Billboard released its list of “10 Greatest Rappers Of All Time” last week.
Snoop Dogg took to Instagram today (November 17) to express his frustration on Tupac not being included on the list.
“This is so disrespectful. !!” the Long Beach, California rapper writes under an image of Billboard’s list. “Whoever did this list need a swift kick in the Ass. No. Tupac. Come on cuz ?. Jus my opinion.”
Ghostface Killah was included on the list and took to the social media site to express his appreciation.
“Love to @billboard for having me on their Top 10 Greatest Rappers of All Time list,” the Wu-Tang rapper writes, also taking the time to promote his Rap app. “Think you one of the GOATs?? Go cop that @ispit16 app now and get your bars up #Billboard #Top10 #GOAT #Spit16 #BeSeenBeHeard.”
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Why would the people who started the East/West beef care about Pac and Cube?Read between the lies people….
They both changed the game as teenagers Mc Lyte too.Muthafuck billboard and the editor, I am the predator.
Do4$elph @SoundCloud
fuck white people. 1. Lil Wayne, 2. Gucci Mane, 3. Rick Ross, 4. Drake, 5. Wiz Khalifa, 6. Future, 7. Meek Mill, 8. Wale, 9. Nicki Minaj, 10. 2Pac
retarded
Has to be the worst top ten list I’ve ever seen
how tf does andre 3000 keep making these best rapper lists when first off he aint even put out his own music in forever..and yet Big Boi, who continues to make interesting music gets sidelined all the time..imo he’s always been on the same level as andre 3000 lyrically, and musically Big boi has proven time and time again.. and btw i am a huge fan of both
Always thought the same.Andre doesn’t have the catalog to be considered in Top 10.
That shit whack Snoop, I can’t believe Billboard’s “10 Greatest Rappers” are all East Coast media sellout poses. Much love to TuPac, gone but not forgotten, You, Easy E, Dre, Big Daddy Kane, Flavor Flav, and so many more to mention. I was bumping you beets back on the cassette tape. Hip Hop was born on the West Coast!!! Many of the Billboard’s list, got the mic handed too by the famous artists not mentioned. Let’s all boycott Billboard’s rag, and purchase some authentic Old Skool Hip Hop!!!!!
Hip Hop was actually born in NYC (sorry OCD), but it is bullshit with this East Coast bias.
This jerkoff said flavor flav …. Top 10 rappers/emcees not hype men
Yo this might be the dumbest hip hop head I’ve ever encountered. Tacosanfireworks please stop listening to this genre.
in order to get the best rappers of all time, you will need to factor in their actual lyrics and technicality, what they have done for hiphop and its community, their longevity, their ability to rise above the problems they face…etc. Thats how you determine the best rapper ever.
haha your stupid…lauryn hill has contribute so much to hip hop..hog learn education of music before talking on what you don’t know..
based of what rooney said:
1. NWA
2. Tupac
3. Eminem
4. Biggie
5. Rakim
6. KRS-1
7. Big Pun
8. Outkast
9. Snoop Dogg
10. WU-Tang Clan
I think Nas should be in top 3 with Jay and Biggie.Its ridiculous to leave 2pac out of top 10
I think sooner or later if kendrick,j. cole and Logic keep putting out high quality material.they will enter the list in the next years
DJ quik
Hw do u leave Pac on the top ten best rappers,not even BIG was better thn PAC,NAS,MC LITE to name a few shld among those on tht list,was u smoking whn making that list,bull……remake that shi* man.
if they dont stop playing and get this Kendrick Lamar name off this list immediately, he doesnt belong there, not yet at least. Same with Lauryn Hill, she simply hasnt done enough rapping and doesnt have enough catalogue. She is killing her own legacy. 2 Fugee albums and one solo album is not going to cut it, classic as those projects are. Those two slots hands down go to Scarface and Tupac.
No Tupac??? He gave his life to put out his message and try for change!!!! Big L never gets a mention neither…2 of the realest the game ever had!!!!!
1. 2pac. 2. biggie 3. eminem 4.jayz 5.nas 6.rakim 7.50cent
In my opinion, i still think Nas is better than 2pac
Really What makes u Think nas is better than Him!!! Loz U Might be stupid .. 2Pac Is Rapgod Don’t Compare anyone To Him ..He is Irreplaceable incomparable..
Really What makes u Think nas is better than Him!!! Loz U Might be stupid .. 2Pac Is Rapgod Don’t Compare anyone To Him ..He is Irreplaceable incomparable..
Illmatic is better than any 2pac album. I like 2pac too,dust feel Nas is better
Nas
Pac
Em
Big
Rakim
Lauyrn Hill
Big Daddy Kanye
Jay Z
Big Pun
LL Cool J
GOAT 1.Nas,2.Biggie,3. 2Pac, 4.Rakim,5.Jayz
take lauryn hill and wayne off the list…how were Kool g Rap and Common skipped?
Replace Biggie with Drake and the list is correct. Lauryn Hill can also make room for Tyga….How is Lauryn Hill even in that discussion?
LOL. You have to be 10 years old to say drake belongs on this list.
You can get rid of the first 3. Biggie is the most overrated rapper of all time. Right along with Fake Z. They both bought in the fake it till you make it era which has basically ruined rap. Em can rap but over Nas, Pac or Ghost. That’s funny. First you have to add Pac. Then you have to add LL. Then you will have to add Snoop and Ice Cube. . F it. Throw this BS in the trash and start over.
Andre. Are you serious. Anyone who was turned out by Erica Badu can’t be on the list.
Damn. How could I forget KRS1. To me him and Pac are 1a and 1b as the greatest to ever do it.
Tyga lmao
Lil wayne is very overrated.shouldn’t be on the list.at the moment,ill rather listen to kendrick,jcole or Logic than that wack ass rapper.those three are even way better than him.longevity doesnt amount to quality
lol you really must be around 15
Looks like someone’s personal list and not a concensus of who the people feel are the greatest rappers of all time
I think people who made this list are from eastcoast.
Andre 3000 definitely, so underrated but no Pac and LIL WAYNE seriously, f*ck whoever made that list
This list is good but also questionable. Tupac is one of the greatest. But you got method man, raekwon, q-tip, cube (arguable, because he started declining over the years), but I’d put biggie on there because he died hot as a mf, so did Pac. Jigga was one of the greatest but has fallen off tremendously. Em has never been my favorite but that doesn’t say he’s not one of the greatest. Okay I’m cutting this book short I have too much to say about this .
Jay over Em is pure comedy! Jay is lyrical but not a top 3 over Em
What fuck is this list based on
I think this is the greatest rappers to run with a click or aphlites biggie badoy jayz the roc emniem shady aftermath gunit. Ghost wu tang lauryn hill fugges wayne ymcmb hotboys, nas bravehearts the firm,h7 Kendrick tde & aandre 3000 outkast dungeon, oh eric b & rakim all fact people
No G Rap or KRS… WTF
Where’s Tupac, Scarface and DMX??! This list was either made by someone very immature, very suburban or very Caucasian.
This is just further proof that Jay Z, Will Smith and Russell Simmons need to form a Hip Hop conglomerate.
Eminems trash ass needs to get taken off the list . Corniest rapper on the list
Shut your mouth
You Said Eminem Is Corny? Out of only 7 Hip-Hop albums to go Diamond, eminem had 2 albums up there, along with raw ass people like Tupac( who also had 2 albums up there), Mc Hammer, Outkast, Biggie.
Eminem is the shit you just hating cuz he’s white wtf is up with people man
And you’re just dick riding him because he’s white.
Lil wayne shouldn’t be on the list. Very Overated rapper
Take out Wayne and Killah, add Tupac and Drake.
First of all, I’m not young. I was born in 1982 kid, so don’t try to play me like I’m some new jack. Secondly, Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is not even a rap album, it’s an R&B album that’s got like 3 rap songs on it. They just felt like they HAD to put a female on there, which is stupid. Thirdly…look, I have been the first one to talk shit about Lil’ Wayne over the years, but I can’t even front any more, that nigga is a NASTY MC. I know his character is unlikeable, but he’s just so swift now, to say he’s not has become ridiculous, if you understand lyrics, and I give credit where it’s due. The top 10 MCs in no order, to me, is Rakim, Kane, Nas, Jay-Z, Eminem, Canibus, Andre 3Stax, Kool G. Rap, Prodigy, and Lil’ Wayne. Honorable mention to Killah Priest, Ice Cube, Lupe Fiasco, Raekwon, Krayzie Bone, Method Man, and Black Thought. Peace.
Now that’s what I call a list. Nas is number 1 for me but yeah I am glad you realize how good Lupe is too.
My fault, I forgot to put Pac and Big on the list. They gotta be on there, especially Pac, he’s number 1 as far as the effect of his music and the relevance of it. The teacher gotta be on there somewhere too. C’mon now. Kendrick Lamar? The kid is definitely nice but he doesn’t got the longevity yet, that’s like putting Andrew Wiggins in the hall of fame. There’s been a lot of rappers who seemed like they were great and fell off quick.
The ones that saying Wayne shouldn’t be on there no nothing about hip hop and are just pure haters! the man came in the game as a preteen. Was apart of the legendary hot boys and has put out numerous classics. All the Carter series and classic mixtapes!! Come on man.. People just love to have this guy. (He is indeed the Kobe of the rap game) Name another MC that has had the career that Wayne has had. Maybe jay-z other then that no one.
bitch nigga shut the fuck up wayne dont belong on this shit GAME will shit on that lil nigga!!!!!!
Fuck, Go back to school you illiterate cunt.
Yea my Bad! I didn’t know HipHopdx was low key a fucking English 101 class you! dickhead wants 2 correct people on a hiphop site. Lol get a life.
sit yo dumbass down some where! Game?!? You might have been the only fruit cake that has mentioned game through out all these comments. Don’t get me wrong, game is ok but last time I checked game has used weezy for many features. I have yet to see game on any Wayne projects. Who actually needs who bitch!
why do you think they didn’t put pac in there? more discussion. more hits. more money.
Where’s Ja Rule……….MURDERRRRRR
10 most successful rappers im ok with Wayne but not even close to greatest.
LMAO Jay-Z over Eminem? HELL NO! Not lyrically, no way jose. Especially Flow, Eminem is way better. This list is BS just like every List. Stop licking Camel’s ass, Jay-z is the msot over rater rapper ever
I agree with Snoop. Tupac needs to be on the list.
Replace lil wayne and put 2pac, then im ok with the list. Personally, i don’t Lauryn hill should be on the list.she only had one solo album.
Good list. But Pac should be on there.
Big Pun would be one of the greats if he didnt die.
He is a great artist and should be on that list homie!
Fuck This Shit Let me Change This List ..
1. 2Pac
2. Eminem
3. Biggie
4. Nas
5. 50 Cent
6. Dr Dre
7. Rakim
8. Snoop Dogg
9. Easy E
10. Kendrick Lamar
Bitch Billboard Even Kindergarten kids Could prepare Better List Than Urs !!!!! Most Of all 2Pac is the Greatest Of All Time .Irreplaceable Incomparable Eminent And Ultimate ….How could u Forget Him…
dr dre? nahh producer and pioneer in the game yes but definitely not a top 10 best rapper
Snoop belong in the top three. Don’t forget Warren G, Corrupt, Scarface. Billboard is the shittiest of all shit!
Snoop, I agree with you 100. This list is very disrespectful. How in the hell are they going to leave out 2pac, scarface, and big l ? Kendrick Lamar, lil Wayne, and Lauren hill, gtfoh, they have no business on this list.
Scarface, Ice Cube and MC Lyte
Lauren Hill didn’t write her own bars
Why is Nas not number 1? Jay and Eminem before Nas is so direspectful. White people is at again!!! The Billboards!!!!! GTFOH!!!
And… No 2Pac!!! White people don’t nothing about Hip Hop… Period!
again calm your balls bro. There is no racism in Rap..!!
That’s funny cuz white people are the ones who buy most music and go to the shows and buy all the merchandise and go to autograph signings and much more check out Tech N9ne that’s the shit he talks about when everyone says shit about white people at his shows but they spend all the money!
This is our list.
@black people: what’s your list?
Nas is one number one, u freaking creeps.
How dare you leave Pac, Scarface, Big daddy Kane, Krs, Kool G, out.
Pac is number 2 there.
Fuckin white boys making a shitty ass list.
Only Jay, Big, Rakim deserve to be on that list.
Bro I said Nas is number one, he the Greatest ever, Fuck everyone else.
Next to him comes Pac, Jay, Scarface, Big, etc.
Lol if Nas does not deserve to be on there, I don’t know who is. I see a lot of suggestions in the comment section but how everyone fails to mention Black Thought, is beyond my understanding.
Of course these white people at Billboard would put Eminem in the top 10. Only white’s think Eminem is top 10 material. The list shouldn’t have Wayne, Kendrick, or Eminem on it, period. For me, I would go with 1. Nas 2. Ghostface Killah 3. Lauryn Hill 4. The GZA 5. Kool G Rap 6. AZ 7. Scarface 8. Mos Def 9. Common 10 Big Pun. I’m not impressed
Your list is worse! lol. Ofcourse Eminem is top 10
Fuck u Eminem is top ten to u.
Keep that to yourself
Niggas here really believe that Pac was a wordsmith and lyrical as a : Kool G Rap, Biggie, Big L, Rakim etc? No fuckin way!
Get over it STANS. Pac is overrated as fuck. He’s was good. He never was a incredible mc. Oh and im not white but black.
Lol …….smh , sounds like u never really gave the man a chance……PAC was the greatest that I ever heard do it , that tried to make a change …..NO offense but all biggie gave us was …suicide lyrics and death …..
@I’m Impressed, go listen to Street Fame, When thugs cry, watch your mouth, etc and tell us if Pac was not Lyrical, u scrub.
Pac struck a chord with millions of souls across the Globe, back in the day and up to this day. Fuck u for saying Pac was overrated. PAC was a real thoroughbred and most of the fuck tards u listen to today are riding Pac dick. U cant be black and dont know what Pac stood for. U just called your own bluff u maggot.
2Pac
Scarface
Ice Cube
Pharoahe Monch
Nas
Jay-Z
Eminem
Rakim
Big Daddy Kane
Krs One
2Pac
Scarface
Ice Cube
Pharoahe Monch
Nas
Jay-Z
Eminem
Rakim
Big Daddy Kane
Krs One
2Pac
Scarface
Ice Cube
Pharoahe Monch
Nas
Jay-Z
Eminem
Rakim
Big Daddy Kane
Krs One
Tupac is number one! It’s obvious that whoever wrote this is from New York. At the end of the day, that’s your opinion. Now it’s us the readers option not to listen to anything that you say, simply because your not credible whatsoever!
ICE T
LL COOL J
CHUCK D
NOTORIOUS B.I.G.
TUPAC
NAS
LAURYN HILL
KRS ONE
ICE CUBE
SNOOP DOGG
Fuck the BILLBOARDS TEN BEST THERE TONS MORE TO NAME.
RED MAN
METHOD MAN
COMMON
FLAVOR FLAV
BIG PUNISHER
RAKIM
ERIC SERMON
EASY E
GURU
SCHOOLY D
HEAVY D
MARLEY MARL
TALIB KWELI
its should not be money to be meassured by but impact on people!
no ‘Face or Pac but they got Lauryn Hill and fuckin Weezy?
Tupac’s music had a message in it. Hiphop started off as a way to educate our ppl. The list should have been best lyrical instead of greatest of all time
2pac is not rapper 2pac is god
2pac is God and eminem is king
Calm down!!
Wheres Eazy E man Wheres Snoop and Ice Cube? Lauren hill on that stupid list? No disn.
Much respect to billboard and the artists on this list. In my own opinion this list has no weight! C’mon men where are the gods of hip hop, where is pac,bdk,Qtip,KGR, method man, cube, Pharoah monche etc! How the fuck did wayne jump on this list? NAS shud be up there, Em tooo! Smh….totally put off by this men
These mafuckers didnt put me in
The list they have…not even close. Pac Nas Em Outkast JayZ LL Cool J BIG Rakim DMX Lil Wayne Scarface Common KRS1 Ghostface Kanye Jadakiss (just a few but plenty more that are qualified to be on the top 10)…..eventually and potentially J Cole Kendrick Wale Drake but few in the new school
lil wayne ……….. never mind
That’s some weird shit…….lame shit and unrealistic shit ….Ghostface iight but he aint even top 10….. Pac aint even on this top 10 list …..But they added Lauryn Hill …..no big pun….no big L …Cannibus,..and kendrick Lamar made the list …..yeah this is indeed some bullshit
andre 3000, lauryn hill CMON SON!!! gtfoh
Everything after Nas is garbage. No Tupac???!!!
no dmx? top 5 no doubt
Ya’ll have to remember , Tupac is from east!!! Not an original west coast mc!!
So what you fuckin Pig.
Point is how the fuck did they leave Pac out of that List.
He is top 2 of all time.
My criteria for heart greats is based on the three c’s content, catalogue and credibility. Therefore my list would be guys like Pac, Biggie,Krs-1, Ice Cube, Big Daddy Kane,Nas these are the guys the industry was glad to get rid of and then you replace them with young thugs and all this B.S. And now white record labels own the stud artists and what they say.
Meant to say the greats and labels own these artists
tupac and big pun not on this list, wtf?
November is Hiphop History Month.. financially support your favorite dead or alive rapper for once in your life… Peace on the Internets
Tupac was more than just a rapper . He can’t me minimized nor marginalized by something as trivial as a rap list. It would have been an insult to put him on a list like that.
Real talk I’ve heard comparisons to bob marley which is justifiable. ..to james dean but that’s just too narrow. ..the man was unparalleled ..nigga i got more game from Pac and Nas than my father…them niggas raised me
Deeeeep.
Real talk.
Lauryn Hill…that’s a joke. Look, I know everybody is so SCARED of being called sexist, or racist, or fascist, or any other ‘ist’ you can think of, but to put Lauryn Hill above Pac, Kane, KRS-One, Ice Cube, Black Thought, Canibus, Method Man, and 70 other rappers I could come up with in 2 minutes is farcical. She doesn’t even have a solo rap album son.
miseducation learn history young one…Pac should be on it Wayne never Kendrick not yet
You are trippin’ about Lauryn Hill on the list but the real joke is Lil Wayne being on it.
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill ….do you listen to the lyrics or just skim threw them ??
Smh. PAC isn’t even a honorable mention. And Lauryn Hill???
Wtf cuzz…shoot urself smh
Everybody bitching about Lauryn Hill… yet Lil fucking Wayne is on the list?! I agree that 2pac and Pun should be on there, but fuck man… Wayne??
no ice cube? fail.
NO KRS or PAC TOTAL BS!!!!
NO DMX WTF
how can you compare someone with 20 plus years of consistenly popular (occassionally incredible music) like jayz to someone with two albums like kendrick (i’m a kendrick fan). how can you compare a singer who can rhyme to people who rhyme full time (lauren hill is hip hop. is deep. and artistically deserving of any acolade but could she out rhyme big daddy kane or mos def or method man no. If anything she’s in niche of her own) and even if you wanted to make a list the “popular” GOATs how?! in all that is sacred does lil’ wayne push out kanye west, push out 50 cent LET alone real GOATs like tupac or LL or Run DMC KRS-ONE etc the list doesn’t even make sense to itself
Because if you take Kendricks discography right now. Including the free releases. There are songs Kendrick has that Jay Z could never make.
Kool G Rap should be on this list. KRS-One should be on this list. Black Thought should be on this list. Big Daddy Kane should be on this list. Pac was a bitch ass nigga with a big mouth, he should not be on this list. And Ice Cube should be on this list.
Amen……………. How Kool G and Black Thought are not on the list is a crime. Thug love story, Ill street blues , Road to riches these Kool G tracks are lyrics and story telling at its finest. Then Black thought on Roots album’s…………Even Birds eye view and the imperial on Statik Selektah’s albums.
Fucc this list and anybody. Who doesnt agree that dmx 2pac are. On the list and prodigy bone thugs scarface methodman bigl def deserve it too who doesnt deserve to be on the list is lil wayne lauryn hill k dot ( dope mc no classics tho and he only has two albums and those albums arent no where as good as other rappers who. Only. Had2albums. Such as biggie and big l) this list is a dick suckers list
My top 10
1. Tupac
2. Nas
3. Rakim
4. Talib Kweli
5. Notorious B.I.G.
6. Chuck D
7. Andre 3000
8. Eminem
9. Ghostface Killah
10. KRS-1
biggie only made 2 albums thats were released 3 years apart.thats not a good enough resume to be the goat.seems like the list maker is a biggie fan,pac hater.pac top 3 wether you like him or not.imo he’s the goat.
You could argue the double album was content enough to make two albums, so I view it as 3 albums worth of material in 3 years, all of which is classic.
Billboard – jews masononic media, that’s why no 2Pac on this shit list
How can you be one of the greatest without 1 classic album (looking at you Em and Wayne)
Marshall mathers lp is a classic
Fuck a top 10. Any list you make will exclude one of the greatest. My top 10 changes depending on what I want to hear that day.
……that being said, how is Wayne ever in anyone’s top 10?
What about big pun and tech n9ne
Take off Kendrick Lama, add Tupac, and the list will be straight!
Starks always top ten, where Big L at tho, niggas is buggin forgettin dude.
Personally , I don’t think leaving Tupac and Biggie out is outrageous . Their careers were to short to be considered ” shoe ins” for Top 10 G.O.A.T ,But If Biggie makes the list , Pac should definitely have made the list . The Criteria for this list can not simply be mic skills ie. Rakim was historical and great but truthfully speaking , hes not as skilled as kendrick or nas . So I assume influence and catalogue count . In that case Nas , Snoop , Jay and Wayne (Maybe LL Cool J ) are the only shoe ins . The rest are debatable . Id go LL Cool J , DMX , Tupac , Run DMC , Biggie , and just to F it all up , WILL SMITH (1985-2005 platinum and gold racks all day ), Don’t Hate on Big will . Give props where props due .
HOW THE HELL TUPAC IS NOT ON THIS LIST! BABY DON’T CRY,HOLD YA HEAD, KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, HIT EM UP,BLACK JESUS,DEAR MR PRESIDENT, DEAR MOMMA, SO MANY TEARS, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. WTF IS ENIMEM ON THIS LIST. WHAT SONG HAS HE DONE THAT APPLIES TO AFRICAN PEOPLE AND CULTURE??? BIGGIE WHAT SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS HAS HE PUT OUT, HE ONLY HAD 2 ALBUMS. LIL WAYNE AND KENDRICK??? ANDRE 3000 IS GOOD, NAS YES, MS. HILL ONLY HAS ONE ALBUM?? GHOSTFACE IS DOPE, NO LL COOL J, NO 8BALL, SCARFACE, SNOOP, ICE CUBE! WHO EVER DID THIS NEEDS TO BE FIRED
Why the fuck does hip hop have to apply to African people and culture. You’re a stupid fuckin’ racist Khepri Neteru.
Pac isn’t on there cause of the content in his music, they don’t want nobody getting the jewels he was leaving behind, just trying to ruin the dudes legacy if u ask me.
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TOP 10: 1. 2Pac 2. Biggie 3. Eminem 4. Jay-Z 5. Nas 6. Snoop Dogg 7. Dr. Dre 8. Kanye 9. Ice Cube 10. 50 cent
Dats straight
Thank you golden era! The list should start with 2Pac. Only an idiot would leave 2Pac and Snoop off the billboard.
This list is trash plus bias Lauryn Hill Lil Wayne, Kendrick lamar. ms.hill shouldn’t be on this list This is a joke with in it self the person that did this list seem like he or she just put some shit together Mr.Lamar& Mr carter; one is to new to the game not enuff content’s to be top ten material yet, the other one if you take his beats in just listen to what he’s saying its not rapp You’re inmature and missed informed when you put them on the list. Mistake # 2 rapp is a nationwide thing you have new York dominating the list I know rapper started their it can come home to die later but for now include the rest of the universe now you know this not a real list without 2pac terrible job my friend terrible job.
Biggie doesn’t have enough music to be in a top ten defined by your logic, dumbass.
No black thought. come on