like pancakes, now tell me how that cat smell.." -KoolKeith
It was probably just a statement to create hype for something upcoming. Meaningless.
We really gonna listen to a dude that has a heart cut in his hair?
@Mattejayy
2 жыл бұрын
@Karas 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 you probably have the same haircut
@mgf909
2 жыл бұрын
@Karas “it’s not that hard to ignore things you know” Yet you couldn’t ignore this guy’s comment. 🤨
@1hendrixx7
2 жыл бұрын
@@mgf909 it works both ways my guy
Eminem, Nas, 50, Wayne, Pac, Big L, Cole, Kendrick, 300, Jada, Jay, Royce, Big, Rakim.
@ihaveanose27ify
2 жыл бұрын
Not mad at this
@markmercado89
2 жыл бұрын
Similar 2 my list.Em,Pac,50,DMX,Prodigy,Big L,Lloyd Banks,Ras Kass,Juvenile,Kendrick Lamar,Lupe Fiasco.
To me is C.L. SMOOTH hes lyrics and switch up but the most important he spoke clear
@observeurr
2 жыл бұрын
To me it’s a pick between YG & Lil Durk
@lazyrhino8578
2 жыл бұрын
Who?
Wtf 😂 I mean he's one of the greatest food lovers il give him that
@7777Lace
2 жыл бұрын
😂
I refuse to think Drake thinks Ross is the greatest rapper alive especially when he’s put Jay-Z on his Top 5 list🤦🏾😵💫
@rustyjames5000
2 жыл бұрын
Your only as good as your competition. Smart move to pick Ross over living legends. Nobody puts him in the top 5 of a Jay-Z or Nas. New fans only really know Drake's generation which includes Ross and Wayne.
@dylanjordan6772
2 жыл бұрын
He's also called Eminem the greatest rapper to "ever grace a microphone" so I don't think this guy has a solidified greatest lol
@uchennasunday7037
2 жыл бұрын
Dude been copying nas hair style for a minute now. Went from the crescent path to the heart sign.
@214silk2
2 жыл бұрын
Ross talk different from a lot of these dudes If you not a boss you won’t understand Ross raps 🤷🏾♂️ and I’m not saying Jay not a boss but Jay and Ross talk waayyy different and I honestly prefer Ross talk myself
@swaythekid
2 жыл бұрын
Fr
I’m not surprised, drake and Rick Ross styles mesh crazy together. Ross is slept on his lyrics and delivery is godly!
Big K.R.I.T is the GOAT 🐐
@StickWuzHere
2 жыл бұрын
Nah fr
@zaydfarzad8860
2 жыл бұрын
ON MF GOD
@TheJacobHughesSkate
2 жыл бұрын
No. Black tjought
Wayne, Mac Dre, Drake, Nipsey, Methodman
Eminem, snoop dogg, 50 cent, Kendrick Lamar, Ice cube, lil Wayne ,j Cole 😂
@broncoscountry7667
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly but I would also add Rakim 2pac Biggie Big Daddy Kane KRS ONE Spice 1
@BIG-WhoShotYa
2 жыл бұрын
Biggie Rakim g rap Kane LL/cube
@BestYear2016
2 жыл бұрын
@@broncoscountry7667 anyone would add 2pac but asking for greatest alive
Lupe Pac 3k Em Scarface Pharoahe monch Nas Prodigy Kendrick Ye
@markmercado89
2 жыл бұрын
Thas dope!!! Lupe & P neva really get luv.Mine are Em Pac 50 DMX Prodigy Big L Lloyd Banks Ras Kass Juvenile Kendrick Lamar Lupe Fiasco
@benjaminwhitman7905
2 жыл бұрын
@@markmercado89 DMX is also up there
@monsterwith21faces92
2 жыл бұрын
Great list bruh🔥 Mine is MF DOOM Big pun Nas Ye Kdot
@Un-Ez
2 жыл бұрын
This is respectable list, it might be the first time I see one that doesn’t piss me off lol
@benjaminwhitman7905
2 жыл бұрын
@@Un-Ez what is your list
you know drake is kapping
Eminem always be the GOAT period
@sahir3733
2 жыл бұрын
No
@shottaBrim
2 жыл бұрын
Super facts greatest rapper ever
@MrAde-jy3uu
2 жыл бұрын
Lol to white people in Middle America. He’s been super trash since past 10 yrs
@kirby6534
2 жыл бұрын
Kendrick Lamar and Drake passed Eminem years ago
@shottaBrim
2 жыл бұрын
@@kirby6534 I’m terms of what? Not sales? Not popularity? Not fame? Not lyrics? Not streaming number? In what aspect did they pass him ?
Lil wayne
Wayne the goat he can collab with any genre and kill it
Can they make a collab album already. Gheeze !!
Kendrick, Pac, Wayne, DMX, Jay-z, Nas, Andre 3000, Eminem, Biggie, Drake, Kanye. Top 11 no order
" *I Fell In Love With The Pen / Started Fucking The Ink / The Hustles Eh' Art / I Paint It With What I Will Think* " - 🖋 ROZAY 2013.
Imma have to go with Freddie Gibbs rn
@monsterwith21faces92
2 жыл бұрын
Yup man doin great has too many classics💯
@Blacknik3s
2 жыл бұрын
@@monsterwith21faces92 just dropped back to back classics like nun on top of piñata he just different
@monsterwith21faces92
2 жыл бұрын
@@Blacknik3s frfr
Tupac, Bob Marley, Kendrick, Drake, Wayne
How you ain't got Nas?? No matter what generation ... No order Rakim/Cool G Rap/Big Daddy Kane/Krs-One, Nas, Jay-Z, Ghostface/Raekown, Slim Shady, 2Pac, Andre 3000, Scarface, Biggie, LL Cool J, Prodigy (Mobb Deep), Jada Kiss, K West, Drake, Busta Rhymes, Doom, AZ, Ice Cube, Lauren Hill... Honorable Mentions: Methodman, Redman, Rah Diggah, La tha Darkman, Kurupt, Canibus, Big Pun, B Real, Master P, E 40, Rest of Wu Tang Clan, Goodie Mob....
Em, Pun, Nas, Jay and Rakim.
@observeurr
2 жыл бұрын
Throw a little Mack 10 in there
Hell nah this dude’s ain’t even real hip-hop and sure don’t consider him a real rapper. He’s more of singer anyway cause he sings a lot of breakup and heartache songs. It shocks me hoe guys enjoy his stuff when really to me his music is more for the women
@wacko37
2 жыл бұрын
Drake is more like Justin bieber type than Rapper or am wrong maybe
No one ever has said Rick Ross is a fave of all time. It must be a promotional thing happening
I fuck with Drake but you don’t get no 2Pac Jesus pieces made and not put him in your top five, but on the other hand when you think about it if you putting PAC as Jesus he’s above that top 5 Aman
lil Wayne said goat since the goat retired
Lord Knows Made Men Ashton Martin Music Top 3 Drake Ross collabs in that order
He is the most consistent since hov
Probably a in the heat of the moment statement. Cause hell naw Ross ain’t top 50 LOL!
@kirby6534
2 жыл бұрын
Ross at best is Top 80
This aged well hahaha
Kendrick Lamar Drake Biggie Andre 3000 Nas J Cole Yasi Bey Tupac Jay-z Lauryn Hill
I thought Drake would say Phonte from Lil Brothers! He said that he was his favorite rapper even did a song with him and Elzhi " Think Good Thoughts " .......
I would have guessed Wayne sense he discovered Drake and signed him
Tupac Tupac Tupac Tupac Tupac
Who tf is young tony?
@cdkonthemic
2 жыл бұрын
I said the same thing
Lemmon Pepper Stepper?…
I fucking love ross. He's a top 5 for me
If it’s anyone other than IceJJFish or Woah Vicky, I ain’t surprised
Niggas need to stop acting like ross ain't top 10 doa maybe not 5 but for suuuure top 10. That's why he makes the money he does now.
Free Spirit and Lord Knows
My top 5 is Rakim,Biggie,Hov,Pac,Nas,
If Pac and Snoop don’t make your top 5 then you weren’t around during the 90s.
@KvngLxo
2 жыл бұрын
But what about Nas,DMX,Jay Z,Jadakiss,Ghostface,Raekwon,Prodigy, Canibus,AZ,Big L,Big Pun,Rakim,Kool G Rap,Biggie,Andre 3K,Redman... Them and more are contenders for top 5 so...
@wacko37
2 жыл бұрын
Top5 or 15 Pac sound and snoop style R aggressive
@kirby6534
2 жыл бұрын
Snoop?
@kirby6534
2 жыл бұрын
Pac at age 25 influenced the whole black community that alone makes him Top 3 his words have been passed down from neighborhood to neighborhood back in the early 2000s my dad used to watch The bulls games late at night and early in the morning would drive me to school listening to pac there's no denying his greatness
Dylan
@jeremymcallister4176
2 жыл бұрын
Lmao
Lemmon pepper stepper?😭
@thepresidentialsuite849
2 жыл бұрын
I was like I know i'm not the only one who caught that lmao
Nas , jay , Kendrick, 50
Lupe Fiasco for sure
Jadakiss! one of the GOATS
Ross is amazing atm
@observeurr
2 жыл бұрын
No I think Cassidy has more potential when discussing nuclear science
Rick ross never said anything bad about drake so that's why drake has him as the greatest of all time
We all know it's Nas
Certified Lost Boy with that take of his...
@monsterwith21faces92
2 жыл бұрын
"Certified simp for 10 year old girls" would be more accurate lol
My list would probably be MF DOOM, Eyedea, Atmosphere, Sadistik and Kool G in no order
@observeurr
2 жыл бұрын
I would also put in 03 Greedo in there
@Nobody1mportant999
2 жыл бұрын
@@observeurr for sure, I left out a lot of artists I would also throw up there like Vinnie Paz and Cannibus
1 of my fav rappers are in the grave (DMX).... Ice Cube and Andre 3000 still alive. My top 3, in any order & MF DOOM along with GZA make my top 5
Wayne, Big L, Jay, Big Pun , 3000
Greatest rapper alive is Tech N9ne nobody works harder or does what he does when comes to making music
@Mooreeezy
2 жыл бұрын
I would say he's the most unique but certainly not the best
@mpendulombhele5036
2 жыл бұрын
Bro he chopped Eminem
@technician0096
2 жыл бұрын
@@Mooreeezy dude... atleast he raps... unlike drake... what the fuck is he doing... because it’s a poor excuse for rap. Dudes a pop artist, has a shitty ass and annoying signing voice, makes music about the most generic Bs things.... and just let overall displays very little technical ability with rap.... meanwhile Tech is constantly switching Flows, Rhyme schemes, using alliteration, similes, metaphors, etc... all while portraying deep a profound ideas and thoughts... like “Hope for a higher power” “KlusterFuk” “Suicide letters” “The Grench”... they’re not on the same level, and far apart in their lanes.... because again Drake is vastly over hyped and over rated... dudes a mediocre rapper getting credited as being a GOAT 😂🤦♂️
@thisworldneedsacleansing4714
2 жыл бұрын
Nah
@Mooreeezy
2 жыл бұрын
@@technician0096 thats cool and thats ur opinion. Music is subjective, it hits different for everyone. Btw I never said tech wasn't good I just said he's not the best. Every rapper uses punchlines, similies metaphors. All rappers switch up their flows. Joyner Lucas Eminem Logic and Busta Rhymes all do the exact same thing as Tech. Fast wordplay, clever lines every now and then. Other rappers sing like nate dogg Andre 3k j Cole tory lanes bas drake etc. I feel like u haven't been listening to rap a long time because of ur comment, diversify a little bit brodie. Be more open you'll enjoy music more ❤
I thought he would say Lil Wayne not Rick Ross 😮
I only like rappers that write their own rhymes
Rick Ross can actually spit tho
Drake probably said Drake is the greatest rapper alive
Drake gotta be trolling fr Rick Ross??? Wtf drake j Cole king los etc and you said Rick Ross? And with Wayne not fucking with Rick Ross no more it's kinda disrespectful for drake to say Ross when Wayne is the person that took the chance and signed you
I bet Kanye West was on that list but due to what we all know he had to make some few adjustments.
lol rick ross? the officer ricky?
Drake
Who is young Tony????
🐐
you guys call last weeks social media posts news too often
Lord knows is a goated song
Jada!!!!!!
I eat pears
Tec-9
Lmao Drake changes his opinion on the GOAT like every few months
@blairjackson9318
2 жыл бұрын
FACTS
Kanye the G.O.A.T favorite song with Rick Ross and drake is Pop that
Y’all are disrespecting Ross. He’s all of your favorite rappers.. favorite rapper.
@wacko37
2 жыл бұрын
Fk noo
Lupe fiasco, black thought, King Los. Come one now!
My favorite rapper of all time is weezy f baby baby please say the baby
Rick Ross can get busy but no he ain't the greatest alive...he ain't better than Jayz Nas Eminem...Jadakiss..Lil Wayne...Jcole...Blackthought...what tf is Drake sipping on?
Lemon pepper stepper?
Pac Nas Face Wayne Kool G Rap
Kendrick is the real GOAT 🐐 but y’all ain’t ready for this conversation
@fagetaboutit4968
2 жыл бұрын
lets be real tho damn as good but not great and he hasnt dropped anything since tpab that is great so if he comes with another mid its going to be well over a decade for kendrick raw hot shit fucking praying he dont tho
@adonnissgod8294
2 жыл бұрын
Nah
Best collab Ross & Drizzy - Lord Knows
@AFCAglory
2 жыл бұрын
Definitely the best, but Made Men comes 2nd and Free Spirit 3rd
@janiodrey7858
2 жыл бұрын
@@AFCAglory agreed
He’s trolling.
Ross the man
Fuckn Rick Ross Really??😂
EM the goat.
The top 5: Jay Z, Drake, Kanye West, 2Pac, and Eminem.
@awakenow007
2 жыл бұрын
Minus drake and jay
@markmercado89
2 жыл бұрын
@@awakenow007 Minus drake,j,& kanye
@Goldberg7626
2 жыл бұрын
Kanye aint a great rapper he is great producer theres a difference and drake absolutely not great in any of the two lol
nothing surprise me nowadays,,
Damn I can see why the newly signed artist is called smiley, Those dame teeth a big enough to be in a horse's mouth, He should have called Himself Mr Ed!