In celebration of the 50th Year of the Hiphop genre, Billboard has rolled out a list of the 50 Greatest Rappers of All Time, with each week unveiling ten rappers at a time.
Now, in the most recent list, the Billboard Greatest Rappers of All Time hailed Nicki Minaj and Jay-Z as the best female and male rappers, respectively.
Nicki Minaj, The Greatest Female Rapper of All Time
Minaj ranked No. 10 on the list and the highest-ranking female in the category. Compared to her peers like Cardi B, Nicki Minaj outranked her in terms of this list.
Notably, Minaj also ranked higher than early 90s female hip hop rappers like Queen Latifah, who ranked No. 44, Lil Kim, who ranked No. 31; Lauryn Hill, who ranked No. 30; and Missy Eliott, at No. 19.
Although she has yet to win a Grammy Award, Minaj has her multi-platinum records and albums to boast about. Her most recent single, "Super Freaky Girl," was the first solo female rap song to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts since Lauryn Hill's "Doo Woop (That Thing) in 1998.
Interestingly, Nicki Minaj ranked at No. 10, higher than Kanye West, who has included her in his star-studded roster of artists in the track "Monster," which was deemed as one of Minaj's greatest rap verses of all time, being the only female in the men-dominated track.
Snoop Dogg placed ninth, Drake eighth, Lil Wayne seventh, The Notorious B.I.G. sixth, Eminem fifth, and Tupac fourth.
The top 3, however, belonged to three MCs - Nas, Kendrick Lamar, and Jay-Z.
Jay-Z, The Greatest Rapper of All Time
Hov is not just one of the most prolific rappers but one of the biggest names in Hip-hop on the business side of things.
His chart-topping albums and singles have established him as one of the most prominent rappers and collaborators in the music industry.
With Kanye West being lynched on the Forbes Billionaire list, Jay-Z remains the richest on the list. He was instrumental in the success of careers like Drake, Kanye West, and Rihanna, who went on to be one of the biggest names in music in the world.
His albums, including "The Blueprint," "The Black Album," "American Gangster," and "4:44," was one of the most critically-acclaimed albums in the genre, which also became an inspiration for future generations of hip-hop artists.
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