The legendary American hip-hop artist Kanye West has made public a contentious list of his top 12 all-time favourite artists.
In the list that he tagged as 12 rap kings, West mentioned himself, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Biggie Smalls, 2PAC, 50 Cent, Eminem, LL Cool J, Run DMC, Nas, and Rakim as the greatest rappers of all time.
Sharing the list via his X handle, he wrote, “There are 12 rap kings
“[Lil] Wayne
Me
Jay [Jay-Z]
Drake
Biggie [Smalls]
[2] PAC
50 [Cent]
EM [Eminem]
LL [Cool J]
Run DMC
Nas
Rakim.”
The list sparked controversy, with many challenging Kanye West for excluding Kendrick Lamar, J.Cole and other hip-hop royalties from the list.
Kanye West recently revealed that he doesn’t like Kendrick Lamar’s music despite admitting that he is “very good.”
Last year, he slammed J.Cole for apologizing to Kendrick Lamar over a diss track he made in response to Lamar dissing him and Drake on a song.
West insisted that J.Cole goofed by apologising to Kendrick Lamar.
Written By Sunny Green Itodo