Kendrick Lamar Names Best Rapper In The Game Right Now

Kendrick Lamar may be the outright favorite to be crowned Hip Hop’s MVP of 2024 thanks to his rap battle victory over Drake, but there’s another MC who K. Dot believes is worthy of the gold medal.

In a rare social media post on Thursday (October 17), the Compton native crowned Doechii the “hardest” rapper in the game right now.

Alongside the artwork for the Top Dawg Entertainment signee’s recent mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal, Kendrick wrote on his Instagram Stories: “the hardest out [alligator emoji].”

Unsurprisingly, Doechii was very appreciative of the lofty praise and replied via her own Instagram page: “Thank you Dot. You the greatest.”

She later added: “Getting your flowers while you can still smell them >>>.”

The shoutout did not come out of the blue as Doechii stars in a new CashApp commercial that was made by Lamar’s creative company pgLang, proving he still has close ties to his former label.

Kendrick Lamar shows love to Doechii 👀 pic.twitter.com/7p5DQIyscf

— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) October 17, 2024

Doechii just recently spoke about wanting to collaborate with Kendrick Lamar, although she admitted that she doesn’t quite feel ready yet.

“I don’t assume anything and I also don’t feel entitled to a Kendrick feature but I would absolutely love that. That’s the goal,” she said on The Joe Budden Podcast. “I’m sure that, like, for my debut project, eventually I’m gonna ask Top [Dawg] if he could ask Kendrick, or ask Kendrick myself and see what comes from that.

“But I’ma be real, I don’t think I have the record right now for that opportunity. I think I would have to come a certain way and I don’t think I’m ready for that.”

The co-hosts were impressed by her answer, with Budden himself saying: “I love that from you.”

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It’s been a banner year for Doechii, whose Alligator Bites Never Heal has also earned high praise from TDE labelmate ScHoolboy Q.

Following its release in August, the “THat Part” hitmaker wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “Just Here to say DOEcHii… dats all I care about at da moment.”

The acclaimed project has even been compared to Kendrick’s breakout 2011 mixtape Section.80 by the man who discovered and guided the Compton native to superstardom, TDE founder Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith.

“I have the same feeling I had when KDOT dropped Section 80,” the record executive wrote on Instagram while promoting its release. “She’s 1 of those ones 4sho !!!! #TDE20 #TimelessClassicMusic.”