As of November 3, 2026, leads with 75% of head-to-head picks across 6 votes.
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The case for each
Eminem
The best-selling rapper of all time, an Oscar for Lose Yourself and technically dazzling rhymes.
Tupac
California Love and All Eyez on Me: a poet, actor and activist whose influence only grew after his death in 1996.
Jay-Z
Reasonable Doubt to The Blueprint, a long run of number-one albums and the first hip-hop billionaire.
Kanye West
The College Dropout to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: one of the most influential and divisive producers in music.
The Notorious B.I.G.
Ready to Die and Life After Death in just two albums; for many the smoothest flow in rap history.
Lil Wayne
Tha Carter III and an endless run of mixtapes made him the most influential rapper of the late 2000s.
Nas
Illmatic (1994), often called the greatest rap album ever, and a Grammy win decades later.