Royce Da 5’9 Names His Top 5 Current Rappers & DJ Premier Names Favorite Album

    Royce Da 5’9 and DJ Premier, also known by their group name of PRhyme, participated in a Q&A session via Twitter in conjunction with @OnlyHipHopFacts yesterday (November 23).  

    During the session, both Royce Da 5’9 and DJ Premier answered a variety of questions from fans. 

    Responding to a question asking who his Top 5 rappers of today are, Royce pointed to some of Hip Hop’s heavyweights. “Em Jay Wayne Nas and Push,” he said.

    Royce Da 5’9 cited The Roots’ lyricist as his pick for the most underrated rapper of all time. 

    Included in Royce’s Mount Rushmore was Hip Hop pioneer, DJ Kool Herc.  

    Andre 3000 was Royce Da 5’9’s pick for the best artist to come from the South. 

    When asked where he would place Drake among today’s rappers, the Detroit lyricist pointed to the top. 

    Royce Da 5’9 also reveled which artist inspired him to get into rap.

    King Los and Meek Mill were among those on Royce’s Top 5 rappers of Hip Hop’s new generation. 

    DJ Premier was also heavily involved over Twitter. First off, Premo revealed his favorite album of all time. 

    Elsewhere, DJ Premier addressed why the letter “r” is doubled in the rap group Gang Starr, in which he starred alongside the late emcee, Guru.  

    PRhyme’s self-titled album is scheduled for release on December 9 and is currently available for pre-order

    RELATED: DJ Premier & Royce Da 5’9 “PRhyme” Cover Art & Tracklist

    23 thoughts on “Royce Da 5’9 Names His Top 5 Current Rappers & DJ Premier Names Favorite Album

    1. wow this nigga puts wayne and jay and pusha on his best rapper alive list smh. He has the #1 rapper alive in his group . No mention of Crooked.

      1. Yeah it’s a shame, these feel like some politcally correct answers and not the truth actually. If it is the truth then SMH, it’s like dudes get success and always turn their back on the underground, but I imagine it’s just politics in why his answers are what they are.

      2. I love crooked I, but pusha t is much better. crooked might have better freestyles. but as far as songs,mixtapes, albums, pusha t is definitely better than him.

    2. Is this dude trolling? Or is he being forreal?

      Wayne over Nas and Push? Fuck outta here.

      I can’t argue about Drake being number 1 when it comes to sales and radio, but come on man, Kendrick & Cole? Those 2 are what most people considered the best of this generation. Not to mention it was Kendrick that dropped the hottest album in over 10 years. Come on Royce.

    3. guys theres a difference between best lyricist or freestyler and best rapper. You have to take into account their catalogue and all of that. I could go down to the shelter in Detroit and find 20 rappers who could spit better than wayne. Making a song is different. A lot of this is luck too..who gets signed, gets good production, etc.

      1. Wayne has always had it, up to 2008 he owned every song he hopped on, afterwards yes he made a few shitty songs, and some weird lame shit. But still always came hard on some tracks, Beleive me, Only, today was a good day, my nigga remix, 6 foot 7 foot, fuck there’s too many to name still, but he never lost it he is just creative which sometimes leads to shit some people don’t like, but dope artists do that , that’s why they are called Artists. Wayne, eminem, drake, j cole, Kendrick, 50 cent, juvenile are some of the last real songwriters and creative artists.

    4. The comments he would have made before he was on shady records compared to now that he is on shady records are night and day.

    5. Its the other way around, 14 year olds think Wayne’s the best hiphop has to offer.. with determinitation I can say objectively he just isn’t.

    6. Carter 1 and 2 were the best projects out during Wayne’s era. And he would have murdered anybody on the mic during then. If you say otherwise your either under 20 or just plan stupid.

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